Project Gutenberg 2005-09-01 Public domain in the USA. 91 Zola, Émile 1840 1902 Zola, Émile Édouard Charles Antoine Zola, Emile Pot-Bouille Reading ease score: 82.0 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Carlo Traverso, Christine De Ryck and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreaders "Pot-Bouille" by Émile Zola is a novel written during the late 19th century (specifically, the 1880s). The book explores the lives of various residents within a Parisian apartment building, focusing on themes of social realism, class struggle, and the often hypocritical nature of bourgeois society. The primary character introduced is Octave Mouret, a young man arriving in Paris to find his place in the bustling city life. The opening of the novel sets the stage as Octave arrives at his new lodging on Rue Neuve-Saint-Augustin. He is greeted by Mr. Campardon, an architect who has rented him a room and is eager to show him around the premises, highlighting the bourgeois tenants that occupy the building. Through their interactions, details of the apartment's opulence are revealed, contrasted with the mundane and often hypocritical realities of the tenants' lives. Octave observes the various characters and the atmosphere of the building, hinting at the complex social dynamics he will encounter in his pursuit of success and belonging in Paris. As the chapter progresses, Zola introduces a range of individuals tied to Octave's new life, setting the groundwork for conflicts that arise due to class, ambition, and personal relationships. (This is an automatically generated summary.) fr Paris (France) -- Fiction France -- History -- Second Empire, 1852-1870 -- Fiction PQ Text FR Littérature Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 962174 962037 2024-10-04T09:14:30.597709 2023-10-04T08:32:25.458653 text/html text/html 962167 962030 2024-10-04T09:14:30.965748 2023-10-04T08:32:25.739664 text/html text/html 412701 2024-10-04T09:14:42.770676 application/epub+zip 429587 2024-10-04T09:14:33.382707 application/epub+zip 429587 2024-10-04T09:14:31.999690 application/epub+zip 730941 2024-10-04T09:14:49.963641 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 686980 2024-10-04T09:14:41.879635 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 657159 2022-09-04T12:29:09.768458 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 885398 885312 2024-10-04T09:14:29.909732 2023-10-04T08:32:24.864785 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 865685 2013-05-31T10:14:18 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 325863 2013-05-31T10:19:40 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 19594 2024-10-04T09:14:50.101590 application/rdf+xml 10098 2024-10-04T09:14:32.550698 image/jpeg 2779 2024-10-04T09:14:32.273693 image/jpeg 404344 2024-10-04T09:14:31.055690 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog fr.wikipedia en.wikipedia