Pot Luck by Émile Zola

Pot Luck

Les Rougon-Macquart #10

Émile Zola with Brian Nelson

416 pages • first pub 1882 (editions)

fiction classics literary challenging reflective medium-paced
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Pot Luck is the tenth in Zola's Rougon-Macquart cycle of twenty novels illustrating the influence of environment on characters from all levels of society. Zola's most acerbic fictional satire, the novel is set in a newly constructed apartment bloc...

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Community Reviews

3.81
based on 189 reviews

Moods

funny: 70%

reflective: 52%

dark: 35%

lighthearted: 29%

informative: 17%

sad: 11%

tense: 11%

adventurous: 5%

challenging: 5%

emotional: 5%

mysterious: 5%

Pace

43% of readers chose medium
56% of readers chose slow
medium
slow

Plot or character driven?

12% of readers chose Plot
18% of readers chose A mix
68% of readers chose Character
Plot
A mix
Character

Strong character development?

50% of readers chose Yes
21% of readers chose Complicated
28% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

Loveable characters?

17% of readers chose Yes
23% of readers chose Complicated
58% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

Diverse cast of characters?

21% of readers chose Yes
78% of readers chose No
Yes
No

Flaws of characters a main focus?

93% of readers chose Yes
6% of readers chose No
Yes
No

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