Pot-Bouille by Émile Zola

Pot-Bouille

Les Rougon-Macquart #10

Émile Zola with Marie-Ange Voisin-Fougère (Contributor)

510 pages • first pub 1882 (editions)

fiction classics literary challenging reflective medium-paced
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Zola est entré partout, chez les ouvriers et chez les bourgeois. Chez les premiers, selon lui, tout est visible. La misère, comme le plaisir, saute aux yeux. Chez les seconds, tout est caché. Ils clament : « Nous sommes l’honneur, la morale, la fa...

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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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