Lesson in Love: a newly abridged translation of Pot-Bouille by Émile Zola, Émile Zola

Lesson in Love: a newly abridged translation of Pot-Bouille

Les Rougon-Macquart #10

Émile Zola, Émile Zola

287 pages • first pub 1882 (editions)

fiction classics literary challenging reflective medium-paced
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This new translation of Zola's most acerbic social satire captures the directness and robustness of Zola's language and restores the omissions of earlier abridged versions.Pot Luck (1882) is the tenth in Zola's Rougon-Macquart cycle of twenty nove...

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Community Reviews

3.8
based on 171 reviews

Moods

funny: 66%

reflective: 60%

dark: 33%

lighthearted: 33%

informative: 13%

sad: 13%

challenging: 6%

emotional: 6%

mysterious: 6%

tense: 6%

Pace

35% of readers chose medium
64% of readers chose slow
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slow

Plot or character driven?

13% of readers chose Plot
20% of readers chose A mix
66% of readers chose Character
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Character

Strong character development?

46% of readers chose Yes
23% of readers chose Complicated
30% of readers chose No
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Loveable characters?

20% of readers chose Yes
13% of readers chose Complicated
66% of readers chose No
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Complicated
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Diverse cast of characters?

23% of readers chose Yes
76% of readers chose No
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Flaws of characters a main focus?

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7% of readers chose No
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