Project Gutenberg 2005-09-01 Public domain in the USA. 173 Zola, Émile 1840 1902 Zola, Émile Édouard Charles Antoine Zola, Emile Pot-Bouille Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pot-Bouille https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pot-Bouille 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.) Reading ease score: 82.0 (6th grade). Easy to read. fr Paris (France) -- Fiction France -- History -- Second Empire, 1852-1870 -- Fiction PQ Text FR Littérature Category: Novels Category: French Literature 962346 2025-08-04T07:35:21.530937 text/html 962167 2025-01-11T22:42:25.274847 text/html 412770 2025-08-04T07:35:32.025879 application/epub+zip 429566 2025-08-04T07:35:23.720893 application/epub+zip 429565 2025-08-04T07:35:22.372957 application/epub+zip 730921 2025-08-04T07:35:38.581801 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 686980 2025-08-04T07:35:31.197846 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 657159 2022-09-04T12:29:09.768458 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 885398 2025-08-04T07:35:20.894929 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 865685 2013-05-31T10:14:18 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18152 2025-08-04T07:35:38.721796 application/rdf+xml 10098 2025-08-04T07:35:22.874876 image/jpeg 2779 2025-08-04T07:35:22.623879 image/jpeg 325863 2013-05-31T10:19:40 application/octet-stream application/zip 404407 2025-08-04T07:35:21.608926 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia fr.wikipedia