Pot-Bouille
by:
Émile Zola (author)
Brian Nelson (author)
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780192831798 (0192831798)
Publish date: May 6th 1999
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Pages no: 416
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Novels,
Literature,
European Literature,
Cultural,
Historical Fiction,
Literary Fiction,
19th Century,
Roman,
France,
French Literature
Series: Les Rougon-Macquart (#10)
IntroductionTranslator's NoteSelect BibliographyA Chronology of Émile Zola--Pot LuckExplanatory Notes
Brian Nelson’s choice of title for Zola’s novel—Pot Luck—was truly a smart decision on his part. On the one hand, the title is a good reflection of the mixed bourgeois class—the families and servants—living in that Paris apartment building; yet, the title also reflects the effervescent style Zola us...