Berthe Josserand

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Berthe Josserand is a fictional young bourgeois woman in Émile Zola’s novel "Pot-Bouille," whose constrained marriage and romantic entanglements exemplify the hypocrisies of Parisian middle-class society.

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Berthe Josserand canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
literary character
appearsIn Pot-Bouille
associatedWith Josserand family
Vabre family
characterType bourgeois heroine
young married woman
countryOfOrigin France
creator Émile Zola
depicts conflict between passion and respectability
tensions within bourgeois marriage
familyName Josserand
father Monsieur Josserand
fictionalLocation Rue de Choiseul apartment building
fictionalUniverse Pot-Bouille
firstPublicationOfWork 1882
genreOfWork naturalist novel
givenName Berthe
languageOfWork French
literaryMovementOfWork Naturalism
literaryPeriodOfWork 19th-century French literature
maritalStatus married
mediumOfWork novel
mother Madame Josserand
narrativeFunction embodiment of bourgeois hypocrisy
example of constrained marriage
narrativeRole central female character
occupation bourgeois woman
partOfSeries Les Rougon-Macquart
residence Paris
settingOfActivity Parisian middle-class society
socialClass bourgeoisie
spouse Auguste Vabre
themeAssociated adultery
bourgeois morality
female desire
marital hypocrisy
social constraint
workTitleInEnglish Pot Luck
workTitleInFrench Pot-Bouille

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Pot-Bouille character Berthe Josserand
Madame Josserand hasChild Berthe Josserand
Madame Josserand hasRelationshipWith Berthe Josserand