Octave Mouret
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Octave Mouret is an ambitious and charismatic Parisian department store owner in Émile Zola’s Rougon-Macquart series, best known for embodying the rise of modern consumer capitalism.
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
literary character ⓘ |
| appearsAs |
protagonist in Au Bonheur des Dames
ⓘ
secondary character in Pot-Bouille ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Au Bonheur des Dames
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pot-Bouille NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsInCycle | Rougon-Macquart family saga NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
consumerism
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modern retailing ⓘ |
| businessMethod |
customer credit and returns
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low prices and high turnover ⓘ seasonal sales and promotions ⓘ spectacular window displays ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
commodification of women and fashion
ⓘ
intersection of desire and commerce ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
ambitious
ⓘ
calculating ⓘ charismatic ⓘ seductive ⓘ |
| creator | Émile Zola NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employerOf | Denise Baudu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyRelation |
grandson of Félicité Rougon
ⓘ
grandson of Pierre Rougon ⓘ husband of Denise Baudu ⓘ son of Marthe Rougon ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| impactOnOthers |
creates new employment opportunities for women
ⓘ
ruins small neighborhood shopkeepers ⓘ |
| knownFor |
innovative marketing strategies
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manipulation of female customers ⓘ transforming small shops into a large department store ⓘ use of large-scale advertising ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | French ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | naturalism ⓘ |
| loveInterest | Denise Baudu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | French ⓘ |
| occupation |
businessman
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department store owner ⓘ |
| owns | Au Bonheur des Dames (department store) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Les Rougon-Macquart NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| represents |
emergence of the modern department store
ⓘ
rise of modern consumer capitalism ⓘ |
| residence | Paris ⓘ |
| setIn |
19th-century Paris
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Second French Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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