Pot-Bouille

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naturalist novel novel

Pot-Bouille is a naturalist novel by Émile Zola that exposes the hypocrisy and moral corruption of bourgeois life in a Parisian apartment building.

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	naturalist novel → novel →
author	Émile Zola →
character	Berthe Josserand → Madame Campardon → Madame Duveyrier → Madame Hedouin → Madame Josserand → Madame Pichon → Madame Vabre → Monsieur Campardon → Monsieur Duveyrier → Monsieur Josserand → Monsieur Vabre → Octave Mouret NERFINISHED → Théophile Vabre NERFINISHED →
countryOfOrigin	France →
cycleAuthor	Émile Zola →
depictsSocialClass	bourgeoisie → servant class →
explores	double standards in bourgeois morality → hidden vices behind respectable façades →
genre	Naturalism → Realism →
hasAdaptation	Pot-Bouille (film) → television adaptation →
languageOfTitle	French →
literaryMovement	Naturalism →
literaryPeriod	19th century literature →
literaryTechnique	detailed social observation → naturalist description →
mainTheme	bourgeois domestic life → hypocrisy of the bourgeoisie → moral corruption → sexual hypocrisy →
narrativePerspective	third-person narration →
originalLanguage	French →
partOfCycle	Les Rougon-Macquart →
positionInSeries	10 →
protagonist	Octave Mouret NERFINISHED →
publicationCentury	19th century →
series	Les Rougon-Macquart →
setInCountry	France →
settingLocation	Paris →
settingType	bourgeois apartment building →
titleMeaning	stewpot →
workOf	Émile Zola →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Nana →	followedBy
Pot-Bouille ("Pot-Bouille (film)") →	hasAdaptation
Les Rougon-Macquart →	hasPart
La Joie de vivre →	hasWorkInSeriesPrecededBy
Émile Zola →	notableWork
Au Bonheur des Dames →	precededBy