02327cam a22003493u 4500 54686 UtSlPG 20260610134248.0 m cr n 260607r2017||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d UtSlPG en iso639-1 PQ Zola, Émile, 1840-1902 Piping hot! (Pot-bouille) Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2017 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Sequel is: The ladies' paradise, #54687. Release date is 2017-05-08 David Widger "Piping Hot!" (Pot-bouille) by Émile Zola is a realistic novel written in the late 19th century. This work delves into the intricacies of middle-class life in Paris through the lens of various characters living in the same building. The novel primarily focuses on Octave Mouret, a young man freshly arrived in Paris, navigating his new environment filled with aspirations and interactions with diverse tenants of a bourgeois house. The opening of the novel introduces us to Octave Mouret as he arrives in Paris, filled with dreams of success and a better life. He settles into a new residence and is promptly shown around by the architect Campardon, who's proud of the building and its respectable tenants. As Octave learns about his neighbors, including Madame Josserand and her daughters, and the various dynamics within the household, we see a vivid depiction of the middle-class lifestyle. The scene reveals a mixture of charm and underlying tensions among the residents, foreshadowing the satirical exploration of bourgeois life that Zola is known for. The narrative sets the stage for a deeper examination of the moralistic nature of the characters and their social interactions in the subsequent chapters. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Original publication data not identified Paris (France) -- Fiction France -- History -- Second Empire, 1852-1870 -- Fiction Moore, George, 1852-1933 Bellenger, Georges, 1847-1918 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/54686 95518 95518