A review by blueyorkie
Pot-Bouille by Émile Zola

4.0

Ah, Zola!!! What a pleasure each time renewed when we open one of his works. Here is no exception. We are following a Mouret this time, Octave, more precisely. Having left his campaign, he landed in Paris, intending to conquer it. It quickly takes its marks, but the ascent is not doing fast enough. His solution: to seduce, always, and a lot. But it will not be smooth. But what we like about his intelligent, lively, prickly feather. Zola is once again attacking the Haute and is not tender. His characters too, which he knows very well, presented and developed - a real treat.