num_pages: 416
description: Pot Luck , Zola's most acerbic satire, describes daily life in a newly constructed block of flats in late nineteenth-century Paris. In examining the contradictions that pervade bourgeois life, Zola reveals a multitude of betrayals and depicts a veritable 'melting pot' of moral and sexualdegeneracy. This new translation captures the robustness of Zola's language and restores the omissions of earlier abridged versions.
language: English
title: Pot Luck
titlecomplete: Pot Luck
characters: Madame Josserand, Octave Mouret, Madame Campardon, Théophile Vabre
genres: Classics, France, Roman, Historical, Novels, Historical Fiction, Literature, French Literature, Fiction, 19th Century
ratings_count: 2217
series: Les Rougon-Macquart
publisher: Oxford University Press