Berthe Josserand

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Berthe Josserand is a fictional young bourgeois woman in Émile Zola’s novel "Pot-Bouille," whose constrained marriage and romantic entanglements exemplify the hypocrisies of Parisian middle-class society.

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Berthe Josserand canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character ⓘ
literary character ⓘ
appearsIn Pot-Bouille ⓘ
associatedWith Josserand family ⓘ
Vabre family ⓘ
characterType bourgeois heroine ⓘ
young married woman ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
creator Émile Zola ⓘ
depicts conflict between passion and respectability ⓘ
tensions within bourgeois marriage ⓘ
familyName Josserand ⓘ
father Monsieur Josserand ⓘ
fictionalLocation Rue de Choiseul apartment building ⓘ
fictionalUniverse Pot-Bouille ⓘ
firstPublicationOfWork 1882 ⓘ
genreOfWork naturalist novel ⓘ
givenName Berthe ⓘ
languageOfWork French ⓘ
literaryMovementOfWork Naturalism ⓘ
literaryPeriodOfWork 19th-century French literature ⓘ
maritalStatus married ⓘ
mediumOfWork novel ⓘ
mother Madame Josserand ⓘ
narrativeFunction embodiment of bourgeois hypocrisy ⓘ
example of constrained marriage ⓘ
narrativeRole central female character ⓘ
occupation bourgeois woman ⓘ
partOfSeries Les Rougon-Macquart ⓘ
residence Paris ⓘ
settingOfActivity Parisian middle-class society ⓘ
socialClass bourgeoisie ⓘ
spouse Auguste Vabre ⓘ
themeAssociated adultery ⓘ
bourgeois morality ⓘ
female desire ⓘ
marital hypocrisy ⓘ
social constraint ⓘ
workTitleInEnglish Pot Luck ⓘ
workTitleInFrench Pot-Bouille ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pot-Bouille → character → Berthe Josserand ⓘ
Madame Josserand → hasChild → Berthe Josserand ⓘ
Madame Josserand → hasRelationshipWith → Berthe Josserand ⓘ