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The thirteenth novel in mile Zola's great Rougon-Macquart sequence, Germinal expresses outrage at the exploitation of the many by the few, but also shows humanity's capacity for compassion and hope.

Etienne Lantier, an unemployed railway worker, is a clever but... Read Full Overview

Zola's masterpiece of working life, Germinal (1885), exposes the inhuman conditions of miners in northern France in the 1860s. By Zola's death in 1902 it had come to symbolize the call for freedom from oppression so forcefully that the crowd which gathered at his State funeral... Read Full Overview

Originally published in serial form in 1884 to 1885, "Germinal" is mile Zola's realistic depiction of the coalminers' strike in northern France in the 1860s. In this faithful translation from the original French by Havelock Ellis, the story centers on tienne Lantier, a young... Read Full Overview

?mile ZOLA (1840-1902), n? ? Paris, de p?re italien, un ing?nieur de travaux publics, et m?re fran?aise. ? cons?quence du d?c?s du chef de famille, l?orphelin, fils unique, et la veuve, connaissent des graves p?nuries ?conomiques, jusqu?? ce que le jeune ?mile entre en contact... Read Full Overview

EDITION INTEGRALE EXCEPTIONNELLE Plongez dans la lecture d'un des plus grands chefs-d'oeuvre de la litt rature fran aise, en dition broch e. Sous le Second Empire, Etienne Lantier trouve un travail dans une mine de charbon du Nord de la France. Log chez les Maheu, une famille... Read Full Overview

Germinal est un roman d' mile Zola publi en 1885. Il s'agit du treizi me roman de la s rie des Rougon-Macquart. crit d'avril 1884 janvier 1885, le roman para t d'abord en feuilleton entre novembre 1884 et f vrier 1885 dans le Gil Blas. Il conna t sa premi re dition en mars... Read Full Overview

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Germinal by Emile Zola is a novel set in the late 19th century France that depicts the struggles of coal miners and their families. The story revolves around Etienne Lantier, a young man who arrives in the mining town of Montsou looking for work. He befriends a group of miners... Read Full Overview

The thirteenth novel in Amile Zolaas great Rougon-Macquart sequence, "Germinal" expresses outrage at the exploitation of the many by the few, but also shows humanityas capacity for compassion and hope. Etienne Lantier, an unemployed railway worker, is a clever but uneducated... Read Full Overview

Germinal est le treizi?me roman du cycle Les Rougon-Macquart d'Emile Zola. Version originale int?grale. Format 8,5 x 11 pouces (21,59 x 27,94 cm), trois colonnes, police 10 points .

Introduction by F. W. J. Hemmings; Translation by Leonard Tancock