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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

?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

Discover Emile Zola's timeless masterpiece "Germinal" in this new edition featuring easy-to-read large type. Set against the backdrop of the 19th-century French coal mining industry, "Germinal" vividly portrays the struggles of the working class, their fight for justice, and... 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

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

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

Una joya de la literatura, "Germinal" no s lo es una de las mejores novelas del prol fico escritor mile Zola (Par s, 1840, Par s, 1902), sino adem s una de las mejores novelas de la literatura francesa. mile Zola narra con una precisi n de cirujano la vida y la miseria de los... 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 .

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Germinal is a novel written by French author Emile Zola, first published in 1885. The book is set in the 1860s and tells the story of a young coal miner named Etienne Lantier, who goes to work in a mining town in northern France. The conditions in the mines are harsh and dangerous,... Read Full Overview