Novels
Germinal
by Émile Zola
Set in a northern French coal mining town during the 1860s, it follows young migrant worker Étienne Lantier as he arrives seeking work in the forbidding pits of Montsou.
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About this book
"Germinal" by Émile Zola is a novel written between 1884 and 1885. Set in a northern French coal mining town during the 1860s, it follows young migrant worker Étienne Lantier as he arrives seeking work in the forbidding pits of Montsou. As brutal working conditions and desperate poverty push the miners toward breaking point, Étienne becomes an unlikely leader of a strike movement. This uncompromisingly harsh and realistic story explores the workers' struggle for survival, explosive riots, and personal entanglements against a backdrop of severe oppression.
- Format
- EPUB
- Language
- English
- Length
- 597 pages
- Publisher
- National Geographic Books
- ISBN
- 9780140447422
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