Germinal
Emile Zola
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ISBN: | 9781979851527 |
Publisher: | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform |
Published: | 7 January, 2018 |
Format: | Paperback |
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- Abbe Mouret's Transgression
- Assomoir
- Au Bonheur des Dames
- Beast in Man
- Germinal
- L'Argent
- L'Å’uvre
- L'Œuvre
- La Bête humaine
- La Bête humaine
- La Conquête de Plassans
- La Conquête de Plassans
- La Curée
- La Curée
- La Débâcle
- La Débâcle
- La Faute de l'Abbé Mouret
- La Faute de l'Abbé Mouret
- La Fortune des Rougon
- La Joie de vivre
- La Terre
- Le Docteur Pascal
- Le Rêve
- Le Rêve
- Nana
- Pot-Bouille
- Son Excellence Eugène Rougon
- Son Excellence Eugène Rougon
- Une Page d'amour
Germinal
Emile Zola
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 symbolise the call for freedom from oppression so forcefully that the crowd which gathered at his State funeral chanted 'Germinal! Germinal!'. The central figure, Etienne Lantier, is an outsider who enters the community and eventually leads his fellow-miners in a strike protesting against pay-cuts - a strike which becomes a losing battle against starvation, repression, and sabotage. Yet despite all the violence and disillusion which rock the mining community to its foundations, Lantier retains his belief in the ultimate germination of a new society, leading to a better world. Germinal is a dramatic novel of working life and everyday relationships, but it is also a complex novel of ideas, given fresh vigour and power in this new translation. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.
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