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Often considered Zola's masterpiece and one of the most significant novels in the French tradition, the novel – an uncompromisingly harsh and realistic story of a coalminers' strike in northern France in the 1860s – has been published and translated in over one hundred countries.
Émile Zola, Roger Pearson (Translator) 4.19. 38,362 ratings2,188 reviews. The thirteenth novel in Émile 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.
Feb 8, 2018 · So, in the little Cornish cottage over the sea we then occupied, the evenings of the early months of 1894 were spent over Germinal, I translating aloud, and she with swift efficient untiring pen following, now and then bettering my English dialogue with her pungent wit.
Nov 10, 2010 · Germinal. by. Zola, Emile, 1840-1902. Publication date. 1885. Publisher. Chicago : Belford, Clarke. Collection.
Complete summary of Émile Zola's Germinal. eNotes plot summaries cover all the significant action of Germinal.
Feb 8, 2018 · Germinal Credits: Dagny and Marc D’Hooghe Language: English: LoC Class: PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese: Subject: Coal miners -- Fiction Subject: Coal mines and mining -- Fiction Subject: Political fiction Subject: Strikes and lockouts -- Fiction Subject: Labor disputes -- Fiction Subject
Germinal, written by French author Émile Zola, was originally published as a serial novel from November 1884 until February 1885. It was published fully in March 1885. The novel is the 13th of 20 in Zola’s Les Rougon-Macquart series, which focuses on the influence of heredity in two branches of a family during the Second French Empire.