| #132184 in Books | Penguin Classics | 2004-05-25 | 2004-05-25 | Original language:French | PDF # 1 | 7.80 x1.00 x5.10l,.57 | File type: PDF | 592 pages | Great product!||4 of 4 people found the following review helpful.| A Fine Novel and A Valuable Resource for Contemplation|By FCD117|This is a really fine work by Emile Zola. This is a work about the difficulties of life for coal mine workers in France. As I understand it, this book was carefully researched by Mr. Zola. I read the English translation of this work, and in such circumstances am dependent on the translator both for the accuracy||“[Germinal] made me realize that when books are considered ‘classics,’ most of the time they’re actually very readable and exciting.” —Daniel Radcliffe| |About the Author
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.
Etienne Lantier, an unemployed railway worker, is a clever but uneducated young man with a dangerous temper. Forced to take a back-breaking job at Le Voreux mine when he cannot get other work, he discovers that his fellow miners are ill, hu...
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