Germinal
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- Synopsis
- 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 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, oppression, and sabotage. Yet despite all the violence and disillusion which rocked the mining community to its foundations, Lantier retains his belief in the ultimate germination of a new society, leading to a better world.
- Copyright:
- 1993
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 565 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780192837028
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- Date of Addition:
- 03/24/09
- Copyrighted By:
- Peter Collier
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Literature and Fiction, Politics and Government
- Submitted By:
- Daproim Africa
- Proofread By:
- Daproim Africa
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
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