Germinal

by Émile Zola · first published 1885

Germinal is the thirteenth novel in Émile Zola's twenty-volume series Les Rougon-Macquart. 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. It has also inspired five film adaptations and two television productions. Germinal was written between April 1884 and January 1885.

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Genre:

Philosophical fiction, Social

Original language:

French

Year page:

1885