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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Publishing Group
ISBN-100140440453
ISBN-139780140440454
eBay Product ID (ePID)127410280
Product Key Features
Original LanguageFrench
Book TitleGerminal
Number of Pages512 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicGeneral, Literary, Political
Publication Year1954
GenreFiction
AuthorÉmile. Zola
FormatUk-B Format Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight10.6 Oz
Item Length8.2 in
Item Width5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Dewey Edition21
Dewey DecimalFIC
SynopsisThe thirteenth novel in Amile Zolaas great Rougon-Macquart sequence, "Germinal" expresses outrage at the exploitation of the many by the few, but also shows humanityas 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, hungry, and in debt, unable to feed and clothe their families. When conditions in the mining community deteriorate even further, Lantier finds himself leading a strike that could mean starvation or salvation for all.