Germinal by Emile Zola

by emile Zola, Havelock Ellis (Translator)

Overview

GERMINAL (1885) is the thirteenth novel in Émile Zola's twenty-volume series Les Rougon-Macquart. It is often considered Zola's masterpiece and one of the most significant novels in the French tradition. GERMINAL is the realistic story of a coalminers' strike in northern France in the 1860s.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940011886812
Publisher:	Halcyon Press Ltd.
Publication date:	10/19/2010
Series:	Halcyon Classics , #1
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	412 KB

About the Author

Émile François Zola (1840-1902) was an influential French writer of the naturalist school. Zola played an important role in the political and social liberalization of France; Zola proved instrumental in the Dreyfus Affair, helping to exonerate the falsely accused and convicted Alfred Dreyfus.