num_pages: 508
description: Depicts the grim struggle between capital and labour in a coalfield in northern France. Yet through the blackness of this picture, humanity is constantly apparent, and the final impression is one of compassion and hope for the future, not only of organized labour, but also of man.
language: French
title: Germinal
titlecomplete: Germinal (Les Rougon-Macquart, #13)
characters: Paul Négrel, Pluchart, Jeanlin Maheu, Chaval, Rasseneur, Toussaint Maheu, Étienne Lantier, Cécile Grégoire, Monsieur Grégoire, Deneulin, Constance Maheude, Zacharie Maheu, Catherine Maheu, Souvarine, Father Bonnemort, Léonore Maheu, Monsieur Hennebeau, Alzire Maheu, Madame Grégoire, Madame Hennebeau, Maigrat
genres: Fiction, Historical, France, French Literature, Roman, Literature, Classics, Novels, 19th Century, Historical Fiction
ratings_count: 36389
series: Les Rougon-Macquart
publisher: FLAMMARION