Germinal
By: Émile Zola ; translated with an introduction and notes by Roger Pearson.
Contributors: Pearson, Roger.
Series: Penguin classics
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 2004
Place of publication: London, England; New York, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 546
Subjects: Strikes and lockouts -- Fiction; Coal mines and mining -- Fiction; Coal miners -- Fiction; Labor disputes -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction.
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references ([xli]-xliii) and filmography (p. xliii).