Germinal By Émile Zola, Roger Pearson (Translator)

Germinal By Émile Zola, Roger Pearson (Translator)The thirteenth novel in mile Zolas great Rougon Macquart sequence, Germinal expresses outrage at the exploitation of the many by the few, but also shows humanitys 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, in debt, and

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