Germinal

Émile. Zola, Peter Collier, Robert Lethbridge (Introduction by)

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Author
Émile. Zola, Peter Collier, Robert Lethbridge (Introduction by)
Publish Date
2008-09-01
Book Type
Paperback
Publisher Name
Oxford University Press
Number of Pages
576
Edition
Reissue
ISBN-10
0199536899
ISBN-13
9780199536894
SKU
9780199536894

Description

Zola's masterpiece of working life, Germinal (1885), exposes the inhuman conditions of miners in northern France in the 1860s. By Zola's death in 1902 it had come to symbolize the call for freedom from oppression so forcefully that the crowd which gathered at his State funeral chanted "Germinal! Germinal!"

While it is a dramatic novel of working life and everyday relationships, Germinal is also a complex novel of ideas, given fresh vigor and power in this new translation. It is also the thirteenth book in the Rougon-Macquart cycle, which celebrates its centenary in October 1993 with a new film version of Germinal starring Gerard Depardieu.

About the Series: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the broadest spectrum of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, voluminous notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.