Germinal, Emile Zola
Germinal, Emile Zola
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Germinal

Author: Emile Zola

Narrator: Leighton Pugh

Unabridged: 19 hr 55 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Naxos

Published: 06/29/2015

Categories: Fiction, Classic


Synopsis

Germinal is one of the most striking novels in the French tradition. Widely regarded as Zola’s masterpiece, the novel describes the working conditions of French coalminers in the 1860s in harsh and realistic terms – it is visceral, graphic and unrelenting. Its strong socialist principles and vivid accounts of the miners’ strikes meant that the novel became a key symbol in the workers’ fight against oppression, with chants of ‘Germinal! Germinal!’ resonating high above the author’s funeral.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Henry on March 28, 2024

Emile Zola's acknowledged masterpiece written in 1885, the politics are dated as history has shown, his overemphasis on sex, research and common sense have refuted, this is the 19th century, not the 21st, (trying to sell more books ? "Nana," made the same error) his characters are more symbols than......more