Germinal (The Rougon-Macquart Cycle)(Library Edition)
Product Description [Audiobook CD Library Edition in vinyl case.][Translated by Havelock Ellis][Read by Frederick Davidson] With flawless construction and impeccable detail, Germinal chronicles the conflicts, lusts, and deprivation of life in the coal fields of nineteenth-century France. A father and three of seven children work brutal hours, facing such hazards as landslides, fire, and poisoned air, to scrape together enough money for food. When their lodger, Etienne, shares ideas of a workers' revolt, the family gradually embraces his plans. Soon the settlement is aflame with resolve to strike for better wages and working conditions. Savage and horrifying events ensue, as miners clash with management and with each other. Published in 1885, Germinal helped establish Emile Zola as the leading figure in the French school of naturalistic fiction. This masterpiece has been called one of the ten best novels in the French language. Review ''Few readers of audiobooks can match Frederick Davidson's remarkable skill....He's equal to the task [of] rendering this complex, yet worthwhile, novel accessible to all listeners.'' --AudioFile About the Author EMILE ZOLA (1840-1902), French writer and critic, was raised in a poor family at Aix-en-Provence and at age eighteen went to Paris where he worked as a clerk and a journalist before turning to writing novels. For many years he used his fiction in the service of his passion for social reform. He published many masterworks, but is perhaps most famous for his a series of novels called Les Rougon-Macquart, one of the chief monuments of the French naturalist movement.
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| Title | Germinal (The Rougon-Macquart Cycle)(Library Edition) |
|---|---|
| ISBN | 0786158069 |
| ISBN 10 | 0786158069 |
| ISBN 13 | 9780786158065 |
| Date published | 2007-04-02 |
| Edition | Unabridged LIBRARY |
| MRSP | 120 |
| Pages | 200 |
| Author | Emile Zola |
| Binding | Audio CD |
| Language | en |
| Publisher | Blackstone Audio, Inc. |
| Tags | Classics Fiction Literature & Fiction / Literature |
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