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Germinal

by Émile Zola

✓ ReadPublic DomainLes Rougon-Macquart #13

Germinal is the thirteenth novel in Émile Zola's twenty-volume series Les Rougon-Macquart. Often considered Zola's masterpiece and one of the most significant novels in the French tradition, the novel – an uncompromisingly harsh and realistic story of a coalminers' strike in northern France in the 1860s – has been published and translated in over one hundred countries. It has also inspired five film adaptations and two television productions.

First published 1885900 pages
618
Category
Literature
Priority
Recommended
Author works
2
Editions known
147
Classification
Dewey (DDC)
618843.89843.8
Library of Congress (LCC)
PQ2504.A375 2004PQ2504.A47 1991PZ0003.Z74 G18PQ2504.A44 1924
Subjects
843.8Classic LiteratureCoal minersCoal miners--fictionCoal mines and miningCoal mines and mining--fictionCoal miningContinental european fiction (fictional works by one author)FictionFiction, politicalFranceFrance, fiction
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ISBN 9783704320889English
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First published1885
Film adaptation1912
Film adaptation1913
Film adaptation1963
Film adaptation1993
StatusREAD
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Adaptations

Works adapted from Germinal.

  • FilmThe Great Mine Disaster (1912)
  • FilmGerminal (1913)
  • FilmGerminal (1963)
  • FilmGerminal (1993)
  • TVGerminal

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