Zola, Émile 1840-1902 creator Ellis, Havelock 1859-1939 text utu 2018 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "Germinal" by Émile Zola is a novel written between 1884 and 1885. Set in a northern French coal mining town during the 1860s, it follows young migrant worker Étienne Lantier as he arrives seeking work in the forbidding pits of Montsou. As brutal working conditions and desperate poverty push the miners toward breaking point, Étienne becomes an unlikely leader of a strike movement. This uncompromisingly harsh and realistic story explores the workers' struggle for survival, explosive riots, and personal entanglements against a backdrop of severe oppression. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germinal_(novel) Release date is 2018-02-08 Dagny and Marc D’Hooghe Original publication data not identified Coal miners -- Fiction Coal mines and mining -- Fiction Political fiction Strikes and lockouts -- Fiction Labor disputes -- Fiction France, Northern -- Fiction PQ Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/56528 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/56528 UtSlPG 260607 20260610134313.0 56528