Germinal
by Zola, Emile [Translated by Havelock Ellis; Essay by Francis Gribble]
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Binding lightly cracking else clean tight copy: VG- to VG/no dj
- Seller
-
Brattleboro, Vermont, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Synopsis
The thirteenth novel in Emile Zola's great Rougon-Macquart sequence, Germinal expresses outrage at the exploitation of the many by the few, but also shows humanity's capacity for compassion and hope.Etienne Lantier, an unemployed railway worker, is a clever but uneducated young man with a dangerous temper. Forced to take a back-breaking job at Le Voreux mine when he cannot get other work, he discovers that his fellow miners are ill, hungry, and in debt, unable to feed and clothe their families. When conditions in the mining community deteriorate even further, Lantier finds himself leading a strike that could mean starvation or salvation for all.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- The Bear Bookshop, John Greenberg (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17121211
- Title
- Germinal
- Author
- Zola, Emile [Translated by Havelock Ellis; Essay by Francis Gribble]
- Format/Binding
- Black cloth with paper spine label
- Book Condition
- Used - Binding lightly cracking else clean tight copy: VG- to VG/no dj
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Boni & Liveright
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1924
- Pages
- 532pp.
- Size
- 8vo
- Keywords
- Literature, Novels, French Literature, Fiction
Terms of Sale
The Bear Bookshop, John Greenberg
About the Seller
The Bear Bookshop, John Greenberg
About The Bear Bookshop, John Greenberg
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Spine Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...