Germinal

Émile Zola

earliest edition we have, 1946 Hackett Pub. Co., 2011 544 pages

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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...

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This book in English

Havelock Ellis 3 printings we hold · 2005 · Kessinger Publishing, LLC
Leonard Tancock 1 printing we hold · 1954 · Penguin Classics
Peter Collier 1 printing we hold · 1994 · Oxford University Press, USA

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Editions we hold

Germinal hardcover · 2026 · La Casa dels Clàssics · 576 pages · 9788498594607
Germinal edition · 2014 · Yordam Kitap · 9786054836628
Germinal edition · 2011 · Hackett Pub. Co. · 544 pages · 9781603846271
Germinal ebook · 2009 · Penguin USA, Inc. · 9781101160077
Germinal edition · 2009 · eBooksLib · 9781412197304
Germinal edition · 2008 · Oxford University Press · 538 pages · 9780199536894
Germinal audiobook · 2007 · Blackstone Audio Inc. · 200 pages · 9780786158072
Germinal paperback · 2007 · Pomona Press · 412 pages · 9781406790184
Germinal audiobook · 2007 · Blackstone Audio Inc. · 200 pages · 9780786158065
Germinal (Large Print Edition) paperback · 2006 · BiblioBazaar · 524 pages · 9781426420818
Germinal paperback · 2006 · BiblioBazaar · 472 pages · 9781426419706
Germinal hardcover · 2005 · Kessinger Publishing, LLC · 552 pages · 9781432624835

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