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Germinal
Émile Zola
Naturalism
1885
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Germinal
Émile Zola
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The story
Étienne Lantier goes down into the Montsou pit, and the strike that follows shows the nineteenth century choosing between hunger and organisation.
About the author
Émile Zola (1840–1902) pushed naturalism to the limits of method, documenting French society as one builds a legal case.
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