by
Emile Zola,Havelock Ellis (Translator)
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
'GERMINAL' was published in 1885, after occupying Zola during the previous year. In accordance with his usual custom--but to a greater extent than with any other of his books except La Débâcle--he accumulated material beforehand. For six months he travelled about the coal-mining district...