Germinal

Emile Zola, Raymond N. MacKenzie

• Publisher: Hackett Publishing Company, Inc.
• Year: 2011
• Print ISBN: 9781603846271
• eBook ISBN: 9781603847049
• Topic: Literature
• Subtopic: Classics
• Index: Literature

Coal mines have become rare, but the miners of Germinal are immortal. This new edition of the novel, with a translation by Raymond MacKenzie, is an exquisite tribute to their work, their misery and their eventual revolt. In his introduction, David Baguley--one of the most respected authorities on the work of Zola--brilliantly illuminates the genetic, historical and aesthetic aspects of the novel. His lucid, sensitive and critical gaze highlights the real secrets of the work: its underlying anthropological and social investigation, the dark power of the tragic imagination and the brightness of symbolic and mythic intuitions. --Henri Mitterand, Professor Emeritus, Columbia University

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• Introduction
• Further Reading
• Note on the Translation
• Illustrations
• Germinal
• Part I
• Part II
• Part III
• Part IV
• Part V
• Part VI
• Part VII
• Appendix: Zola’s Notes on the Mines at Anzin
• Back Cover