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Germinal

by Émile Zola

A new resident of a poor coal mining town in 1860s France begins learning about socialist principles, and convinces the town to go on strike.

Themes: Fiction · Drama

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A man walks alone through an ink-black night, the wind lashing like a sea storm. He has no work, no lodging, only the hope that dawn will be less cold. But the pit ahead offers no work either. The opening is a punch of cold, dark, emptiness—yet there are red flames burning in the distance, and he can't help but draw near. Neither will you.

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