‘Germinal’ is Emile Zola’s thirteenth novel in her twenty-volume series, Les Rougon-Macquart. Being one of the most significant novels in the French tradition, it is often considered as the masterpiece of the French novelist. The novel was written between April 1884 and January 1885 and was published as a book in March 1885. Since ‘Germinal’ is the name of a month in the French Republican Calendar which refers to springtime which symbolizes growth and abundance, the novel describes the hope for a better future. The novel is about the working-class as it centers around the theme of the suffering of the miners and their struggles for survival.
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