Germinal book for reading in French

Emile Zola (1840-1902) — a French writer, journalist, literary theorist, and politician, one of the greatest representatives of the realism genre. The classic of literature provides a tangible and vivid representation of the life of the working class. Zola unfolds... the problem of social inequality in bourgeois society in his works.
The novel «Germinal» (1885) — one of the «documents of the era» of the «Rougon-Macquart» cycle, embodying the artistic realization of the «doctrine of naturalism». The heroes of the novel — miners who demand better working conditions. The author candidly describes the reality of the strike, pushed by exhausting labor, poverty, and semi-starvation. Yet, even in these inhuman conditions, the heroes fight for their ideals and love.
The book features an unadapted abridged text in the original language.