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Germinal (Barnes & Noble Classics Series)

de Emile Zola (auteur), Dominique Jullien (introduction), Havelock Ellis (traduction), Dominique Jullien (introduction et notes)
Maison d'édition : Barnes & Noble Classics
juin 2009

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Germinal, by Emile Zola, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:
  • New introductions commissioned from todays top writers and scholars
  • Biographies of the authors
  • Chronologies of contemporary historical, biographical, and cultural events
  • Footnotes and endnotes
  • Selective discussions of imitations, parodies, poems, books, plays, paintings, operas, statuary, and films inspired by the work
  • Comments by other famous authors
  • Study questions to challenge the readers viewpoints and expectations
  • Bibliographies for further reading
  • Indices & Glossaries, when appropriate
All editions are beautifully designed and are printed to superior specifications; some include illustrations of historical interest. Barnes & Noble Classics pulls together a constellation of influences—biographical, historical, and literary—to enrich each readers understanding of these enduring works.

Émile Zola’s unflinchingly told story of a daring coal miners’ strike in northern France was published in 1885, when the prolific author was at the height of his powers. Today some readers believe this novel will prove to be his most enduring work. Spare yet compassionate, Germinal takes us from the comfortable homes of the bourgeoisie to the dark bowels of the earth, describing unbearable human suffering and exploitation in vivid and unsentimental prose.

Étienne Lantier, a poor but spirited young laborer in search of work, shares the wretched lives of the coal miners of Le Voreux, where the brutish and dangerous working conditions consume the health and prospects of young and old, one generation after another. Impoverished, ill, and hungry, the miners inspire Étienne to attempt a revolt against the Company, an overthrow of “the tyranny of capital, which was starving the worker.” They answer his desperate call for a strike that grows increasingly violent and divisive, testing loyalties and endangering Étienne’s life even as it offers the workers their only hope of a decent existence. In a harrowing climax, the unforeseen consequences of the strike threaten to engulf them all in disaster.

Dominique Jullien is a professor of French at Columbia University and the University of California–Santa Barbara, and the editor in chief of the Romanic Review. Her books include Proust et ses modèles: Les Mille et une Nuits et les Mémoires de Saint-Simon and Récits du Nouveau Monde: les Voyageurs français en Amérique de Chateaubriand à nos jours. She has published numerous articles on nineteenth- and twentieth-century literature, including several on Émile Zola.

Auteur

  • Emile Zola (auteur)

    Émile Zola est un écrivain et journaliste français né le 2 avril 1840 à Paris et mort le 29 septembre 1902 dans la même ville. Considéré comme le chef de file du naturalisme, c'est l'un des romanciers français les plus populaires et l'un des plus publiés, traduits et commentés dans le monde entier.

  • Havelock Ellis (Traduit par)

    Henry Havelock Ellis, conhecido como Havelock Ellis (2 de fevereiro de 1859 - 8 de Julho de 1939), foi um médico e psicólogo britânico, escritor e reformador social que estudou a sexualidade humana. Foi co-autor, em 1987, do primeiro livro médico em Inglês sobre a homossexualidade e também publicou trabalhos sobre uma variedade de práticas e inclinações sexuais, incluindo a psicologia dos transgéneros. É-lhe creditada a introdução das noções de narcisismo e auto-erotismo, mais tarde adotada pelos psicanalistas. Como pensador contemporâneo progressiva, apoiou a eugenia e foi presidente do Instituto de Galton. Saber mais na Wikipedia...

Auteur(s) : Emile Zola

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Caractéristiques

Éditeur : Barnes & Noble Classics

Auteur(s) : Emile Zola

Publication : 1 juin 2009

Intérieur : Noir & blanc

Support(s) : Livre numérique eBook [ePub]

Contenu(s) : ePub

Protection(s) : Marquage social (ePub)

Taille(s) : 1,72 Mo (ePub)

Langue(s) : Anglais

EAN13 Livre numérique eBook [ePub] : 9781411432239

EAN13 (papier) : 9781593082918

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