Germinal (Barnes & Noble Classics Series)

de Émile 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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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

Émile Zola (auteur)

Emile Zola (1840-1902) est un des écrivains les plus populaires, les plus lus et les plus traduits de la littérature française. Romancier, il devient le chef de file de l'école naturaliste, dont l'intention est de mettre la fiction au service de la science, plus particulièrement de la physiologie. Journaliste, il écrit abondamment, pour Le Figaro et L'Aurore, entre autre. C'est dans ce dernier titre qu'il publie le célèbre "J'accuse" par lequel il s'en prend ouvertement à l'Armée, coupable d'avoir condamné à tort le capitaine Dreyfus en connaissance de cause - et fait de sa comparution en justice pour diffamation un moyen de révéler plus largement les dessous de l'affaire. Condamné, il s'exile le soir même du verdict à Londres, où il reste un an. Il meurt accidentellement dans son appartement parisien alors qu'il a entamé un nouveau cycle romanesque, Les Quatre évangiles, resté inachevé. Le jour des funérailles, Anatole France déclare : "Il fut un moment de la conscience humaine."
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...