Condition: Acceptable. Please see the images for more details. May show signs of wear such as:
• Shelf wear or scuffing on the cover
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Cover art: The cover shows Les gueules noires by Steinlen in the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris
Blurb: “TRANSLATED BY LEONARD TANCOCK
Germinal was written by Zola (1840-1902) to draw attention once again to the misery prevailing among the poor in France during the Second Empire. The novel, which has now become a sociological docu-ment, depicts the grim struggle between capital and labour in a coalfield in northern France. Yet through the blackness of this picture, humanity is constantly apparent, and the final impression is one of compassion and hope for the future, not only of organized labour, but also of man.“