by Emile Zola · SGEL TEXTO (PRECIO FIJO) · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782011557469
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«Germinal» is the adapted version of Émile Zola's novel for French students, in paperback, 96 pages.
Étienne Lantier arrives at the coal mines of northern France and finds a community sunk in misery. His arrival awakens hope among the workers and drives him to organize a strike, but the protest ends in violence. The novel shows the harshness of worker exploitation and the struggle for a fairer society.
It belongs to the Lire en français facile collection, level B1, and includes an audio CD with the complete text. Published in 2011, it incorporates a pedagogical dossier with comprehension activities.
Designed for French students who want to approach the classics with guided reading and practice listening comprehension.
Émile Édouard Charles Antoine Zola was a French novelist, journalist, playwright, the best-known practitioner of the literary school of naturalism, and an important contributor to the development of theatrical naturalism. He was a major figure in the political liberalization of France and in the exoneration of the falsely accused and convicted army officer Alfred Dreyfus, which is encapsulated in his renowned newspaper opinion headlined J'Accuse...! Zola was nominated for the first and second Nobel Prizes in Literature in 1901 and 1902.
