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Brought to you by Penguin. Considered by André Gide to be one of the ten greatest novels in the French language, Germinal is a brutal depiction of the poverty and wretchedness of a mining community in northern France under the second empire. At the centre of the novel is Etienne Lantier, a...

Germinal is one of the most striking novels in the French tradition. Widely regarded as Zola's masterpiece, the novel describes the working conditions of French coalminers in the 1860s in harsh and realistic terms. It is visceral, graphic, and unrelenting. Its strong socialist principles and vivid accounts of the miners' strikes meant that the novel became a key symbol in the workers' fight against oppression, with chants of "Germinal! Germinal!" resonating high above the author's funeral.

First published between 1870 and 1893, Émile Zola’s 20-book cycle chronicling four generations of the Rougon-Macquarts was a shocking exposé of the decadence, degradation and moral decay of 19th-century France. It included some of his greatest novels, among them his masterpiece, Germinal. These innovative, ambitious dramas, first broadcast on Radio 4 over 24 hours in 2015-16, are a radical reimagining of Zola’s classic series, introducing us to 104-year-old matriarch, Dide, imprisoned in an asylum in southern France.

In a dingy apartment on the Passage du Pont-Neuf in Paris, Thérèse Raquin is trapped in a loveless marriage to her sickly cousin, Camille. The numbing tedium of her life is suddenly shattered when she embarks on a turbulent affair with her husband's earthy friend, Laurent. But their passion for each other soon compels the lovers to commit a crime that will haunt them forever.

Sex, betrayal, murder and corruption form the basis of this sensational novel by one of the leading French authors of the 19th century. Jacques Lantier is a man with a hereditary homicidal lust. When he sees Roubaud and his wife Severine slit the throat of a wealthy nobleman, it is the catalyst for a string of murders in a convoluted plot full of horror and suspense.

The French Classics Collection brings together 18 of the greatest works of fiction ever written in French - here collected into one audiobook and all translated into English. Featuring grand epics of love, loss, and survival, as in Les Miserables, to tales of adventure in Jules Verne's Journey to the Center of the Earth, and romances such as Madame Bovary, alongside many more grand stories from 17th, 18th, and 19th century France, this collection will whisk you away into other worlds with some of the greatest characters in literature within some of the greatest novels ever written.

"L'Assommoir", septième volume de la série "Les Rougon-Macquart" publié en 1877, est considéré comme le plus grand roman d'Émile Zola. L'ouvrage est totalement consacré au monde ouvrier et, selon Zola, c'est "le premier roman sur le peuple, qui ne mente pas et qui ait l'odeur du peuple". L'écrivain y restitue la langue et les mœurs des ouvriers, tout en décrivant les ravages causés par la misère et l'alcoolisme. "L'Assommoir" raconte la grandeur puis la décadence de Gervaise Macquart, honnête blanchisseuse de la Goutte d'Or dans le Paris populaire de 1850.

Il s'agit en effet d'une évocation très noire du monde paysan de la seconde moitié du XIXe siècle, de petits propriétaires terriens âpres au gain, dévorés d'une passion pour la terre pouvant aller jusqu'au crime. Tout l'ouvrage est empreint d'une bestialité propre à choquer les lecteurs de l'époque, les accouplements d'animaux alternant avec ceux des humains, eux-mêmes marqués par une grande précocité et par une brutalité allant fréquemment jusqu'au viol.

Le Figaro du 23 janvier 1868 à propos de Thérèse Raquin : "C'est le résidu de toutes les horreurs. Le sujet est simple, le remords physique de deux amants qui tuent le mari mais qui, ce mari tué, n'osent plus s'étreindre, car voici le supplice délicat qui les attend."

Perteneciente al ciclo de los Rougon-Macquart, La obra, la novela más autobiográfica de su autor, está inspirada en la relación del propio Zola con Cézanne. El pintor Claude Lantier intenta terminar un óleo de grandes dimensiones que represente la modernidad del Segundo Imperio, en los albores del movimiento impresionista. Su enfermiza obsesión se verá mezclada con el amor de Christine -la mujer que le sirve de modelo- y su difícil amistad con el novelista Sandoz.

The Ultimate Classics Collection: Volume Five is the fifth instalment of our wide-ranging classic collections. Volume Five features 14 essential works that reach across Europe, America, and Russia - from Twain to Dostoyevsky to Austen - to bring together some of the most influential authors of the 18th and 19th century. Read by a cast of incredible narrators, this is a chance to expand your listening by going deeper into some of your favourite authors' works and find your new favourite piece of classic literature.

Toute acquise à Napoléon III dans le passé, grâce aux intrigues politiques de la famille Rougon, la petite ville de Plassans est maintenant sous le contrôle des légitimistes. Prêtre Bonapartiste, l'abbé Faujas, est envoyé de Besançon pour tenter de faire revenir la ville dans le droit chemin. Il est hébergé dans un premier temps par la famille Mouret. Il y a là François Mouret, quarante-cinq ans (fils d'Ursule Macquart) commerçant en retraite, sa femme Marthe Rougon et ses enfants, Octave, Serge et Désirée.

His Excellency Eugène Rougon is the sixth novel in Émile Zola's Rougon-Macquart series. It has only rarely been published in English and this new translation aims to bring this great and almost unknown novel to a new public. His Excellency Eugène Rougon is set in the world of high politics and low characters during the Second Empire. The main protagonist, Eugène Rougon, is an ambitious and ruthless politician surrounded by a cotérie of equally ambitious and greedy hangers-on. In a world where what is said is usually far from what is meant, where all are manouevring against all, where ...

Sous le second empire, le bouleversement de Paris voit le quartier marchand se transformer avec l'apparition du projet Baltard...

The Paris Classics Collection: Stories of the City immerses you in the rich, timeless world of Paris through a collection of iconic stories that span the spectrum of passion, revolution, romance, and intrigue. From the bustling streets to the glittering ballrooms, some of the greatest novels of all time transport you to the heart of one of the world's most captivating cities. Featuring unforgettable characters, dramatic plots, and a deep dive into the human spirit, this collection showcases the best of Parisian storytelling.

This is a new edition of “The Fortune of the Rougons,” originally published in 1886 by Vizetelly & Co., of London, translated without abridgment. Part of the project Immortal Literature Series of classic literature, this is a new edition of the classic work published in 1886—not a facsimile reprint. Obvious typographical errors have been carefully corrected and the entire text has been reset and redesigned by Pen House Editions to enhance readability, while respecting the original edition. The eBook edition was designed in an elegant style and set to take full advantage of the readers...

This is a new edition of Germinal, originally published in 1895 by Leonard Smithers for The Lutetian Society, of London, translated by Havelock Ellis. Part of Adeptio’s Unforgettable Classic Series, this is not a facsimile reprint. Obvious typographical errors have been carefully corrected and the entire text has been reset and redesigned by Adeptio Editions to enhance readability, while respecting the original edition. The eBook edition was designed in an elegant style and set to take full advantage of the readers' features. Germinal, a bleak but nevertheless fascinatingly realistic and ...

When Étienne Lantier arrives in the town of Montsou in search of work, he is confronted by the brutal conditions endured by the coal miners: gruelling shifts, meagre wages and backbreaking labour. As Étienne immerses himself in the community, he takes it upon himself to become a voice for the labourers and a leader in their fight for justice. As tensions rise and a miners' strike begins to brew, Zola candidly depicts a devastating spiral into violence and despair.

The Dream is the sixteenth volume in Zola's Rougon-Macquart series of novels of the Second Empire. In The Dream, a young girl is found huddled in a church doorway the morning after Christmas day. She is taken in and raised by a family of embroiderers, in happy innocence and far from the harsh realities of the world. With them she learns a trade, and loses herself in a dreamlike world of religious belief and hope. She dreams of marrying the most handsome, richest and most noble man, and living a life of idyllic happiness with him. But, can a foundling girl, unloved by her natural parents, ...

In diesem Band beschreibt Zola das Leben der Hélène Grandjean aus der Linie der Familie Mouret, einer jungen Frau, die während der gemeinsamen Übersiedlung nach Paris ihren Mann verloren hat und nun mit ihrer kränklichen zwölfjährigen Tochter in dieser ihr gänzlich unbekannten Stadt Fuß zu fassen versucht. Und wieder dringt Zola in die Tiefe der Pariser Bourgeoisie ein, in ihre engen Moralvorstellungen, die Liebe und schließlich auch das Leben welken lassen. Ein Blatt Liebe ist ein aufrüttelnder Roman über die Stellung einer alleinerziehenden Frau im 2. Kaiserreich.