Germinal (Unabridged)

Written by Emile Zola

Narrated by Digital Voice Marcus G

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.

Descend into the suffocating depths of a French coal mine, where Etienne Lantier stumbles into a world of backbreaking labor, ruthless exploitation, and simmering discontent. Coal dust fills the air, wages are meager, and the ever-present threat of cave-ins looms large. As Etienne joins the miners' fight for a scrap of dignity, their struggle against the mine owners ignites, threatening to erupt in a fiery rebellion. Will they find a flicker of hope in the darkness, or will they be consumed by the relentless grip of Germinal – the month of seeds, but also the month of revolution?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Falcon Press
• Release date: Mar 23, 2022
• ISBN: 9798868674075

Emile Zola

Émile Zola was a French writer who is recognized as an exemplar of literary naturalism and for his contributions to the development of theatrical naturalism. Zola’s best-known literary works include the twenty-volume Les Rougon-Macquart, an epic work that examined the influences of violence, alcohol and prostitution on French society through the experiences of two families, the Rougons and the Macquarts. Other remarkable works by Zola include Contes à Ninon, Les Mystères de Marseille, and Thérèse Raquin. In addition to his literary contributions, Zola played a key role in the Dreyfus Affair of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. His newspaper article J’Accuse accused the highest levels of the French military and government of obstruction of justice and anti-semitism, for which he was convicted of libel in 1898. After a brief period of exile in England, Zola returned to France where he died in 1902. Émile Zola is buried in the Panthéon alongside other esteemed literary figures Victor Hugo and Alexandre Dumas.