The tale of a mining community in 19th-century France, Zola's masterpiece of naturalistic fiction portrays the effects of backbreaking physical exertion, undertaken for starvation wages. When a young idealist instigates a strike, the stage is set for a brutal clash between labor and capital. Strikingly frank in its depictions of sex and violence, this 1885 novel is a cri de coeur for the working class.
| ISBN: | 9780486822419 |
| Publication date: | 29th June 2018 |
| Author: | Émile Zola |
| Publisher: | Dover Publications an imprint of Dover Publications Inc. |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 416 pages |
| Series: | Dover Thrift Editions |
| Genres: |
Classic fiction: general and literary |