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1) Germinal
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"Étienne Lantier, a poor but spirited young laborer in search of work, shares the wretched lives of the coal miners of Le Voreux, where the brutish and dangerous working conditions consume the health and prospects of young and old, one generation after another. Impoverished, ill, and hungry, the miners inspire Étienne to attempt a revolt against the Company, an overthrow of “the tyranny of capital, which was starving the worker.” They answer...
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Set in an English coal mining town from 1903 to 1933, this is the story of the conflict between labor and capital. It primarily concerns two families and one individual: the Fenwicks, father, mother and three sons, a typical miner's family, simple and hardworking; Richard Barras, the mine-owner, his only son, Arthur, and two daughters; Joe Gowlan, pit-boy, bookie's assistant and war profiteer.
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