Germinal
novel by Émile Zola
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Summary
Germinal is a literary work[1]. Germinal ranks in the top 3% of literary work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,152 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Author: Émile Zola[3]
- Movement: naturalism[4], literary realism[5]
- Genre: philosophical fiction[6]
- Based on: Grande grève des mineurs d'Anzin[7]
- Follows: La Joie de vivre[8]
- Followed by: L'Œuvre[9]
- Part of the series: Les Rougon-Macquart[10]
- Place of publication: France[11]
- Commons category: Germinal (roman)[12]
- Language of work or name: French[13]
- Country of origin: France[14]
- Inception: 1885[15]
- Characters: Étienne Lantier[16]
- Has edition or translation: Germinal[17]
- Narrative location: northern French coal mining region[18]
- Topic's main category: Category:Germinal[19]
- Main subject: strike[20], mining in France[21]
- Described by source: New International Encyclopedia[22]
- Title: Germinal[23]
- Different from: Germinal[24]
- Time period: modernism[25]
- Derivative work: Germinal[26], The Great Mine Disaster[27]
- Copyright status: public domain[28]
- Form of creative work: novel[29]
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Why It Matters
Germinal has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] Germinal is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]