Description: Zola's depiction of the life of the laboring classes, and the struggle between capital and the workers in the mines of northern France, is an epic of naturalism that also possesses the richness and exactitude of a sociological document.
Synopsis Zola's depiction of the life of the laboring classes, and the struggle between capital and the workers in the mines of northern France, is an epic of naturalism that also possesses the richness and exactitude of a sociological document.
Details
Publication Date:
1994-03-01
Series:
Vintage Classics
Edition Description:
Media Tie-In
Size
Height:
8.0 in
Width:
5.3 in
Thickness:
1.2 in
Weight:
18.4 oz
Publisher's Note During the Second Empire, Etienne Lantier experiences the miserable life of the coal miners in northern France and enters the struggle between capital and labor.