Budding

Author: émile Zola
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Publish Date: 2001-11-01
Features: In the history of world literature, this book is one of the works in the "Library of World Literary Masterpieces." It is a novel that positively depicts the beginning and end of an industrial workers' strike. It successfully recreates the process of the strike, showcasing the conflict and confrontation between the two major classes in capitalist society, and raises thought-provoking social issues. The theme of Germinale is fresh and highly important, making it a highly readable literary work. The story tells of a day when étienne, an unemployed worker from Lille, wanders to the Montsou coal mine. To survive, he stays and becomes a coal miner. In the course of his work, étienne gradually becomes aware of the unequal social conditions and begins to organize the workers to resist. The wave of the strike sweeps across the entire mine, dealing a heavy blow to the capitalists. However, due to government suppression, the strike ultimately fails. In this struggle, étienne loses his lover and friends. He decides to leave the mine and travel the world, seeking a new path.