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Eastlondonboy · 12-04-2010, 06:04 AM

Stumbled across this book recently and was stunned by its descriptions of the poor mining classes in France. A gritty novel - I imagine, Zola, was one of the pioneeers of this kind of 'realism' in novels. Currently reading it and thoroughly recommend it.

12-04-2010, 06:04 AM	#1
Eastlondonboy Banned Posts: 56 Karma: 160 Join Date: May 2010 Location: London, UK Device: kindle	Zola's Germinal Stumbled across this book recently and was stunned by its descriptions of the poor mining classes in France. A gritty novel - I imagine, Zola, was one of the pioneeers of this kind of 'realism' in novels. Currently reading it and thoroughly recommend it.