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ThethirteenthnovelinAmileZolaasgreatRougon-Macquartsequence,"Germinal"expressesoutrageattheexploitationofthemanybythefew,butalsoshowshumanityascapacityforcompassionandhope.EtienneLantier,anunemployedrailwayworker,isacleverbutuneducatedyoungmanwithadangeroustemper.Forcedtotakeaback-breakingjobatLeVoreuxminewhenhecannotgetotherwork,hediscoversthathisfellowminersareill,hungry,andindebt,unabletofeedandclothetheirfamilies.Whenconditionsintheminingcommunitydeteriorateevenfurther,Lantierfindshimselfleadingastrikethatcouldmeanstarvationorsalvationforall.