Germinal
Germinal was published in 1885. This topic is part of Literature within Literature. This page currently draws on 6 supporting questions, with answers and bonus facts available below.
Germinal trivia questions
Who wrote Germinal?
Answer: Émile Zola
Bonus fact: Germinal was published in 1885.
Germinal centers on workers in what industry?
Answer: Coal mining
Bonus fact: The novel depicts a miners' strike in northern France.
Germinal belongs to which Zola novel cycle?
Answer: Les Rougon-Macquart
Bonus fact: Zola's cycle follows a family across Second Empire France.
Who wrote the novel Germinal?
Answer: Émile Zola
Bonus fact: Project Gutenberg identifies Germinal as a novel published in 1885.
Who is the central young worker in Émile Zola's Germinal?
Answer: Étienne Lantier
Bonus fact: Étienne finds work in the coal mines of northern France before becoming involved in a miners' strike.
In what year was Germinal first published?
Answer: 1885
Bonus fact: Germinal is associated with Zola's naturalist fiction about labor and industrial life.