Germinal
23 hrs. 18 min.
Language
Russian
Author
Émile Zola
Author
Émile Zola
Narrator
Konstantin Dneprovsky
Narrator
Konstantin Dneprovsky
“Germinal” is Emile Zola’s thirteenth novel from the “Rougon-Macquart” cycle, devoted to members of one family who lived during the Second Empire—the era of Napoleon III’s dictatorship—published in 1885. The novel’s title is symbolic and refers to the first month of spring “germinal” in the French revolutionary calendar.
The son of Gervaise Macquart and her lover Auguste Lantier, the young Etienne Lantier, is fired for slapping his employer on the railways of Northern France. He goes looking for new work and gets hired at a mine, where he encounters horrifying working conditions. When the mining company, citing an economic crisis, announces a hidden pay cut, Lantier pushes the miners toward a strike. He manages to overcome their resignation and make them share the dream of a more just and equal society… In 1902, at the funeral of Emile Zola, a delegation of miners from Denain accompanied the procession chanting: “Germinal! Germinal!”.
The son of Gervaise Macquart and her lover Auguste Lantier, the young Etienne Lantier, is fired for slapping his employer on the railways of Northern France. He goes looking for new work and gets hired at a mine, where he encounters horrifying working conditions. When the mining company, citing an economic crisis, announces a hidden pay cut, Lantier pushes the miners toward a strike. He manages to overcome their resignation and make them share the dream of a more just and equal society… In 1902, at the funeral of Emile Zola, a delegation of miners from Denain accompanied the procession chanting: “Germinal! Germinal!”.
1.
The Fortune of the Rougons
(narrated by
Alexey Dyakov)
1.
The Fortune of the Rougons
(narrated by
Konstantin Dneprovsky)
1.
The Fortune of the Rougons
(narrated by
Elena Shemet)
2.
La Curée (The Kill)
(narrated by
Inna Sytnik)
2.
La Curée (The Kill)
(narrated by
Konstantin Dneprovsky)
3.
The Belly of Paris
(narrated by
Larisa Tretyakova)
3.
The Belly of Paris
(narrated by
Konstantin Dneprovsky)
3.
The Belly of Paris
(narrated by
Pavel Lomakin)
3.
The Belly of Paris
(narrated by
Vsevolod Kuznetsov)
4.
The Conquest of Plassans
(narrated by
Konstantin Dneprovsky)
5.
The Sin of Father Mouret
(narrated by
Arkady Bukhmin)
5.
The Sin of Father Mouret
(narrated by
Alina Ray)
5.
The Sin of Abbé Mouret
(narrated by
Konstantin Dneprovsky)
6.
His Excellency Eugene Rougon
(narrated by
Valery Tolkov)
7.
L'Assommoir
(narrated by
Veronika Oboyanka)
7.
The Trap
(narrated by
Margarita Ivanova)
8.
A Love Episode
(narrated by
Oleg Martyanov)
8.
A Love Episode
(narrated by
Natalya Frolova)
9.
Nana
(narrated by
Nikolay Orlovsky)
9.
Nana
(narrated by
Natalya Pervina)
9.
Nana
(narrated by
Irina Vorobyova)
10.
Pot Luck
(narrated by
Natalya Domeretskaya)
11.
The Ladies' Paradise
(narrated by
Olga Zyuzina)
11.
The Ladies' Paradise
(narrated by
Yuliya Tarkhova)
11.
The Ladies' Paradise
(narrated by
Veronika Oboyanka)
12.
The Joy of Life
(narrated by
Yuliya Tarkhova)
12.
The Joys of Life
(narrated by
Sergey Kazakov)
13.
Germinal
(narrated by
Yury Zaborovsky)
13.
Germinal
(narrated by
Natalya Pervina)
13.
Germinal
13.
Germinal
(narrated by
Arkady Bukhmin)
14.
The Masterpiece
(narrated by
Tatyana Telegina)
14.
The Masterpiece
(narrated by
Olga Andreeva)
14.
The Masterpiece
(narrated by
Ivan Zabelin)
15.
Earth
(narrated by
Valery Tolkov)
16.
The Dream
(narrated by
Irina Efremova, Olga Evdokimova)
17.
The Beast Within
(narrated by
Arkady Bukhmin)
17.
The Beast Within
(narrated by
Valery Tolkov)
18.
Money
(narrated by
Yury Zaborovsky)
18.
Money
(narrated by
Yaroslav Lukashev)
18.
Money
(narrated by
Olga Andreeva)
18.
Money
(narrated by
Konstantin Dneprovsky)
19.
The Debacle
(narrated by
Ilya Akintyev)
20.
Doctor Pascal
(narrated by
Vladislav Pogiba)
La Bête humaine
(narrated by
Roman Popov)
The Dream
(narrated by
Olga Evdokimova)
