Germinal
in the Rougon-Macquart Cycle
by Émile Zola
Read by Mark Leder
Etienne Lantier (our line to the Rougon-Macquart Cycle) goes to work as a coal miner in the Northern France town of Montou. Conditions are terrible, and inevitably, the miners go on strike, with dire results. - Summary by Mark Leder
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| Introduction | 33:02 | Read by Mark Leder | |
| Part One, Chapter One | 23:27 | Read by Mark Leder | |
| Part One, Chapter Two | 22:54 | Read by Mark Leder | |
| Part One, Chapter Three | 31:05 | Read by Mark Leder | |
| Part One, Chapter Four | 27:32 | Read by Mark Leder | |
| Part One, Chapter Five | 25:18 | Read by Mark Leder | |
| Part One, Chapter Six | 24:39 | Read by Mark Leder | |
| Part Two, Chapter One | 25:28 | Read by Mark Leder | |
| Part Two, Chapter Two | 27:44 | Read by Mark Leder | |
| Part Two, Chapter Three | 30:04 | Read by Mark Leder | |
| Part Two, Chapter Four | 21:00 | Read by Mark Leder | |
| Part Two, Chapter Five | 31:29 | Read by Mark Leder | |
| Part Three, Chapter One | 28:58 | Read by Mark Leder | |
| Part Three, Chapter Two | 33:54 | Read by Mark Leder | |
| Part Three, Chapter Three | 26:49 | Read by Mark Leder | |
| Part Three, Chapter Four | 25:58 | Read by Mark Leder | |
| Part Three, Chapter Five | 25:57 | Read by Mark Leder | |
| Part Four, Chapter One | 35:26 | Read by Mark Leder | |
| Part Four, Chapter Two | 22:14 | Read by Mark Leder | |
| Part Four, Chapter Three | 27:20 | Read by Mark Leder | |
| Part Four, Chapter Four | 38:19 | Read by Mark Leder | |
| Part Four, Chapter Five | 31:24 | Read by Mark Leder | |
| Part Four, Chapter Six | 33:09 | Read by Mark Leder | |
| Part Four, Chapter Seven | 30:05 | Read by Mark Leder | |
| Part Five, Chapter One | 24:07 | Read by Mark Leder | |
| Part Five, Chapter Two | 29:40 | Read by Mark Leder | |
| Part Five, Chapter Three | 22:44 | Read by Mark Leder | |
| Part Five, Chapter Four | 27:17 | Read by Mark Leder | |
| Part Five, Chapter Five | 35:28 | Read by Mark Leder | |
| Part Five, Chapter Six | 34:53 | Read by Mark Leder | |
| Part Six, Chapter One | 29:02 | Read by Mark Leder | |
| Part Six, Chapter Two | 28:53 | Read by Mark Leder | |
| Part Six, Chapter Three | 24:33 | Read by Mark Leder | |
| Part Six, Chapter Four | 28:10 | Read by Mark Leder | |
| Part Six, Chapter Five | 31:17 | Read by Mark Leder | |
| Part Seven, Part One | 30:39 | Read by Mark Leder | |
| Part Seven, Chapter Two | 26:36 | Read by Mark Leder | |
| Part Seven, Chapter Three | 36:37 | Read by Mark Leder | |
| Part Seven, Chapter Four | 37:10 | Read by Mark Leder | |
| Part Seven, Chapter Five | 47:41 | Read by Mark Leder | |
| Part Seven, Chapter Six | 29:37 | Read by Mark Leder |