Untranslated ALS in French, two pages on two adjoining sheets, 5 x 8, December 1, 1884. Letter to his friend and translator in Vienna, Ernst Ziegler. In very good to fine condition, with old tape on the back of fold splits. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope.
Germinal, the thirteenth novel in Émile Zola's twenty-volume series Les Rougon-Macquart, was first serialized in the periodical Gil Blas a month before this letter was written. Often considered Zola's masterpiece and one of the most significant novels in the French tradition, Germinal tells a harsh and realistic story of a coalminers' strike in northern France in the 1860s. Since its publication by G. Charpentier the following March, the novel has been published and translated in over one hundred countries and has additionally inspired five film adaptations and two television productions.
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