“They, poor devils, were just machine-fodder, they were penned like cattle in housing estates, the big Companies were gradually dominating their whole lives, regulating slavery, threatening to enlist all the nation's workers, millions of hands to increase the wealth of a thousand idlers.”
Written by Émile Zola, this novel is part of his naturalist literary movement. It delves into the harsh realities of the mining industry, depicting the lives of miners, their families, and the social issues they face. The story follows the lives of Etienne Lantier and his fellow workers as they fight against the oppressive conditions and the corrupt mine owners. more
“If history belongs to the winners, legend belongs to the losers.”
“There aren't terrible ideas. Just ideas done terribly.”
“A coward’s heart is no prize, but the man of valor deserves his shining helmet.”
“So, the pup goes to pitch a deworming medicine to a bunch of wolves and comes home Prime”