Germinal is a thirteenth novel of twenty-volume series Les Rougon-Macquart written by French author Émile Édouard Charles Antoine Zola. Germinal is considered to be a masterpiece of Zola and one of the most valuable novels in French literature. It is an undoubtedly rough and realistic story of the coalminers' strike in northern part of France in 1860s. The novel has been published and translated in half of countries in the world and got five film adaptations and two TV productions. The title means a name of the spring month in French Republican calendar. Zola's masterpiece often considered as one of the most significant novels in French tradition. This novel is an uncompromisingly harsh and realistic story of a coalminers' strike in northern France in 1860s. It was published and translated in over one hundred countries and also inspired five film adaptations and two television productions.