![]() ![]() Today, we will be taking a closer look at Zola’s annotated galley proofs for the serial publication of Germinal currently held in the Library’s Berg Collection, and which have recently been made avaible in the Library's Digital Collections.īut first: what are galley proofs and why are they so oversized? John Carter’s ABC for Book Collectorsdefines these broadsides as “early proofs, pulled on long strips before the type has been locked up in the forme. Like many 19th century novels, Germinal was originally published serially a few pages per week were published in Augustin-Alexandre Dumont’s newspaper Gil Blas between Novem– February 25, 1885. ![]() Although controversial for its socialist overtones, Germinal was a popular success that was quickly adapted to the stage, and has since spurred countless reprints, translations, and adaptations. Germinalwas published in March 1885 as the thirteenth book in Zola’s Rougon-Macquartcycle, a series intended to explore life in France under the rule of Napoleon III. Although he was perhaps most popularly known for his “J’accuse!” letter condemning the unlawful imprisonment of Alfred Dreyfus in 1898, it is Émile Zola’s novel about a coalminers’ strike in Northern France that is widely considered his masterpiece. ![]()
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