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and he would go down in the mines and see how people worked.
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He would see how fifteen-year-old
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girls worked in the mine--Catherine,
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who grows up rather quickly in the mines.
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And germinal means "The budding,"
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it's a reference to a calendar of the French Revolution.
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It also kind of implies hope,
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and it's about what happens
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when people try to mobilize these braves gars,
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these workers in the mines.
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And if you've never read it, it's a great, great, novel.
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A Life of Her Own is a book that I became obsessed with,