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Rasseneur
Innkeeper, former miner
A former miner turned innkeeper in Germinal, Rasseneur runs the Avantage bar where the strikers meet. He is a moderate — a reformist rather than a revolutionary — and when the strike radicalises under Étienne's leadership, he loses his influence and his audience. He represents the older, gradualist tradition of French labour politics.
Ancien mineur devenu cabaretier dans Germinal. Réformiste modéré, il perd son influence lorsque la grève se radicalise sous Étienne.
Round-bellied, genial, with the easy warmth of a man who has spent years behind a bar, and the careful eyes of someone who has survived by never going too far.
Round-bellied, genial, with the easy warmth of a man who has spent years behind a bar, and the careful eyes of someone who has survived by never going too far.