Project Gutenberg 2005-07-01 Public domain in the USA. 110 Zola, Émile 1840 1902 Zola, Émile Édouard Charles Antoine Zola, Emile La Terre Reading ease score: 79.8 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Christine De Ryck Carlo Traverso, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team "La Terre" by Émile Zola is a novel written during the late 19th century, specifically part of Zola's renowned "Les Rougon-Macquart" series. The story is set against the backdrop of rural France and centers on the harsh realities of agricultural life, exploring themes of inheritance, class struggle, and the deep connection between family and land through the experiences of the Fouan family. The opening of "La Terre" introduces Jean, a hardworking peasant engaged in the laborious task of sowing wheat in the expansive fields of Beauce. As he works, we encounter Françoise, a young girl who struggles with a wayward cow, leading to a moment of camaraderie between her and Jean. This initial exchange reveals the daily life of the peasants, their struggles, and their relationships within the rural community. The text vividly paints the landscape and the labor of the characters, setting the stage for the unfolding drama regarding land ownership and familial ties. Throughout this portion, we see the conflicts arising from the harsh demands of nature and the complexities of rural family dynamics, hinting at the deeper conflicts surrounding inheritance and the harshness of life on the land. (This is an automatically generated summary.) fr Inheritance and succession -- Fiction France -- History -- Second Empire, 1852-1870 -- Fiction Peasants -- France -- Fiction France -- Social conditions -- Fiction PQ Text FR Littérature Banned Books from Anne Haight's list Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: History - General Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 1127601 1127474 2024-10-04T07:56:26.400829 2023-10-04T07:32:43.684195 text/html text/html 1127594 1127467 2024-10-04T07:56:26.790810 2023-10-04T07:32:43.983226 text/html text/html 475276 2024-10-04T07:56:39.480759 application/epub+zip 494965 2024-10-04T07:56:29.221808 application/epub+zip 494965 2024-10-04T07:56:27.745822 application/epub+zip 817892 2024-10-04T07:56:47.767235 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 764239 2024-10-04T07:56:38.580772 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 742639 2022-09-04T11:02:32.116808 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1043468 1043392 2024-10-04T07:56:25.666823 2023-10-04T07:32:43.120199 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 1012908 2020-12-26T19:42:18 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 390387 2020-12-26T19:42:18 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 20925 2024-10-04T07:56:47.900190 application/rdf+xml 7883 2024-10-04T07:56:28.365804 image/jpeg 2372 2024-10-04T07:56:28.014839 image/jpeg 465024 2024-10-04T07:56:26.891820 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia fr.wikipedia