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Earth / Émile Zola ; translated by Brian Nelson and Julie Rose ; with an introduction and notes by Brian Nelson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Zola, Émile, 1840-1902, author.
- Series:
- Rougon-Macquart ; 15.
- Oxford world's classics
- Les Rougon-Macquart ; 15
- Standardized Title:
- Terre. English
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- History.
- Social conditions.
- France--Social conditions--19th century--Fiction.
- France.
- France--History--Second Empire, 1852-1870--Fiction.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Novels.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxvii, 433 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2020.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- Emile Źola's novel of peasant life is generally regarded as one of his finest achievements. Set in a village in northern France, it depicts the harshness of the peasants' world and their visceral attachment to the land. Jean Macquart, a veteran of the battle of Solferino and now an itinerant farm labourer, is drawn into the affairs of the Fouan family when he starts courting young Françoise, and becomes involved in a bitter dispute over the property of Papa Fouan when the old man divides his land between his three children. Resentment soon turns to greed and violence in a Darwinian battle for supremacy.
- Notes:
- Translated from the French.
- This translation previously issued in print: 2016.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on print version record and publisher information.
- Other Format:
- Print version :
- ISBN:
- 9780191923739
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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