Le Roy, Eugène 1836-1907 creator text utu 2020 monographic fr 1 online resource : multiple file formats "Jacquou le Croquant" by Eugène Le Roy is a French social novel written between 1896 and 1897. Set during France's Restoration period after Napoleon's fall, the story follows young Jacquou, who becomes orphaned at nine when his father dies in the galleys and his mother succumbs to poverty. Taken in by a village priest, Jacquou grows into adulthood haunted by the injustices that destroyed his family. His struggle against the powerful Count de Nansac, who controls the region, builds toward a dramatic reckoning that will change his life forever. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacquou_le_Croquant Release date is 2020-01-24 Produced by Laurent Vogel and www.ebooksgratuits.com (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at http://gallica.bnf.fr) Original publication data not identified Orphans -- Fiction Revenge -- Fiction Peasants -- France -- Fiction PQ Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/61227 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/61227 UtSlPG 260607 20260610134418.0 61227