Les Pérochon, Ernest 1885-1942 creator text utu 2023 monographic fr 1 online resource : multiple file formats "Les creux-de-maisons" by Ernest Pérochon is a novel published in 1912. The story follows Séverin Patureau, a day laborer who returns from military service with nothing but determination. He marries Delphine, and together they work tirelessly on farms in the Bocage region, dreaming of renting their own smallholding. To save money, they live in a "creux de maison," a squalid, half-underground dwelling. The novel exposes the brutal poverty of agricultural workers during France's Belle Époque. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Creux_de_maisons Release date is 2023-04-11 René Galluvot (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) Originally published: France: Plon, 1921 France -- Fiction Rural poor -- Fiction Agricultural laborers -- Fiction PQ France: Plon, 1921 https://archive.org/details/lescreuxdemaison00pruoft https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/70534 https://archive.org/details/lescreuxdemaison00pruoft https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/70534 UtSlPG 260607 20260610134630.0 70534