02317cam a22003133u 45000010005000000030007000050050017000120060002000290070005000310080041000360400011000770410017000880500007001051000036001122450021001482640051001693000047002203360026002673370026002933380036003195000031003555080058003865201362004445340045018066530048018517000045018998560042019449990017019861417UtSlPG20260610133044.0mcr n260607r2005||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aPQ1 aBalzac, Honoré de,d1799-185010aSons of the Soil 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2005  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aRelease date is 2005-10-04  aProduced by John Bickers, and Dagny, and David Widger  a"Sons of the Soil" by Honoré de Balzac is a novel written during the mid-19th century that explores the lives of the rural proletariat in France. The opening chapters immediately delve into the complexities of peasant life against the backdrop of a society grappling with class distinctions and the lingering effects of the Revolution. Central to the early narrative is the picturesque yet contested estate of Les Aigues, and the characters that inhabit its world, including the astute and aging Pere Fourchon and his grandson Mouche, who represent the struggles and intricate dynamics of agrarian life.  The beginning of the novel sets a vivid scene with a detailed description of the scenic estate of Les Aigues, embodying both the beauty of the landscape and the social tensions within. The narrator recounts a letter addressed to a friend, bringing to life the grandeur of the chateau while also hinting at the underlying animosities between the landowners and the peasantry. As characters like General Montcornet and the crafty Tonsard family are introduced, readers are drawn into a web of relationships marked by deception, survival, and the stark realities of rural existence, foreshadowing the central conflicts surrounding land, class, and power that will be explored throughout this rich narrative. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  nOriginal publication data not identified  aFrench fiction -- Translations into English1 aWormeley, Katharine Prescott,d1830-190840uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1417  c43533d43533