Project Gutenberg 2018-03-06 Public domain in the USA. 438 Zola, Émile 1840 1902 Zola, Émile Édouard Charles Antoine Zola, Emile Vizetelly, Ernest Alfred 1853 1922 Vizetelly, E. A. (Ernest Alfred) Vizetelly, Ernest A. The Soil (La terre): A Realistic Novel Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Terre Produced by Clare Graham & Marc D'Hooghe at Free Literature (Images generously made available by the Internet Archive.) "The Soil (La terre): A Realistic Novel" by Émile Zola is a realistic novel written in the late 19th century. The book explores rural life and the struggle over land ownership, centering on characters such as Jean, a sower, and various members of the Fouan family as they navigate their relationships and responsibilities tied to the land. At the start of the novel, we meet Jean, who is sowing seeds on a small piece of land, embodying the labor and connection to the earth that defines the lives of the rural community. We also witness his encounter with Françoise, a young girl who is struggling to control her runaway cow, establishing a dynamic that hints at budding interactions between these two characters. The narrative paints a vivid picture of the agricultural landscape of La Beauce, with characters reflecting on their hardships, responsibilities, and the complex relationships tied to land ownership, which will likely unfold further as the story progresses. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 77.8 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Inheritance and succession -- Fiction France -- History -- Second Empire, 1852-1870 -- Fiction Peasants -- France -- Fiction France -- Social conditions -- Fiction PQ Text Category: Novels Category: French Literature 1195637 2025-07-22T13:19:59.940745 text/html 1207216 2018-03-05T19:08:24 text/html 640765 2025-07-22T13:20:11.613674 application/epub+zip 657454 2025-07-22T13:20:01.493713 application/epub+zip 540186 2025-07-22T13:20:00.702723 application/epub+zip 964061 2025-07-22T13:20:19.548640 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 897192 2025-07-22T13:20:10.698644 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 784350 2022-08-25T13:55:48.424371 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1132782 2025-07-22T13:19:57.742865 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 1132914 2018-03-05T19:08:22 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20127 2025-07-22T13:20:19.690606 application/rdf+xml 13997 2025-07-22T13:20:00.809706 image/jpeg 2351 2025-07-22T13:20:00.758712 image/jpeg 436732 2018-03-05T19:08:26 application/octet-stream application/zip 606563 2018-03-05T19:08:26 application/octet-stream application/zip 605049 2025-07-22T13:20:00.038797 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog fr.wikipedia en.wikipedia en.wikipedia