Sons of the Soil

by Honoré de Balzac

Contents

[ DEDICATION ]
[ SONS OF THE SOIL ]

[ PART I ]

[ CHAPTER I. ]	THE CHATEAU
[ CHAPTER II. ]	A BUCOLIC OVERLOOKED BY VIRGIL
[ CHAPTER III. ]	THE TAVERN
[ CHAPTER IV. ]	ANOTHER IDYLL
[ CHAPTER V. ]	ENEMIES FACE TO FACE
[ CHAPTER VI. ]	A TALE OF THIEVES
[ CHAPTER VII. ]	CERTAIN LOST SOCIAL SPECIES
[ CHAPTER VIII. ]	THE GREAT REVOLUTIONS OF A LITTLE VALLEY
[ CHAPTER IX. ]	CONCERNING THE MEDIOCRACY
[ CHAPTER X. ]	THE SADNESS OF A HAPPY WOMAN
[ CHAPTER XI. ]	THE OARISTYS, EIGHTEENTH ECLOGUE OF THEOCRITUS
[ CHAPTER XII. ]	SHOWETH HOW THE TAVERN IS THE PEOPLE’S PARLIAMENT
[ CHAPTER XIII. ]	A TYPE OF THE COUNTRY USURER

[ PART II ]

[ CHAPTER I. ]	THE LEADING SOCIETY OF SOULANGES
[ CHAPTER II. ]	THE CONSPIRATORS IN THE QUEEN’S SALON
[ CHAPTER III. ]	THE CAFE DE LA PAIX
[ CHAPTER IV. ]	THE TRIUMVIRATE OF VILLE-AUX-FAYES
[ CHAPTER V. ]	VICTORY WITHOUT A FIGHT
[ CHAPTER VI. ]	THE FOREST AND THE HARVEST
[ CHAPTER VII. ]	THE GREYHOUND
[ CHAPTER VIII. ]	RURAL VIRTUE
[ CHAPTER IX. ]	THE CATASTROPHE
[ CHAPTER X. ]	THE TRIUMPH OF THE VANQUISHED

[ ADDENDUM ]

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