SONS OF THE SOIL

By Honore De Balzac

Translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley


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