ISBN: 9780874512465 - the life of a simple man (19 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Good. In order to show the gents of Moulins, of Paris and elsewhere, just what a sharecropper's life is like, Emile Guillaumin, under the guise of fiction, wrote this story of Tiennon, a French peasant born fifty years before him in 1823. A peasant himself, Guillaumin was unique in that, after a few years of schooling, he continued to work his small farm in central France to the end of his life, reserving nights for study and writing. Guillaumin felt that the French peasant had been misrepresented in contemporary literature--either romanticized as in George Sand or depicted as a dumb victim of the forces of nature as in Zola--and wanted to correct the picture. The result is a moving first-person story that can be read as a fictional account, as well as the best kind of material for historians seeking to understand how nineteenth-century French peasants really lived.…

Paperback. Zustand: Fair. In order to show the gents of Moulins, of Paris and elsewhere, just what a sharecropper's life is like, Emile Guillaumin, under the guise of fiction, wrote this story of Tiennon, a French peasant born fifty years before him in 1823. A peasant himself, Guillaumin was unique in that, after a few years of schooling, he continued to work his small farm in central France to the end of his life, reserving nights for study and writing. Guillaumin felt that the French peasant had been misrepresented in contemporary literature--either romanticized as in George Sand or depicted as a dumb victim of the forces of nature as in Zola--and wanted to correct the picture. The result is a moving first-person story that can be read as a fictional account, as well as the best kind of material for historians seeking to understand how nineteenth-century French peasants really lived.…

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Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. UPNE 1982-03-15 00:00:00 Binding: Trade Paperback VG. in VG dj dj in mylar 195 pages. 1st edition. 8vo.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Published by University Press of New England, 1983. Octavo. Hardcover. Book is very good with light shelf wear. Dust jacket is very good with light shelf wear.100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.…

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Zustand: good. May show signs of wear, highlighting, writing, and previous use. This item may be a former library book with typical markings. No guarantee on products that contain supplements Your satisfaction is 100% guaranteed. Twenty-five year bookseller with shipments to over fifty million happy customers.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. FIRST THUS. First Edition Thus. Published by University Press of New England, 1982. Octavo. Hardcover. Book is very good. Dust jacket is very good.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 231 pages. 8.50x5.75x0.50 inches. In Stock.

Zustand: New. &Uumlber den AutorEUGEN WEBER is Professor of History and Dean of the College of Letters and Science at UCLA. He has written many books on France, including Peasants into Frenchmen: The Modernization of Rural France, 1870-1914.

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