# The Soil (La terre): A Realistic Novel

Author: Zola, Émile, 1840-1902; Vizetelly, Ernest Alfred, 1853-1922 [Editor]

Genre: Category: Novels

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/56687

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+Soil+%28La+terre%29%3A+A+Realistic+Novel+Zola&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

That morning Jean, with a seed-bag of blue linen tied round his waist, held its mouth open with his left hand, while with his right, at every three steps, he drew forth a handful of corn, and flung it broadcast. The rich soil clung to his heavy shoes, which left holes in the ground, as his body lurched regularly from side to side; and each time he threw you saw, amid the ever-flying yellow seed, the gleam of two red stripes on the sleeve of the old regimental jacket he was wearing out. He strode forward in solitary state; and behind him, to bury the grain, there slowly came a harrow, to which were harnessed two horses, driven by a waggoner, who cracked his whip over their ears in long, re...

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER V.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-soil-la-terre-a-realistic-novel-56687/chapters/30/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-soil-la-terre-a-realistic-novel-56687/chapters/24/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-soil-la-terre-a-realistic-novel-56687/chapters/22/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-soil-la-terre-a-realistic-novel-56687/chapters/21/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-soil-la-terre-a-realistic-novel-56687/chapters/31/index.md)
- [ill. Madame Bécu told me just now that he is going away in a carriage](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-soil-la-terre-a-realistic-novel-56687/chapters/29/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-soil-la-terre-a-realistic-novel-56687/chapters/23/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-soil-la-terre-a-realistic-novel-56687/chapters/10/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-soil-la-terre-a-realistic-novel-56687/chapters/26/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-soil-la-terre-a-realistic-novel-56687/chapters/27/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-soil-la-terre-a-realistic-novel-56687/chapters/5/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-soil-la-terre-a-realistic-novel-56687/chapters/20/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-soil-la-terre-a-realistic-novel-56687/chapters/18/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-soil-la-terre-a-realistic-novel-56687/chapters/25/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-soil-la-terre-a-realistic-novel-56687/chapters/15/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-soil-la-terre-a-realistic-novel-56687/chapters/6/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-soil-la-terre-a-realistic-novel-56687/chapters/3/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-soil-la-terre-a-realistic-novel-56687/chapters/16/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-soil-la-terre-a-realistic-novel-56687/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-soil-la-terre-a-realistic-novel-56687/chapters/11/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-soil-la-terre-a-realistic-novel-56687/chapters/19/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-soil-la-terre-a-realistic-novel-56687/chapters/2/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-soil-la-terre-a-realistic-novel-56687/chapters/12/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-soil-la-terre-a-realistic-novel-56687/chapters/8/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-soil-la-terre-a-realistic-novel-56687/chapters/9/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-soil-la-terre-a-realistic-novel-56687/chapters/1/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-soil-la-terre-a-realistic-novel-56687/chapters/7/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-soil-la-terre-a-realistic-novel-56687/chapters/14/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-soil-la-terre-a-realistic-novel-56687/chapters/13/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-soil-la-terre-a-realistic-novel-56687/chapters/17/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-soil-la-terre-a-realistic-novel-56687/chapters/28/index.md)