RARE Vintage Paperback - The Earth (Emile Zola - 1955) - Grove Press

In pre-owned condition with signs of wear.
Some stains noted on the cover.
Writing noted on back cover and on first page.
Spine is still intact but showing signs of wear and age.
Book is still in readable condition.

When Jean Macquart arrives in the peasant community of Beauce, where farmers have worked the same land for generations, he quickly finds himself involved in the corrupt affairs of the local Fouan family. Aging and Lear-like, Old Man Fouan has decided to divide his land between his three children: his penny-pinching daughter Fanny, his eldest son - a far from holy figure known as 'Jesus Christ' - and the lecherous Buteau, Macquart's friend. But in a community where land is everything, sibling rivalry quickly turns to brutal hatred, as Buteau declares himself unsatisfied with his lot. Part of the vast Rougon-Macquart cycle, The Earth was regarded by Zola as his greatest novel.