The Earth by Émile Zola, Douglas Parmée

The Earth

Les Rougon-Macquart #15

Émile Zola, Douglas Parmée

514 pages • first pub 1887 (editions) user-added

fiction classics literary challenging reflective slow-paced
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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 deci...

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Community Reviews

4.08
based on 151 reviews

Moods

dark: 91%

sad: 75%

emotional: 50%

challenging: 41%

reflective: 41%

funny: 33%

informative: 25%

tense: 25%

Pace

36% of readers chose medium
63% of readers chose slow
medium
slow

Plot or character driven?

22% of readers chose A mix
77% of readers chose Character
A mix
Character

Strong character development?

55% of readers chose Yes
22% of readers chose Complicated
22% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

Loveable characters?

10% of readers chose Yes
20% of readers chose Complicated
70% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

Diverse cast of characters?

12% of readers chose Yes
12% of readers chose Complicated
75% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

Flaws of characters a main focus?

100% of readers chose Yes
Yes

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