What are the best books about peasants and for peasants?

What are the best books about peasants and for peasants?

Zola's La Terre (The Earth) is good. Peasants appear almost everywhere in Euro-lit, until idealized ultimately by Tolstoy in Anna K.

>Maupassant
His antology on the world of the Norman peasant
And like said, most European classical autors write about their coutry's peasants.

Knut Hamsun - Growth of the soil

The Bible, Meditations, Thus Spoke Zarathustra.

>for peasants
Historically they couldnt read much and if you make the connection between the modern working class and peasants, they still don't read.

Original title?

As a descendant of aristocracy and some bourgeois I cannot relate to peasants

I would recommend the bible, it was made for plebs after all

whut

Shakespeare wrote to everyones interest.
SEX
DEATH
MAGIC

Shakespeare was a subversive degenerate

English aristocracy is mixed and has been shit for centuries

The best books about peasants are not written for peasants.

Markens Gröde

Far from the Madding Crowd

Piers piper

First post is Zola. Good call.
Was going to say L'Assommoir.

any naturalist i suppose- zola, maupassant, dreiser, norris etc.

Historically-speaking, most peasants were illiterate and systematically barred from becoming literate by esoteric groups of rich schemers. Historically-speaking, most written languages were constructed to be different from the vulgar tongue, and difficult to learn, relying on artistry, dexterity, countless formalities rather than utilitarian sensibility. This is especially true of Korean pre-Sejong.

Historically speaking , you're wrong

In what regards? Do correct me if I'm spreading misinformation.

I'm not trying to correct you in any regards for spreading misinformation. But historically speaking, I believe you are spreading misinformation is such a regards.

Michael Kohlhaas
Der abenteuerliche Simplicissimus (regarded as fjrst german adve ture novel. a lot of 17th century flatulence humor)

auh huh

Noam Chomsky's work

>As a descendant of aristocracy and some bourgeois

This is literally impossible for anyone in the 21st century, even royalty

Lying plainly like that is a slave atavism

ur a faggot user

nu-male detected

Pillars of the Earth-Ken Follet

They're all dreadful, don't bother. Okay, maybe Pedro Paramo isn't.

Start with the Greeks

The Bible.

Works and Days
The Bible

How is it impossible?

My diary desu

My diary desu

I enjoyed this. Read it twice when I was a teenager. Can't remember if I read the sequel or not. It's mad historical and gave me a love for the romantic version of the Middle Ages: it's all peasant dishes, menial labor, rape, and giving birth on the side of the road. Will probably read again soon, even if it sucks.

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