Dans ce roman, René Bazin décrit la vie d'un paysan en train de perdre petit à petit sa terre. L'auteur y dénonce la monoculture et l'industrialisation des campagnes. Le livre est un témoignage poignant de la pauvreté et de la difficulté de la vie paysanne au début du XXe siècle.

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