Sons of the Soil
                                            
                            By Honoré de Balzac
                            
                                26 Nov, 2019                            
                            
                         
                                        
                                                                        Sons Of The Soil by Honore De Balzac is a classic tale that has been loved by many for generations. It begins with a beautiful description of the valley of Aigues in Burgundy, where art and nature seem to blend into one.
My dear Nathan,—You, who p
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                                                Sons Of The Soil by Honore De Balzac is a classic tale that has been loved by many for generations. It begins with a beautiful description of the valley of Aigues in Burgundy, where art and nature seem to blend into one.
My dear Nathan,—You, who provide the public with such delightful dreams through the magic of your imagination, are now to follow me while I make you dream a dream of truth. You shall then tell me whether the present century is likely to bequeath such dreams to the Nathans and the Blondets of the year 1923; you shall estimate the distance at which we now are from the days when the Florines of the eighteenth century found, on awaking, a chateau like Les Aigues in the terms of their bargain. Less