by Marie-Paul Armand · FRANCE LOISIRS / PRESSES DE LA CITE · tapa dura · ISBN 9782744113475
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«La cense aux alouettes» is the historical novel by Marie-Paul Armand, published by France Loisirs / Presses de la Cité in hardcover (387 pages, in French).
Mélanie grows up on a «cense», a farm in northern France, and hopes to marry Jean-Pierre in 1914. The war takes him to the front, and her daughter Pauline grows up marked by those hardships; the novel follows both women and describes the transformation of the French countryside, depopulation, and the peasants' resistance to keep their lands.
The work was originally published in 1997; the 1998 edition is from France Loisirs / Presses de la Cité.
Suitable for readers interested in French rural history, family sagas, and the period of the First World War.
