{"product_id":"a-greedy-peasant-hardcover","title":"A Greedy Peasant - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlexander Ertel\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eNatalie Duddington\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePeasant brothers Ivan and Yermil could hardly be more different. Ivan, the elder, is happy in his farming life, though he struggles always to make ends meet. Yermil, by contrast, has dreams of improvement, and they are very specific: he is desperate to make money and escape the drudgery of the peasant round.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYermil takes any opportunity he can to improve his financial state, though, at first, these are slow in showing themselves. As he grows more and more fixated on money-making, he begins to lose the ordinary sense that a peasant has of relishing the simple things of life. His soul withers under the weight of his eternal hunger for gain, and he loses his compass. One day, when his merchant master has put enormous trust in him, he sees a horrifying opportunity to really improve his wherewithal, and takes it. Little does he realise that this dreadful secret action will set in motion a train of events which will end in catastrophe...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlexander Ertel's striking novella, a moral fable distinguished by its lucid colour and realistic detail, was first published in 1886. This translation by the author's daughter, Natalie Duddington, was first published in 1929.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 124\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.44 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 25, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47476632617209,"sku":"9780648920403","price":25.85,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/4Vbp9thiUd9780648920403.webp?v=1772650657","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/a-greedy-peasant-hardcover","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}