Spring mountain

Author: Marcel Pagnol
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Publish Date: 2003-06-01
Features: This book is the late work of the renowned contemporary French writer Marcel Pagnol. The heroine, Manon, and her family move from the city to a Proven?al mountain village to inherit a farm, intending to engage in animal husbandry and agriculture and enjoy the tranquility of the mountains. However, they are betrayed by their greedy uncle and his nephew, Ugolin, who scheme to take over the farm. The Manon family loses everything, their home is destroyed, and they end up living in a cave. Manon becomes a shepherdess and is determined to take revenge. Ugolin has been pursuing Manon, and in the end, he takes his own life in despair. The uncle learns that the father he had killed was the illegitimate son of his former lover, and to his shock, Manon turns out to be his own granddaughter. In a state of exposure and remorse, he leaves this world. Manon eventually marries the schoolteacher she loves. This novel has been adapted into a color widescreen film.