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Set in the late 19th century, the novel depicts a year in the lives of the hardworking villagers of Lipce. Our protagonists are Maciej, one of the wealthier villagers and one of Lipce's unofficial leaders, and his second wife Jagna, a beautiful maiden who had been having an affair with Matthias's son Antek prior to their marriage. Also in the picture is Hanka, Antek's dutiful wife. As the seasons go on, tensions between the characters worsen.

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Set in the late 19th century, the novel depicts a year in the lives of the hardworking villagers of Lipce. Our protagonists are Maciej, one of the wealthier villagers and one of Lipce's unofficial leaders, and his second new wife Jagna, a beautiful maiden who had been having an affair with Matthias's Maciej's son Antek prior to their marriage. Also in the picture is Hanka, Antek's dutiful wife. As the seasons go on, tensions between the characters worsen.
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* ReallyGetsAround: Jagna has romance with many man [[LoveFatherLoveSon including her husband's son]], which causes [[ShamedByAMob hate among many people in village]].
* SeasonalBaggage: The novel is divided into four sections set during season (beginning with Spring and ending with Winter), chronicling a year in the lives of the titular peasants.
* ShamedByAMob: Jagna is ostracized for [[ReallyGetsAround her romances]] [[spoiler: and ends banished from village]]

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* ReallyGetsAround: Jagna has romance romances with many man men [[LoveFatherLoveSon including her husband's son]], which causes [[ShamedByAMob hate among many people in the village]].
* SeasonalBaggage: The novel is divided into four sections set during a season (beginning with Spring and ending with Winter), chronicling a year in the lives of the titular peasants.
* ShamedByAMob: Jagna is ostracized by the villagers for [[ReallyGetsAround her romances]] [[spoiler: and ends up banished from village]]the village]].
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* ReallyGetsAround: Jagna has romance with many man [[LoveFatherLoveSon including her husband's son]], which causes [[ShamedByAMob hate among many people in village]].


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* ShamedByAMob: Jagna is ostracized for [[ReallyGetsAround her romances]] [[spoiler: and ends banished from village]]
* TorchesAndPitchforks: When lord of village tried to sell his forest for cutting down villagers rushed against lumberjacks which turns into a battle.
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''The Peasants'' (Polish: ''Chłopi'') is a Polish novel by [[Creator/WladyslawReymont Władysław Reymont]], initially published in four parts between 1904 and 1909.

Set in the late 19th century, the novel depicts a year in the lives of the hardworking villagers of Lipce. Our protagonists are Maciej, one of the wealthier villagers and one of Lipce's unofficial leaders, and his second wife Jagna, a beautiful maiden who had been having an affair with Matthias's son Antek prior to their marriage. Also in the picture is Hanka, Antek's dutiful wife. As the seasons go on, tensions between the characters worsen.

The novel was initially written in a folk dialect, and is known for its depictions of naturalism and peasant life. It has been adapted to film thrice. The 1922 version is lost media, while the 1973 version is a rerelease of a miniseries adaptation from the previous year by Creator/JanRybkowski. The 2023 version is an animated rotoscoped version from the creators of ''WesternAnimation/LovingVincent''.

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* BlendedFamilyDrama: Antek's father remarries to [[LoveFatherLoveSon the woman he had been having an affair with]] and gifts her a significant part of his new lands, giving Antek another reason to resent the union.
* HotForPreacher: Played for drama. Jagna falls for a young priest candidate, and the transgressiveness of this attraction [[spoiler:finally causes the villagers to banish her for being what they perceive as an amoral beauty.]]
* LoveFatherLoveSon: Jagna was having an affair with Antek before basically being forced into marrying his father Maciej.
* MalMariee: Wealthy old man Maciej and his lovely, young new wife Jagna, who loves his ''son''. Eventually they begin to resent each other.
* SeasonalBaggage: The novel is divided into four sections set during season (beginning with Spring and ending with Winter), chronicling a year in the lives of the titular peasants.
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