# The Peasants — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for The Peasants by Władysław Reymont.

- [Publisher’s Note](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_peasants_se/chapters/publisher-s-note.md): A brief note from the publisher acknowledging the translator and the assistant who helped bring the English edition of The Peasants to press.
- [The Peasants](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_peasants_se/chapters/the-peasants.md): The opening of the novel introduces the rural world of Lipka, setting the stage for the lives of peasants bound to the land, their labor, and the social structures that govern them.
- [Autumn](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_peasants_se/chapters/autumn.md): The chapter depicts the arrival of autumn in the village of Lipka, focusing on the changing seasons, the preparations for winter, and the ongoing tensions within the community, particularly around the Boryna family and t
- [Autumn in Lipka](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_peasants_se/chapters/i.md): The chapter opens with a serene autumn landscape as the priest surveys the fields and village of Lipka. He interacts with peasants working in the potato fields, including Hanka and others, who gossip about old Agatha's d
- [Chapter II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_peasants_se/chapters/ii.md): Boryna, after losing his best cow, seeks advice from the Voyt and his wife about remarrying. They suggest several candidates, eventually proposing Yagna, daughter of Dominik. Boryna, though outwardly indifferent, is inwa

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- [Chapter III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_peasants_se/chapters/iii.md)
- [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_peasants_se/chapters/iv.md)
- [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_peasants_se/chapters/v.md)
- [Chapter VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_peasants_se/chapters/vi.md)
- [Chapter VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_peasants_se/chapters/vii.md)
- [The Betrothal of Boryna and Yagna](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_peasants_se/chapters/viii.md)
- [Chapter IX: All Souls' Day](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_peasants_se/chapters/ix.md)
- [The Bitter Quarrel](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_peasants_se/chapters/x.md)
- [XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_peasants_se/chapters/xi.md)
- [Chapter XII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_peasants_se/chapters/xii.md)
- [Winter](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_peasants_se/chapters/winter.md)
- [Winter's Onset and Antek's Flight](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_peasants_se/chapters/i.md)
- [Chapter II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_peasants_se/chapters/ii.md)
- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_peasants_se/chapters/iii.md)
- [Chapter IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_peasants_se/chapters/iv.md)
- [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_peasants_se/chapters/v.md)
- [Chapter VI: The Squire's Visit and Winter's Hardships](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_peasants_se/chapters/vi.md)
- [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_peasants_se/chapters/vii.md)
- [Chapter VIII: The Harsh Winter and Village Life](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_peasants_se/chapters/viii.md)
- [Chapter IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_peasants_se/chapters/ix.md)
- [Chapter X: The Fabulous World of Winter Tales](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_peasants_se/chapters/x.md)
- [XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_peasants_se/chapters/xi.md)
- [XII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_peasants_se/chapters/xii.md)
- [Chapter XIII: The Spring of Despair and Defiance](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_peasants_se/chapters/xiii.md)
- [Spring](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_peasants_se/chapters/spring.md)
- [Spring's Return to Lipka](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_peasants_se/chapters/i.md)
- [Chapter II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_peasants_se/chapters/ii.md)
- [Chapter III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_peasants_se/chapters/iii.md)
- [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_peasants_se/chapters/iv.md)
- [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_peasants_se/chapters/v.md)
- [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_peasants_se/chapters/vi.md)
- [The Return of the Men](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_peasants_se/chapters/vii.md)
- [Chapter VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_peasants_se/chapters/viii.md)
- [IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_peasants_se/chapters/ix.md)
- [The Stirring Against the Germans](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_peasants_se/chapters/x.md)
- [Chapter XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_peasants_se/chapters/xi.md)
- [Summer](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_peasants_se/chapters/summer.md)
- [Chapter I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_peasants_se/chapters/i.md)
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_peasants_se/chapters/ii.md)
- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_peasants_se/chapters/iii.md)
- [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_peasants_se/chapters/iv.md)
- [Chapter V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_peasants_se/chapters/v.md)
- [Simon's Wedding and the Struggle for Land](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_peasants_se/chapters/vi.md)
- [Chapter VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_peasants_se/chapters/vii.md)
- [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_peasants_se/chapters/viii.md)
- [Chapter IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_peasants_se/chapters/ix.md)
- [The Search for Roch](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_peasants_se/chapters/x.md)
- [Chapter XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_peasants_se/chapters/xi.md)
- [Chapter XII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_peasants_se/chapters/xii.md)
- [Chapter XIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_peasants_se/chapters/xiii.md)
- [Endnotes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_peasants_se/chapters/endnotes.md)

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