The gods don't care about men, no more than kings care about peasants.

I don't trouble my head about peasants.

No one, they described themselves as thinking, wants to read about peasants in the era of skyscrapers and designer bags.

The novel was about peasants from a barrio and their leader, in the person of a school teacher, fighting against oppression and greed.

'But one can never tell about peasants,' Chiun said.

As we neared Annemasse, I asked him how his new stories were going - the book about peasants leaving their villages for the city.

A Beijing newspaper wrote starkly about peasants mired in poverty.

Even those with the most cursory knowledge of traditional China should be aware of the almost total absence of information about peasants.

Activists are asked to contribute articles about peasants, workers and minorities, whether religious or ethnic.

Of course, but you were talking about peasants.