Maria Chapdelaine
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| Title: | Maria Chapdelaine | ||
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| Published: | 1921 | ||
| Publisher: | The MacMillan Company of Canada Limited | ||
| Tags: | Canada, fiction, Quebec | ||
| Description: | After the man she loves dies suddenly, Maria must choose which of two suitors to marry. One offers a change to life in the big city or should she choose the other where life would continue in the countryside. | ||
| Translator: | Included in this edition is an introduction by the translator, W. H. Blake. Blake critiques Hémon’s use of French-Canadian idioms and descriptions of customs, since Hémon was originally from France and not fully acquainted with the local culture. | ||
| Language: | Eng | ||
| Pages: | 123 |
Author Hémon, Louis
Louis Hémon (1880-1913) was a French writer. He came to Canada in 1911 and wrote Maria Chapdelaine. Unfortunately he was killed in a train accident in 1913 so was not able to see how popular his novel would become.
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