Maria Chapdelaine: A Tale of the Lake St. John Country
By Louis Hemon Translated by W. H. Blake 1945 HC; VG vintage condition
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Maria Chapdelaine is a novel by French author Louis Hémon, first published in 1913, and based on his observations of life in rural Quebec at the turn of the 20th century. This edition features W. H. Blake’s 1921 English translation.
The novel recounts the story of a young woman faced with a choice of three very different suitors: François Paradis, a Coureur de bois, or trader; Lorenzo Surprenant, a city worker promising a comfortable life in the United States; and Eutrope Gagnon, a humble local farmer. The novel explores the themes of love, duty, tradition, and survival in the harsh Canadian frontier.
