Maria Chapdelaine
Автор:
Louis HémonЖанр:
Дата добавления:
2024-10-24Язык книги:
EnglishКол-во страниц:
46
Description
It takes a hardy people to survive farming the harsh lands of the French Canadian wilderness, and Maria Chapdelaine must choose either to remain Québécois in this unforgiving land that has broken her heart, or to pursue a softer urban life in foreign New England.
French writer Louis Hémon wrote Maria Chapdelaine during the two years he lived in Quebec, and it’s based on his experiences working on a farm in the Lac Saint-Jean region where the novel is set. It was his only work published in his lifetime, as he died in a tragic train accident before learning of its success.
The novel is described as a masterwork that was Canada’s entry into world...
