Maria Chapdelaine - A Tale of French Canada

A young woman living with her family on the frontier in Quebec, Maria endures the hardships of isolation and climate and must choose between three suitors.-A young woman living with her family on the frontier in Quebec, Maria endures the hardships of isolation and climate and must choose between three suitors.

About the author

Louis Hémon was born in 1880 and was raised in Paris, where he qualified for the French Colonial Service. Unwilling to accept a posting to Africa, Hémon embarked on a career as a sports writer and moved to London. He was also developing talent as a fiction writer. He sailed for Quebec in 1911 and died in 1913.

Product details

• Authors: Louis Hemon
• Assisted by: W H Blake (Translation)
• Publisher: Dundurn Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.03.2005
• EAN: 9781894908030
• ISBN: 978-1-894908-03-0
• No. of pages: 132
• Dimensions: 153 mm x 228 mm x 10 mm
• Weight: 249 g
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature