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Flora Lyndsay: Or Passages In An Eventful Life is a novel written by Susanna Moodie and published in 1854. The book tells the story of Flora Lyndsay, a young woman who is forced to leave her home in Scotland and emigrate to Canada with her family. The novel follows Flora's struggles as she adjusts to life in a new country, deals with family conflicts, and navigates romantic relationships. Along the way, Flora encounters a variety of characters, including Indigenous people, settlers, and other immigrants, and the novel touches on themes of identity, culture clash, and the challenges of building a new life in a foreign land. The book is considered a classic of Canadian literature and is notable for its vivid descriptions of the Canadian wilderness and its portrayal of the experiences of early settlers in Canada.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.
About the author
English-born Susanna Moodie, who lived in Canada from 6 December 1803 to 8 April 1885, wrote about her experiences as an immigrant in what was then a British province. On the banks of the River Waveney in Suffolk, Susanna Moodie was born in Bungay. In a family of authors that also included Agnes Strickland, Jane Margaret Strickland, and Catharine Parr Traill, she was the youngest sibling. In addition to publishing books about Spartacus and Jugurtha, she wrote her first children's book in 1822 and other children's stories in London. She participated in the Anti-Slavery Society in London and transcribed Mary Prince's story, a former slave from the Caribbean. She wed retired officer and Napoleonic War veteran John Moodie on 4 April 1831. Moodie immigrated to Upper Canada in 1832 together with her husband, a British Army officer, and daughter. Her brother Samuel Strickland (1804-1867) worked as a surveyor on a farm in Douro Township, close to Lakefield, north of Peterborough, where the family eventually lived. The farm now serves as a museum and houses antiquities. The museum, which Samuel founded, was formerly an Anglican church and has a view of Susanna's former canoeing spot on the Otonabee River.
