Voyageur Classics: Maria Chapdelaine: A Tale of French Canada (Paperback)

from Schmerguls

405. Maria Chapdelaine: A Tale of the Lake St. John Country, by Louis Hemon (read 5 Jan 1952) When I read this book I said of it: "This was written by a Frenchman who spent the last years of his life in Canada before his death in 1913. The book brought him fame when it was published in 1920. It i...

from thesmellofbooks

I loved this book. I am not capable of reading it in the original French, so I can't know how the Canadian English of an earlier century compares with the French written by Monsieur Hémon, but I can say that the English is highly readable. It is poetic without being burdensome, telling a sparse w...

from Paulagraph

I read a different French edition, but close enough. An allegory of sorts. Pastoral. Roughly idyllic or idealized version of French Canadian "frontier" life around the turn of the last century. I did enjoy the colloquialisms, such as the French-speaking Canadians referring to themselves as les Ca...

from Schmerguls

405. Maria Chapdelaine: A Tale of the Lake St. John Country, by Louis Hemon (read 5 Jan 1952) When I read this book I said of it: "This was written by a Frenchman who spent the last years of his life in Canada before his death in 1913. The book brought him fame when it was published in 1920. It i...

from thesmellofbooks

I loved this book. I am not capable of reading it in the original French, so I can't know how the Canadian English of an earlier century compares with the French written by Monsieur Hémon, but I can say that the English is highly readable. It is poetic without being burdensome, telling a sparse w...