Maria Chapdelaine: A Tale of French Canada - Paperback

by Louis Hemon (Author), W. H. Blake (Translator), Michael Gnarowski (Introduction by)

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.

Author Biography

Louis Hemon was born in 1880 and was raised in Paris, where he qualified for the French Colonial Service. Unwilling to accept a posting to Africa, Hemon embarked on a career as a sports writer and moved to London. In 1911 he sailed for Quebec and was struck and killed by a train in Northern Ontario in 1913.