Maria Chapdelaine (French Language Edition) - Softcover

Louis Hémon

Softcover

ISBN 10: 2894060432 ISBN 13: 9782894060438

Publisher: Editions Fides, 1995

Synopsis

As a work of art, as an insight into history, and as a moving story of survival in the midst of pitiless nature, Maria Chapdelaine has cast its spell over millions of readers around the world. At least 230 different editions have been published in twenty-three countries since it first appeared in 1916.

Maria lives with her family near Peribonka in Quebec, a snowy, harsh world where work is hard and pleasures are few. She has three suitors from whom to choose, but in the end, her destiny is hers. After her mother dies, she takes up the family duties and stays with her younger siblings to care for them.

Ever since it was published, Maria Chapdelaine was controversial. Was Maria right to submit to fate?

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

Maria Chapdelaine is the quintessential novel of French Canada, the single undisputed classic, opening up new understanding of the past for each generation that reads it, challenging artists to explore and recreate that lonely heroic world afresh.

From the Back Cover:

“The luminous black and white illustrations...capture the details and spirit of Hémon’s simple yet profound story.”
–Edmonton Journal

About this edition

• Publisher: Editions Fides
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 2894060432
• ISBN 13: 9782894060438
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 203