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(Maria Chapdelaine, the story of French Canada) – By Louis Hemon. In the French language.
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Maria Chapdelaine is a romance novel written in 1913 by the French writer Louis Hemon, who was then residing in Quebec. Aimed at French and Quebec adolescents, the book had been included in school curricula, translated, and has been extensively analyzed and adapted.
The novel has had four film adaptations, two French and two Canadian. It has also been adapted as plays, illustrated novels, radio novels, and televised series. A 40-page children’s version was created in 2004 by Louis Hemon. Authors have even published continuations of the novel.
The novel has been adapted as an opera in four acts by composer Jim Leonard. It premiered in 2019 in Vernon
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Paris, Grasset, 1924.
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Pp.: 255
Size: Octavo (in-8); 20 x 13 cm
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Binding: Half leather binding over original softcover. Gilted spine cover, minimal signs of wear on the panels and along the edges, tight and clean fine binding. Ex libris Jean de Bavier.
Condition: Uncut. Title-page slightly stained, stains on some of the pages, clean copy otherwise.
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