Writer
Maria Chapdelaine tells the story of a young woman having to choose between three suitors promising each a different life. Faced with events that jostle her, Maria must then take his destiny into her own hands and decide what her future will be.
Novel
A young woman, living with her parents and siblings on a remote farm in harsh, picturesque northern Québec, has three suitors: a steady and unimaginative farmer, Eutrope, the Americanized and wealthy Lorenzo, who has sought his fortune in Boston, and François Paradis, a rough and virile logger who captures her heart despite the warnings of her parents and the village priest. For a year, marked by seasonal change in an atmosphere charged with the strangeness of Indians and the demons of the woods, we see Maria at work and prayer, struggling with decisions, choosing to stay in Canada, in love with François, seeking to change his rough behaviors, and dealing with extraordinary loss.
Writer
Do romance de Louis Hemon "M. Ripois and His Nemesis" sobre Andre Ripois, um namorador em busca de amor e riquezas de Paris a Londres. Andre está terminando com sua esposa, Catherine, por causa de suas atenções com sua melhor amiga Patricia. Enquanto Catherine está organizando o divórcio, André, apenas para manter a prática, dá em cima da garota do andar de cima, Diana, e depois volta sua atenção para Patricia, que ele engana para jantar em seu apartamento sob o pretexto de que Catherine estará lá. Quando ele não consegue fazer nenhum progresso com ela por meio de suas táticas usuais, ele tenta despertar sua pena de contar a ela sobre seu passado. Em seus primeiros dias empobrecidos em Londres, ele fez amor com sua chefe Anne, mas sua comida horrível o afastou. Em seguida veio Norah, que ele pegou em um ônibus e levou para seu apartamento e contou a ela sobre sua herança de faz de conta, mas ela insistiu em se casar primeiro, o que não estava em seus planos.
Novel
At the beginning of the 20th century, in the North of the Province of Quebec. After five years spent in a boarding school, Maria Chapdelaine comes back to the family farm. Robert Gagnon, a villager and childhood friend, loves her secretly but Maria is wooed by Lorenzo Surprenant, a man who has fled his home town to escape the police. The one she is really in love with is François Paradis, a handsome trapper. The latter promises to marry her in the spring, as soon as he is back from the Far North. Robert, who is aware of how miserable Maria is, writes a letter to François , asking him to come back at once. Unfortunately, the young trapper is buried under the snow during a storm. As for Lorenzo he gets gunned down by the police. Finally understanding that Robert has sacrificed himself out of love for her, Maria accepts to become his wife.
Novel
A young woman has three suitors on her father's logging ranch on the Quebec frontier.
