Maria Chapdelaine

Maria Chapdelaine is the title of first released in 1914 in a newspaper and published as a book in 1916 novel by Louis Hémon ( 1880-1913 ). Only after the death of the author, the book became an international success, translated into many languages ​​and filmed several times.

Content

Maria, the protagonist of the novel, grew up in the very rural and secluded environment Peribonkas in Québec ( Canada). The novel depicts the hard life of privation settlers who constantly work your way in the wilderness and make the soil fertile. Mary, the eldest daughter of such a settler family, is of marriageable age and must choose between three " suitors " that anyone could be of interest to them and their lives in his own way.

Text output

• Louis Hémon: Maria Chapdelaine. A classic of French-Canadian literature. Bastion Luebbe, Bergisch Gladbach 1999, ISBN 3-404-14221-7.
• Louis Hémon: Maria Chapdelaine. Tundra Books, Toronto 2004, ISBN 0-88776-697-8.