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13 produkter

1. 

   Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder

   Av James De Mille, Malcolm Parks

   Häftad, 1986

   562 kr

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   With its curious mixture of adventure, natural history and satire this early Canadian novel has become a landmark work of fantasy and science fiction.

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   History of Emily Montague

   Av Frances Brooke, Mary Jane Edwards

   Häftad, 1985

   431 kr

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   Frequently called the first Canadian novel, The History of Emily Montague, presents subversive views on traditional subjects like love and marriage and introduces such unique Canadian themes as the relationships between the Québecois and their British con

3. 

   Roughing It in the Bush or Life in Canada

   Av Susanna Moodie, Carl Ballstadt

   Häftad, 1988

   539 kr

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   Probably Canada's best known settlement story, this autobiographical account of frontier conditions in the 1830s is a compelling narrative that emphasizes both the tragedies and the triumphs of a sensible and sensitive woman and her family as they come to

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   Antoinette De Mirecourt or Secret Marrying and Secret Sorrowing

   Av Rosanna Leprohon, John C. Stockdale

   Häftad, 1989

   380 kr

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   A moral exemplum about courtship and marriage, this "essentially Canadian" tale, which takes place in the 1760s, reflects its author's profound and sometimes disturbing knowledge of the bicultural and bilingual society in which she lived.

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   Le Chien D'or/the Golden Dog

   A Legend of Quebec

   Av William Kirby, Mary Jane Edwards

   Häftad, 2012

   815 kr

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   William Kirby's Le Chien d'or / The Golden Dog, a dramatic historical romance that vividly details the intertwined French and English foundations of Canada, is one of the nation's best-known pieces of nineteenth-century literature. A complicated publishing history, however, resulted in severe …

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   History of Emily Montague

   Av Frances Brooke, Mary Jane Edwards

   Inbunden, 1985

   521 kr

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   Frequently called the first Canadian novel, The History of Emily Montague, presents subversive views on traditional subjects like love and marriage and introduces such unique Canadian themes as the relationships between the Québecois and their British con

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   Wacousta or, the Prophecy

   A Tale of the Canadas

   Av John Richardson, Douglas R. Cronk

   Häftad, 1987

   481 kr

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   Set on the northwest frontier during the Pontiac conspiracy of the 1760s, this story of false identity, wasted love, diabolic vengeance and unquenchable hatred articulates themes and mythologies relevant to French, British, Canadian and American history.

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   Mephibosheth Stepsure Letters

   Av Thomas McCulloch

   Häftad, 1990

   510 kr

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   Originally published in the Acadian Reader, a Halifax newspaper, in the early 1820s, the letters earned for their author the distinction of being called "the founder of genuine Canadian humour" by Northrop Frye.

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   St. Ursula's Convent or the Nun of Canada

   Av Julia C.B. Hart, Douglas G. Lochhead

   Häftad, 1991

   328 kr

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   In 1824, when the novel was issued in Kingston, Upper Canada, it became not only the first work of fiction written by a native-born Canadian and published in what is now Canada, but also a significant early attempt by a Canadian of English and French heri

10. 

    Canadian Brothers or the Prophecy Fulfilled

    Av John Richardson, Donald Stephens

    Häftad, 1992

    481 kr

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    Major John Richardson (1796-1852) was a prolific and popular Canadian author. The Canadian Brothers, first published in 1840 in Montreal, is set on the northwest frontier during the War of 1812 and features such historical personages as Sir Isaac Brock, Captain Robert Heriot Barclay, and the famous …

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    Clockmaker

    Series One, Two and Three

    Av Thomas Chandler Haliburton, George L. Parker

    Inbunden, 1995

    650 kr

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    In 1835 Thomas Chandler Haliburton introduced Samuel Slick of Slicksville, Connecticut, into the pages of the Novascotian in order to awaken his fellow citizens to the economic opportunities of their province. From this Halifax newspaper trotted out the Connecticut Yankee, manufacturer and seller …

12. 

    Clockmaker

    Series One, Two and Three

    Av Thomas Chandler Haliburton, George L. Parker

    Häftad, 1995

    473 kr

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    In 1835 Thomas Chandler Haliburton introduced Samuel Slick of Slicksville, Connecticut, into the pages of the Novascotian in order to awaken his fellow citizens to the economic opportunities of their province. From this Halifax newspaper trotted out the Connecticut Yankee, manufacturer and seller …

13. 

    Backwoods of Canada

    Av Catharine Parr Traill

    Häftad, 1997

    554 kr

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    Catharine Parr Strickland Traill (1802-1899) emigrated from Great Britain to Upper Canada in 1832 with her husband Thomas Traill, a retired officer. The Blackwoods of Canada (1836), Catharine's epistolary narrative based on her experiences in the country north of Peterborough in the years …