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Maria Chapdelaine (French Language Edition) Mass Market Paperback – January 18, 1995

French Edition by Louis Hémon (Author)
4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 86 ratings
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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?
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  1. Print length
    203 pages
  2. Language
    French
  3. Publisher
    Editions Fides
  4. Publication date
    January 18, 1995
  5. Dimensions
    4.13 x 0.55 x 6.89 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    2894060432
  7. ISBN-13
    978-2894060438
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Editions Fides (January 18, 1995)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ French
  • Mass Market Paperback ‏ : ‎ 203 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 2894060432
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-2894060438
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 7.1 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 4.13 x 0.55 x 6.89 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 86 ratings

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belathe4th
5.0 out of 5 stars A Life to Live
Reviewed in the United States on January 5, 2017
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Louis Hémon, the author of this book, was an immigrant to Québec from France. Yet he seems to have captured both the "spirit of the place" and the essence of the farming people who formed the rural population 100 years ago. His language, while simple and straightforward, perfectly captures the sights, sounds and smells of the rural homesteads and their surrounding forests. His portraits of the main family are exquisitely detailed and he captures the heartbreaking death of the mother of the heroine with sensitivity and without excessive sentimentality. Amazingly for an immigrant, Hémon deploys sparingly but effectively the idioms of Québécoise French, thus adding a touch of verisimilitude as charming as it is realistic. It is worth learning French just to read this fantastic novel in the language of its sympatique characters.
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Monica Laurette
4.0 out of 5 stars Un bon livre!
Reviewed in the United States on July 29, 2019
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Un bon livre pour toutes des personnes qui aiment le français.
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Jeanne Nelson
5.0 out of 5 stars Prompt delivery, accurate description
Reviewed in the United States on September 14, 2019
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This book was in better shape than I expected, and included some pages I'd not seen before. It was to be a gift to my sister, and she was thrilled. There are many modern printings of this story, but the older versions include background information that is priceless.
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Mitchell Kalpakgian
5.0 out of 5 stars Maria Chapdelaine
Reviewed in the United States on August 2, 2011
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A deeply moving novel about the permanent things of life and the great joys they bring to a person's life, despite all the problems and sufferings that are endured. The novel portrays the goodness of the family, the dignity of honest labor, the greatness of marriage, and the strength of Christian faith. The book reveals the struggles and blessings of the simple life lived according to Mother nature's rhythms and God's laws.
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Joanne Lépine
5.0 out of 5 stars livre de poche pratique
Reviewed in Canada on September 23, 2023
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Pour une personne qui m'est chère et qui adore Péribonka....alors pourquoi pas ce petit cadeau ? Livre bien reçu et en très bon état.
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altha
5.0 out of 5 stars Un récit pittoresque et lyrique.
Reviewed in France on October 29, 2019
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Ce roman nous invite à passer quelques saisons au sein d'une famille québécoise isolée dans la forêt, toute occupée à survivre aux rigueurs du climat.
La jeune Maria, belle de simplicité et d'innocence, a trois prétendants : un coureur des bois, un agriculteur et un citadin exilé aux Etats-Unis. Il lui faut choisir entre l'amour et la raison, l'aventure et la sécurité, comme la Belle Province elle-même entre tradition et progrès.
Maria nous attache à elle au fil des pages par le courage qu'elle déploie, silencieusement, face à la cruauté de son destin. Et si le livre a une réelle valeur ethnographique, dressant un tableau saisissant de la vie à Peribonka au début du 20ème siècle, il acquiert une portée universelle en nous dépeignant par petites touches l'entrée d'une femme dans l'âge adulte.
Au début du livre, Maria est encore une enfant dans un corps de femme. A la fin, elle est une femme accomplie, qui décide de sa vie : quasiment muette tout au long du livre, c'est elle qui en prononce la dernière phrase, celle qui scelle son destin.
On ne peut que déplorer la mort de Louis Hémon à 32 ans tant son talent d'écrivain se révèle dans cette écriture précise et alerte, tour à tour pittoresque et lyrique.
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小泉孝雄
5.0 out of 5 stars この本の原著の出版社名と出版年？
Reviewed in Japan on October 14, 2023
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ここでお尋ねする事項ではないと思うのですが接触先が分からずお聞きします。10月13日に届いた表記の洋書の出版社名と所在地、出版年は何でしょうか？表記の本は貴社が作製した体裁に見えますが、新刊ではなく原著があってそれをrewritingした物のように思えます。その原著のことが知りたいのです。
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paul wood
4.0 out of 5 stars and hard work were the joy that drove Quebeckers
Reviewed in Canada on February 5, 2017
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Maria Chapdelaine is a must read for native Canadians and newly arrived Canadians to understand the world of Quebec before the Quiet Revolution which started in 1960 under the Jean Lesage's government in Quebec. For those who are unaware, since that time, the province of Quebec has undergone a 180 degree social change. It is the most secular corner in the western world, and has become devoid of any spiritual or moral patrimony. Beforehand, as this delightful novel shows, devotional faith, large families, and hard work were the joy that drove Quebeckers. Their world was wonderful, united, idyllic and certainly relationships were very strong. In this book the reader gets a taste of that lifestyle and also senses while reading it that "tout ne doit pas changer" , things must not change, which was the fear even as early back as the 19th century. The style of the book is excellent and can be read and studied by teenagers and older. It is both enjoyable and historical.
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Gildas Corre
4.0 out of 5 stars Très belle histoire émouvante
Reviewed in France on April 25, 2014
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C'est une histoire émouvante sur la vie des pionniers français qui doivent défricher la terre ("faire la terre" comme ils disent) pour se dégager un espace de plantation. Le froid de l'hiver canadien, les chemins difficilement praticables une bonne partie de l'année, l'isolement qui en résulte. Tout est réuni pour rappeler combien l'existence humaine est fragile et combien nous avons besoin d'amour pour traverser les épreuves. C'est le genre de livre qui s'inscrit dans notre mémoire et qui participe à construire notre histoire.
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