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The Lane That Had No Turning, Complete
Set in the French-Canadian province of Quebec, these tales explore the lives, loves, and struggles of the people of Pontiac.
"The Lane That Had No Turning, Complete" by Gilbert Parker is a collection of short stories. Set in the French-Canadian province of Quebec, these tales explore the lives, loves, and struggles of the people of Pontiac.
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His Excellency the Governor—the English Governor of French Canada—was come to Pontiac, accompanied by a goodly retinue; by private secretary, military secretary, aide-de-camp, cabinet minister, and all that. He was making a tour of the Province, but it was obvious that he had gone out of his way to visit Pontiac, for there were disquieting rumours in the air concerning the loyalty of the district. Indeed, the Governor had arrived but twenty-four hours after a meeting had been held under the presidency of the Seigneur, at which resolutions easily translatable into sedition were presented. The Cure and the Avocat, arriving in the nick of time, had both spoken against these resolutions; with the result that the new-born ardour in the minds of the simple habitants had died down, and the Seigneur had parted from the Cure and the Avocat in anger.
Contents
- 01Introduction
- 02The Lane That Had No Turning
- 03Chapter I. The Return of Madelinette
- 04Chapter II. When the Red-Coats Came
- 05Chapter III. “Man to Man and Steel to Steel”
- 06Chapter IV. Madelinette Makes a Discovery
- 07Chapter V. What Will She Do with It?
- 08Chapter VI. The One Who Saw
- 09Chapter VII. The Pursuit
- 10Chapter VIII. Face to Face
- 11Chapter IX. The Biter Bitten
- 12Chapter X. The Door That Would Not Open
- 13The Absurd Romance of P’tite Louison
- 14The Little Bell of Honour
- 15“Sacre bapteme!”
- 16A Son of the Wilderness
- 17A Worker in Stone
- 18The Tragic Comedy of Annette
- 19The Marriage of the Miller
- 20Mathurin
- 21The Story of the Lime-Burner
- 22The Woodsman’s Story of the Great White Chief
- 23Uncle Jim
- 24The House with the Tall Porch
- 25Parpon the Dwarf
- 26Times Were Hard in Pontiac
- 27Medallion’s Whim
- 28The Prisoner
- 29An Upset Price
- 30A Fragment of Lives
- 31The Man That Died at Alma
- 32The Baron of Beaugard
- 33The Tune McGILVERAY Played
About this edition
- Author
- Gilbert Parker
- Language
- English
- Era
- Modern (c. 1800–1945)
- Reading level
- Introductory: no background needed
- Formats
- EPUB, PDF
- Length
- 164 pages
- This edition
- Modern Philosophers
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