On a pioneer farm at the edge of the forest near Lake St. John, Maria Chapdelaine grows up among the hard seasons of clearing, harvest and winter. Three men seek her hand: the trapper François Paradis, Lorenzo Surprenant who offers life in an American city, and the steady neighbour Eutrope Gagnon.
The best-loved novel of French Canada, written by a young Frenchman who died before it was published as a book. Download the free EPUB.