Winona; or, The Foster-SistersBroadview Press, 2006 M10 16 - 334 páginas The prize-winning entry in a national competition for distinctively Canadian fiction, Winona was serialized in a Montreal story paper in 1873. The novel focuses on the lives of two foster-sisters raised in the northern Ontario wilderness: Androsia Howard, daughter of a retired military officer, and Winona, the daughter of a Huron chief. As the story begins, both have come under the sway of the mysterious and powerful Andrew Farmer, who has proposed to Androsia while secretly pursuing Winona. With the arrival of Archie Frazer, the son of an old military friend, there is a violent crisis, and the scene shifts southward as Archie takes the foster-sisters via Toronto to his family’s estate in the Thousand Islands region of the St. Lawrence River. Farmer follows, and the narrative moves towards a sensational climax. The critical introduction and appendices to this edition place Winona in the contexts of Crawford’s career, the contemporary market for serialized fiction, the sensation novel of the 1860s, nineteenth-century representations of women and North American indigenous peoples, and the emergence of Canadian literary nationalism in the era following Confederation. |
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... craythur , " " aiqual " ) , the habit of repetition ( " at all , at all " ) , and a penchant for affectionate address ( calling Captain Frazer and Colonel Howard " honey , " " darling , " and " dear " ) . He mispronounces words and ...
... t been through a tannery , in these parts ; for barrin the Masther an ' Miss Drosia , the craythur , a white face hasn't gladdened my eyes for a matter of two months and ten days . Wirra , ' it's a WINONA ; OR , THE FOSTER - SISTERS 81.
... craythur , that doesn't , " remarked a confi- dential voice close behind Archie , and to the astonishment of the latter , Mr. Murphy was visible leaning familiarly against the bed - post . " Now be aisy , Colonel , " he continued in a ...
... craythur good and kape him out of ear shot whilst yer honor spakes what was on yer mind to the Captain here , an ' to make sure I'll just run to the landing an ' help him out with the canoe , " and Mr. Murphy disappeared through the ...
... craythur , last long enough to tell us all about it ! " " They can't be far ahead of us , " said Archie , straining his eyes towards the opposite shore as they rounded the head of the islet ; but there was nothing visible but a stretch ...