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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... lives . It is pertinent to note how many topics broached in this announcement did , in fact , find their way into Winona , where we do indeed encounter primeval forests and seaside dwellings , " back wood life , " industrious cities ...
... lives together evolved . Moreover , the preservation of these and other mysteries sometimes seems incongruous with the omniscient narration and instances of outright editorializing on the narrator's part . On the other hand , Crawford's ...
... lives . In effect , Crawford positions him so as to participate in and comment upon most of the novel's action . Whether in the wilderness or at the Frazers ' villa , he develops affectionate , avun- cular bonds with the lively young ...
... live in a series of boarding houses , mostly at addresses on Shuter Street and Adelaide Street West , surviving largely on earnings from her writing . In July 1876 her poem " Where , Love , Art Hid ? " appears in The National , a ...
... live v dreas c dollars i hole or den koddled together . wonder the7 For the Frie WINONA : OR , THE FOSTER - SISTERS . BY ISABELLA VALANCY CRAWFORD OF PETER , ONT . Author The Hilver Christ Week- CHAPTER L ANDRUSTA . I guess if we walt a ...