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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... looked disappointed at having his grateful intentions frustrated by the generous spirit of the trapper , but remembering that he would see him again shortly , when he would insist on carrying out his design , he returned the parting ...
... looked curiously at Mike Murphy's face . He felt anxious to learn something of his host's affairs , as he had many reasons for feeling keenly interested in the old commander of his father's regiment ; but he I An exclamation of sorrow ...
... looked at Archie , but he controlled himself with an effort . " This is hardly Captain Frazer ? " he said inquiringly , and with what Archie instantly resented as a suspicious and rather insolent gaze . " There must be some mistake ...
... looked at him compassionately . A world where billiards and croquet , dancing and flirtation were not , was certainly not in the young fellow's way . Farmer saw the glance and smiled oddly . He looked at Archie with a strange , eager ...