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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... turning little earve in the path , they found themselves at the foot of a gently rising hill , one shoulder of which sloped into the lueld waters of the lake The hill was partially cleared , so to give a view of the lake ; and detached ...
... turning a little curve in the path , they found them- selves at the foot of a gently rising hill , one shoulder of which sloped into the lucid waters of the lake . The hill was partially cleared , so as to give a view of the lake ; and ...
... turned and rose from the bench as his gaze encountered that of the young girl who had paused on the threshold , and was regarding him with a grave and oddly pene- trating glance . She was a tall , willowy creature of , perhaps ...
... turning to Farmer she said something in the Indian tongue , in a singularly sonorous and musical voice , accompanying her words with a slight gesture expres- sive of disdain . Farmer's blue eyes flashed with suppressed delight as he turned ...