Maria Chapdelaine

Écrit par Louis Hemon

Raconté par LibriVox Community

Maria Chapdelaine raconte la vie difficile d'une famille paysanne au Québec, au début des années 1900.

• Langue: Français
• Éditeur: LibriVox
• Date de sortie: 25 août 2014

Louis Hemon

Louis Hemon was born in 1880 and raised in Paris, where he qualified for the French Colonial Service. Unwilling to accept a posting to Africa, Hemon embarked on a career as a sports writer and moved to London. He sailed for Quebec in 1911 settling initially in Montreal. He wrote Maria Chapdelaine during his time working at a farm in the Lac Saint-Jean region and died when he was struck by a train at Chapleau, Ontario in 1913.