The History of Emily Montague

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McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP, 1985 - 459 pages
Frequently called the first Canadian novel, The History of Emily Montague, presents subversive views on traditional subjects like love and marriage and introduces such unique Canadian themes as the relationships between the Québecois and their British conquerors and the customs and habits of the native peoples.
 

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Editors Introduction
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Explanatory Notes
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Bibliographical Description of
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About the author (1985)

Frances Brooke was a novelist, dramatist, and translator. She was born Frances Moore in England in 1724. Brooke moved to Quebec when her husband became the military chaplain to the British garrison there. Her life in Quebec was the basis for The History of Emily Montague. Brooke used a series of letters from Canada to England to describe the inhabitants, customs, and way of living in the Canadian wilderness to her readers in England. Brooke died in 1789.

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