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Title: L'enfer et le paradis de l'autre monde
Credits: Produced by Rénald Lévesque
Summary: "L'enfer et le paradis de l'autre monde" by H. Emile Chevalier is a socio-political work written in the mid-19th century. The book discusses the challenges faced by French-Canadian emigrants, particularly focusing on their hardships in Canada compared to the United States. It highlights issues of poverty, lack of employment opportunities, and the struggles of specific families, such as the Mordaunts, who are caught in dire circumstances. At the start of the narrative, readers are introduced to the bleak reality of winter in Toronto, where a mother and her children suffer in a broken-down cabin devoid of warmth or sustenance. The opening depicts their desperate situation as they confront starvation and harsh weather, underscoring their deep emotional turmoil. We meet characters such as the elder daughter Madeleine, who feels compelled to abandon her home in search of help to feed her family, and her father, Edouard Mordaunt, who grapples with hopelessness amid the disheartening social conditions. This initial section sets the tone for a poignant exploration of human suffering and the potential for migration in pursuit of a better life, ultimately questioning the socio-economic structures that allow such suffering to persist. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Reading Level: Reading ease score: 73.3 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Author: Chevalier, H. Emile (Henri Emile), 1828-1879
EBook No.: 18208
Published: Apr 19, 2006
Downloads: 67
Language: French
Subject: Canada -- Fiction
LoCC: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.
This edition has images.
Title: L'enfer et le paradis de l'autre monde
Credits: Produced by Rénald Lévesque
Summary: "L'enfer et le paradis de l'autre monde" by H. Emile Chevalier is a socio-political work written in the mid-19th century. The book discusses the challenges faced by French-Canadian emigrants, particularly focusing on their hardships in Canada compared to the United States. It highlights issues of poverty, lack of employment opportunities, and the struggles of specific families, such as the Mordaunts, who are caught in dire circumstances. At the start of the narrative, readers are introduced to the bleak reality of winter in Toronto, where a mother and her children suffer in a broken-down cabin devoid of warmth or sustenance. The opening depicts their desperate situation as they confront starvation and harsh weather, underscoring their deep emotional turmoil. We meet characters such as the elder daughter Madeleine, who feels compelled to abandon her home in search of help to feed her family, and her father, Edouard Mordaunt, who grapples with hopelessness amid the disheartening social conditions. This initial section sets the tone for a poignant exploration of human suffering and the potential for migration in pursuit of a better life, ultimately questioning the socio-economic structures that allow such suffering to persist. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Reading Level: Reading ease score: 73.3 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Author: Chevalier, H. Emile (Henri Emile), 1828-1879
EBook No.: 18208
Published: Apr 19, 2006
Downloads: 67
Language: French
Subject: Canada -- Fiction
LoCC: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.