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Susanna Moodie is, of course, best known for her books Roughing It in the Bush and Life in the Clearings, which are largely comprised of short sketches that she had previously published. What is not widely known, however, is that Moodie had a long and prolific literary career in which short sketches and tales were among her favoured genres. This book offers a selection of these narratives, most of which have been unavailable in print since the 19th century. This collection will give the reader a new understanding of Susanna Moodie's work.

Showcases twelve stories from the Canadian Short Story Library. These stories, are presented in a simple and straightforward manner. It also reveals authors characteristic technique of story-telling.

Known primarily as a poet, Isabella Valancy Crawford's short stories represent the best of early English-Canadian prose. In her stories, as in her poetry, her power lies in her use of imagery. In this collection, her fictional portrayals of Canadian life give us glimpses into our literary past.

First-wave feminist, activist, and social reformer, Nellie McClung is ranked as one of the most popular Canadian authors and is among the liveliest critics of Canada's male-dominated society. This title presents a selection of her short fiction that includes depictions of difficult rural living conditions in Western Canada.

Offers a collection of stories that seeks to complete the author's aspirations.

Murtha was one of the notable experimental writers of the 1920s, but his work has been largely ignored by literary historians. This book features a collection of the published and previously unpublished short stories. It deals with the work and life of this Canadian writer.

In the late 19th century, the impact of the Canadian wilderness on writers led to the formation of a new and uniquely Canadian genre, the realistic animal story. This collection of short stories reflects the author's talents as writer, naturalist, and artist.

Ranging from the Maritimes to Upper Canada, and from backwoods to the drawing room, this title demonstrates the variety that exists in stories by women of early British North America.

Features a collection of stories that demonstrates the authors' creativity in expressing the realities and tensions of the changing female role.

Presents an overview of the Quebec short story from its beginnings to the 1990s. This title allows English readers to discover the essence of this literature. It also includes the biography of each author and an assessment of each story's place in the larger canvas of Quebec literature.

An anthology of short fiction written by Canadian women between 1900 and 1920. It includes the stories that provide dramatic and imaginative glimpses of Canadian society and of the women who lived during those momentous years.

A collection of stories that explores life around the turn of the century in Newfoundland and Labrador and in immigrant communities in New York.

Brings together a selection of stories that range across many diverse settings: a typical village of nineteenth-century Quebec, a genteel household in the Ottawa of the 1870s, and the isolation of an Indian village on the north short of Lake Superior, among others.