Pélagie

Antonine Maillet

first published 1982 Doubleday, 1982 251 pages

New Press Canadian Classics

"Pelagie: The Return to Acadie is the funny, lyrical tale of how a valiant widow leads her people out of exile. In 1755, British soldiers had forced them off their land and sent them as far from Acadia as possible. Twenty years later, the scattered Cormiers and LeBlancs, Landrys and Poiriers, Maillets and Legers find their way to Pelagie's ox-cart caravan and head for home." "As well as the remains of her own family,...

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Philip Stratford 1 printing we hold · 2004 · Goose Lane Editions

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Pélagie paperback · 2004 · Goose Lane Editions · 264 pages · 9780864924056
Pélagie edition · 1983 · General Pub. · 251 pages
Pélagie edition · 1982 · Doubleday · 251 pages

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