Maria Chapdelaine

A Tale of the Lake St. John Country

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Read by Carol Pelster

English · 5h 17m · Family & Relationships, Historical Fiction, Romance

Maria Chapdelaine is a short novel about a Canadian farm girl, her family, and various suitors for marriage. It is also about frontier life in Northern Quebec, where the weather and the geography are harsh. Even for the most healthy and hardworking, life is never easy, and oftentimes deadly perilous. Maria has come to the point in her young life where she must decide whom she will marry and hence the course her whole future will take. The novel has been one of the most popular books ever written in French, and especially loved by teens. (Summary by Carol Pelster)

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Chapter 1 28:29 Read by Carol Pelster
Chapter 2 19:05 Read by Carol Pelster
Chapter 3 13:35 Read by Carol Pelster
Chapter 4 19:01 Read by Carol Pelster
Chapter 5 29:55 Read by Carol Pelster
Chapter 6 14:21 Read by Carol Pelster
Chapter 7 5:03 Read by Carol Pelster
Chapter 8 9:54 Read by Carol Pelster
Chapter 9 20:56 Read by Carol Pelster
Chapter 10 23:50 Read by Carol Pelster
Chapter 11 12:48 Read by Carol Pelster
Chapter 12 29:16 Read by Carol Pelster
Chapter 13 15:49 Read by Carol Pelster
Chapter 14 38:26 Read by Carol Pelster
Chapter 15 35:03 Read by Carol Pelster
Chapter 16 1:43 Read by Carol Pelster