The Canadians of Old by Philippe Aubert de Gaspé – Audiobook
Audiobook full length. In his mid-70s, Philippe Aubert de Gaspé took on the project of recording the culture and heritage of French Canada, especially that of the 1700s, the world of his youth. The result, published in French in 1863, was the historical fiction Les Anciens Canadiens (literally, “The Canadians of Old”)</div><div><br /></div><div>In this book, inspired by the historical novels of Sir Walter Scott, Aubert de Gaspé collected the customs, traditions, folk tales, superstitions, and songs of the Quebec people, wove in memories of life in his own ancestral home, and set all this within the momentous historical events that transformed Canada in the 18th century. Much of the book is historically accurate, based sometimes on the author’s own experiences and sometimes on memories passed on to him by eyewitnesses. For example, his account of being sent to debtor’s prison came from the author’s own experience. The fantastic ghost story of “La Corriveau” was based on the true story of a murderess whose body was on public display in iron chains (a “cage”) for weeks after her execution. That initial incident had already been spun into a lurid legend, and Aubert de Gaspé was the first to incorporate the legend into a work of literature
00:00:00.000 : 01 - Leaving College
00:18:28.020 : 02 - D'Haberville and Cameron of Lochiel
00:41:39.006 : 03 - A Night with the Sorcerers
01:09:37.001 : 04 - La Corriveau
01:31:59.001 : 05 - The Breaking up of the Ice
02:14:21.000 : 06 - A Supper at the House of a French-Canadian Seigneur
03:01:11.000 : 07 - D'Haberville Manor House
03:33:44.013 : 08 - The May-Feast
03:49:24.009 : 09 - The Feast of St. Jean-Baptiste
04:16:15.002 : 10 - The Good Gentleman
04:52:22.010 : 11 - Madame D'Haberville's Story
05:18:30.018 : 12 - The Burning of the South Shore
05:46:18.021 : 13 - A Night among the Savages
06:23:15.021 : 14 - The Plains of Abraham
06:56:04.005 : 15 - The Shipwreck of the Auguste
07:27:01.000 : 16 - Lochiel and Blanche
08:21:01.016 : 17 - The Family Hearth
08:50:47.000 : 18 - Conclusion English audio books playlist
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