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A Love Story from Nineteenth Century Quebec : The Diary of George Stephen Jones / ed. by W. Peter Ward.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [1990]Copyright date: ©1990Description: 1 online resource (128 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781442602700
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 971
LOC classification:
  • HQ801 .L684 1989eb
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Summary: George Stephen Jones's diary chronicles his romance with Honorine Tanswell. The two youths fell in love in the fall of 1845 and the diary traces in touching detail the course of George's love for Honorine, her answering love, her parents' opposition to the match, and Honorine's accesptance of their dictates. Peter Ward, who has been researching the history of courtship and marriage in Canada for many years, sets this tender love story in context in his introduction. As he details, the diary includes all the great themes of the history of courtship in nineteenth-century English Canada: youthful passion, parental opposition, religious differences, and the practical problems of securing an income sufficient to wed.
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George Stephen Jones's diary chronicles his romance with Honorine Tanswell. The two youths fell in love in the fall of 1845 and the diary traces in touching detail the course of George's love for Honorine, her answering love, her parents' opposition to the match, and Honorine's accesptance of their dictates. Peter Ward, who has been researching the history of courtship and marriage in Canada for many years, sets this tender love story in context in his introduction. As he details, the diary includes all the great themes of the history of courtship in nineteenth-century English Canada: youthful passion, parental opposition, religious differences, and the practical problems of securing an income sufficient to wed.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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