Settlers of the Marsh (New Canadian Library S.) - Softcover

Grove, Frederick Philip

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0771099614 ISBN 13: 9780771099618

Publisher: McClelland & Stewart Inc., 1991

Synopsis

Settlers of the Marsh was first published in 1925, after a struggle by the author to persuade publishers that his first novel would meet public acceptance. Some critics immediately condemned this hypnotic story of the loss of innocence on the Manitoba frontier, calling it “obscene” and “indecent.” Churches issued warnings to their congregations to avoid its scandalous contents. Only several decades later was Settlers of the Marsh recognized for what it is – a landmark in the development of the Canadian novel, and a work of realism in the tradition of Thomas Hardy.

A psychological portrait of life in the Canadian West, Settlers of the Marsh presents with chilling accuracy the hopes, passions, and anxieties of young pioneers.

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About the Author

Frederick Philip Grove was born Felix Paul Grove at Radomno in West Prussia (now a part of Poland) in 1879. Raised in Hamburg and educated at the University of Bonn and later at the University of Munich, he began his career as a poet and translator into German of many English and French writers, including Balzac, Flaubert, Gide, Swift, and Wilde. His first novel, Fanny Essler, appeared in 1905; his second, Maurermeister Ihle’s Haus (Mastermason Ihle’s House), in the following year. He left Germany in 1909 for the United States.

In 1912, under the new name of Frederick Philip Grove, he began teaching school in Manitoba, and continued in that profession until 1924.

Grove’s first book in English, Over Prairie Trails, is a sequence of

Synopsis

First published in 1925, this story of loss of innocence on the Manitoba frontier was immediately condemned as obscene. Only several decades later was it recognized for what it is - a landmark in the development of the Canadian novel, and a work of realism in the tradition of Thomas Hardy.

About this edition

• Publisher: McClelland & Stewart Inc.
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0771099614
• ISBN 13: 9780771099618
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 275