# Maria Chapdelaine

By Louis Hémon.

"Maria Chapdelaine" by Louis Hémon is a romance novel written in 1913. Set in rural Quebec, it tells the story of Maria, a young woman who must choose between two suitors after the man she loves dies suddenly. One offers escape to city life, while the other represents staying in the countryside she knows. This decision becomes a profound moment of choosing between tradition and change, between familiar roots and unknown possibilities. (Summary by Project Gutenberg, written by machine.)

- Language: French
- Subjects: Love stories; Québec (Province) -- Fiction; French-Canadians -- Fiction; Frontier and pioneer life -- Québec (Province) -- Fiction

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- [Maria Chapdelaine](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/books/librivox/2209) by Louis Hémon (5 h 6 min, French)

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