Laure Conan
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Laure Conan, pen name of Marie-Louise-Félicité Angers, (9 January 1845 – 6 June 1924), is regarded as the first true French-Canadian female novelist. She was born in Murray Bay, Canada East.
Educated by the Ursulines, Laure wrote eleven books focussed largely on religion and family structure in Quebec, with a particular interest in exploring the minds of her characters. She also was a valued contributor to Le Journal de Françoise, a bimonthly paper edited by Robertine Barry.
Conan's best remembered book is Angéline de Montbrun (1884) and is possibly Conan's best psychological novel. She died in Montreal, Quebec.
[edit] Selected bibliography
- Angéline de Montbrun - 1884 (translated as Angéline de Montbrun, 1974)
- À l'oeuvre et à l'épreuve - 1891 (translated as The Master Motive, 1909)
- L'oublié - 1900
- Élizabeth Seton - 1903
- L'obscure souffrance - 1919
- La sève immortelle - 1925
- Oeuvres romanesques (3 volumes) - 1974-75
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