A Sister to Evangeline

A Sister to Evangeline

Sir Charles G. D. Roberts

Sir Charles G. D. Roberts

"A Sister to Evangeline" is the story of Yvonne de Lamourie, and how she went into exile with the villagers of Grand Pré. Written in 1898, this novel is an early work by Canadian poet and prose writer, Sir Charles George Douglas Roberts (1860–1943), who regularly wrote as Charles G. D. Roberts and who is known as the Father of Canadian Poetry. All books of the Literary Thoughts edition have been transscribed from original prints and edited for better reading experience.
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Around the Camp-fire

Around the Camp-fire

Sir Charles G. D. Roberts

Sir Charles G. D. Roberts

Sir Charles George Douglas Roberts, was a Canadian poet and prose writer who is known as the Father of Canadian Poetry. He was almost the first Canadian author to obtain worldwide reputation and influence; he was also a tireless promoter and encourager of Canadian literature. He published numerous works on Canadian exploration and natural history, verse, travel books, and fiction. At his death he was regarded as Canada\'s leading man of letters.Besides his own body of work, Roberts served as an inspiration and a source of assistance for other Canadian poets of his time.Roberts, his cousin Bliss Carman, Archibald Lampman and Duncan Campbell Scott are known as the Confederation Poets.
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Barbara Ladd

Barbara Ladd

Sir Charles G. D. Roberts

Sir Charles G. D. Roberts

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
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