The Stone Angel
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
077104707X
ISBN 13
9780771047077
Category
813 Fiction
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Publication Year
1998
Publisher
Pages
336
Subject
Canadian fiction -- 20th century. Canadian fiction.
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Abstract
The story of Hagar Shipley a young girl growing up in a bleak prairie town and her steps toward freedom and independence.
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Publisher Comments
In her best-loved novel, The Stone Angel, Margaret Laurence introduces Hagar Shipley, one of the most memorable characters in Canadian fiction. Stubborn, querulous, self-reliant – and, at ninety, with her life nearly behind her – Hagar Shipley makes a bold last step towards freedom and independence.
As her story unfolds, we are drawn into her past. We meet Hagar as a young girl growing up in a black prairie town; as the wife of a virile but unsuccessful farmer with whom her marriage was stormy; as a mother who dominates her younger son; and, finally, as an old woman isolated by an uncompromising pride and by the stern virtues she has inherited from her pioneer ancestors.
Vivid, evocative, moving, The Stone Angel celebrates the triumph of the spirit, and reveals Margaret Laurence at the height of her powers as a writer of extraordinary craft and profound insight into the workings of the human heart
In her best-loved novel, The Stone Angel, Margaret Laurence introduces Hagar Shipley, one of the most memorable characters in Canadian fiction. Stubborn, querulous, self-reliant – and, at ninety, with her life nearly behind her – Hagar Shipley makes a bold last step towards freedom and independence.
As her story unfolds, we are drawn into her past. We meet Hagar as a young girl growing up in a black prairie town; as the wife of a virile but unsuccessful farmer with whom her marriage was stormy; as a mother who dominates her younger son; and, finally, as an old woman isolated by an uncompromising pride and by the stern virtues she has inherited from her pioneer ancestors.
Vivid, evocative, moving, The Stone Angel celebrates the triumph of the spirit, and reveals Margaret Laurence at the height of her powers as a writer of extraordinary craft and profound insight into the workings of the human heart
Biblio Notes
Material Type: Fiction
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Margaret Laurence
ISBN: 077104707X 9780771047077
OCLC Number: 38106173
Description: 336 pages ; 22 cm
Responsibility: Margaret Laurence.
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Margaret Laurence
ISBN: 077104707X 9780771047077
OCLC Number: 38106173
Description: 336 pages ; 22 cm
Responsibility: Margaret Laurence.
Number of Copies
1
