The Lane that had no Turning, and Other Tales concerning the People of Pontiac Part 1/2
The Lane that had no Turning, and Other Tales concerning the People of Pontiac by Gilbert PARKER (1862 - 1932)
Genre(s): Short Stories
Read by: Michele Fry, Kate Follis, LizzieHexam, Phil Schempf, Brandy Morgan, MaryAnn, Eva Davis, Nemo, Eva DavisNemo in English
Chapters:
00:00:00 - 00 - Dedication
00:05:34 - 01 - The Lane that had no Turning, part 1
00:48:28 - 02 - The Lane that had no Turning, part 2
01:25:40 - 03 - The Lane that had no Turning, part 3
02:20:43 - 04 - The Lane that had no Turning, part 4
02:57:51 - 05 - The Absurd Romance of P'tite Louison
03:11:34 - 06 - The Little Bell of Honour
04:03:32 - 07 - A Son of the Wilderness
04:16:57 - 08 - A Worker in Stone
04:36:35 - 09 - The Tragic Comedy of Annette
04:44:27 - 10 - The Marriage of the Miller
04:52:42 - 11 - Mathurin
05:08:01 - 12 - The Story of the Lime-Burner
05:20:58 - 13 - The Woodsman's Story of the Great White Chief
05:29:00 - 14 - Uncle Jim
05:46:32 - 15 - The House with the Tall Porch
05:55:34 - 16 - Parpon the Dwarf
06:41:47 - 17 - Times were Hard in Pontiac
06:54:31 - 18 - Medallion's Whim
This is a collection of short stories by Gilbert Parker. Parker was a Canadian writer who wrote a number of bestsellers that had a lasting influence on Canadian literature, but whose importance for his time is now largely overlooked. One of the prime examples of his art is the short story collection The Lane that had no Turning, which is a series of short stories set in the fictional provincial town of Pontiac in Quebec. This collection 'contains some of his best work, and is viewed by some as being in the tradition of such Gothic classics as Stoker's Dracula and James's The Turn of the Screw.' (Wikipedia). This edition also contains six Parables of a Province, which are very different in style from the rest of the book, but add an interesting additional facet to the collection. - Summary by Carolin
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