Lane that had no Turning, and Other Tales concerning the People of Pontiac

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By Listen TheBook Posted on May 31, 2023

In Category - Short Stories

Authors: Gilbert Parker In Year : 1900

Book Language: English

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Dedication
The Lane that had no Turning, part 1
The Lane that had no Turning, part 2
The Lane that had no Turning, part 3
The Lane that had no Turning, part 4
The Absurd Romance of P'tite Louison
The Little Bell of Honour
A Son of the Wilderness
A Worker in Stone
The Tragic Comedy of Annette
The Marriage of the Miller
Mathurin
The Story of the Lime-Burner
The Woodsman's Story of the Great White Chief
Uncle Jim
The House with the Tall Porch
Parpon the Dwarf
Times were Hard in Pontiac
Medallion's Whim
The Prisoner
An Upset Price
A Fragment of Lives
The Man that Died at Alma
The Baron of Beaugard
The Golden Pipes
The Guardian of the Fire
By that Place called Peradventure
The Singing of the Bees
There was a Little City
The Forge in the Valley

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