OLD MAN SAVARIN. Inscribed by Thomson

Thomson, Edward William

Published by Williams Briggs, Toronto, 1895

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1st Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author. Thomson, Edward William. OLD MAN SAVARIN. Signed. Toronto: Williams Briggs, 1895. 8vo., 289pp + 3 pages of ads. Gilt stamped brown cloth. Neatly inscribed on the title page: "To W. H. Parker / with compliments / and thanks for / Kindness & hospitality. / E. W. Thomson /July 1900". Further inscribed at the bottom of the title page: "and by J. Y. Crowill / N. Y. & Boston. A near fine copy. A very uncommon unique example of this Canadian literary classic. "Ma'ame Baptiste Larocque peered again into her cupboard and her flour barrel, as though she might have been mistaken in her inspection twenty minutes earlier. 'No, there is nothing, nothing at all!' said she to her old mother-in-law. 'And no more trust at the store. Monsieur Conolly was too cross when I went for corn-meal yesterday. . . " - LITTLE BAPTISTE. A Story Of The Ottawa River, from Old Man Savarin and Other Stories. Edward William Thomson is an important figure in Canadian literary history because he was among the first writers to depict rural Franco-Ontarian and Ottawa River valley communities with realism and sympathy, helping move Canadian fiction away from imitation of British and American models toward a distinct national literature grounded in local experience. Through Old Man Savarin and Other Stories, he brought the lives of lumber workers, settlers, and French-Canadian communities into mainstream literary attention, shaping early Canadian regional realism and contributing to the development of the Canadian short story as a serious literary form that reflected the country's social and cultural identity.…

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Title
OLD MAN SAVARIN. Inscribed by Thomson
Author
Thomson, Edward William
Publisher
Williams Briggs, Toronto
Publication year
1895
Condition
Near Fine
Signed
Signed by Author
Binding
Hardcover
Edition
1st Edition.
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