Moodie, Susanna, 1803-1885,

Flora Lyndsay, or, Passages in an eventful life /by Susanna Moodie ; edited and with an introduction by Michael A. Peterman. Passages in an eventful life - Ottawa : University of Ottawa Press, (c)2014. - 1 online resource (lx, 386 pages). - Canadian literature collection = Collection de littérature canadienne .

Prequel to Roughing it in the bush. "The 1854 Richard Bentley first edition (RB) of Flora Lyndsay serves as copy ext for this edition. The textual notes that follow comprise alterations of hrasing, spelling, and punctuation in numerous passages undertaken by he American firm De Witt & Davenport (DD) in their 1855 edition. These include hanges of two kinds: small alterations in spelling, punctuation, and word choice o accord with American grammatical and stylistic practice; and additions and lterations apparently made by Moodie herself in the novel"--Textual notes.

Includes bibliographies and index.

Flora Lyndsay, a prequel to Susanna Moodie's Roughing it in the Bush and Life in the Clearings, presents a fictionalized record of her family's experiences in planning their emigration and crossing the Atlantic.



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Frontier and pioneer life--Ontario--Fiction.
Women pioneers--Ontario--Fiction.
Immigrants--Ontario--Fiction.


Electronic Books.

PR9199 / .F567 2014