Emily Montague (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781162661155)

Emily Montague is a novel written by Frances Brooke in the 18th century. It tells the story of Emily, a young and beautiful Englishwoman who travels to Quebec, Canada, with her fianc�����, Edward Rivers. While there, Emily meets a variety of characters, including the charming and handsome Chevalier de Beauport, with whom she becomes infatuated. As Emily struggles with her feelings for the Chevalier and her loyalty to Edward, she also grapples with the cultural differences between England and Canada. The novel explores themes of love, identity, and the clash of cultures. It is considered a significant work in Canadian literature and is often cited as one of the earliest examples of Canadian fiction.I could moralize exceedingly well this morning on the vanity of human wishes and expectations, and the folly of hoping for felicity in this vile sublunary world: but the subject is a little exhausted, and I have a passion for being original. I think all the moral writers, who have set off with promising to shew us the road to happiness, have obligingly ended with telling us there is no such thing; a conclusion extremely consoling, and which if they had drawn before they set pen to paper, would have saved both themselves and their readers an infinity of trouble.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

Author: Frances Brooke
ISBN-10: 1162661151
ISBN-13: 9781162661155
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
Language: English
Published: 09/10/2010
Pages: 374
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.41lbs
Size: 9.25h x 7.50w x 0.77d