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A love story from nineteenth century Quebec : the diary of George Stephen Jones / edited by W. Peter Ward.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Courtship.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (118 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Peterborough, Ontario : Broadview Press, 1989.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- George Stephen Jones's diary chronicles his romance with Honorine Tanswell. The two youths fell in love in the fall of 1845 and the diary traces in touching detail the course of George's love for Honorine, her answering love, her parents' opposition to the match, and Honorine's accesptance of their dictates. Peter Ward, who has been researching the history of courtship and marriage in Canada for many years, sets this tender love story in context in his introduction. As he details, the diary includes all the great themes of the history of courtship in nineteenth-century English Canada: youthful passion, parental opposition, religious differences, and the practical problems of securing an income sufficient to wed.
- Contents:
- ""Table of Contents""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Editor's Note""; ""Introduction""; ""Notes""; ""The Diary Of George Stephen Jones""; ""Notes""
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed August 24, 2017).
- ISBN:
- 1-4426-0270-8
- OCLC:
- 1294423697
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