The most famous French-Canadian novel you've never heard of
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Ite Misa Est. La porte de l'église de Péribonca s'ouvrit et les hommes commencèrent à sortir. And so begins Maria Chapdalen, a tale of French Canada. I'm Sophie Rigoire Trudeau. I remember the story of this young woman who was in love and who lost her love.
And, you know, I think because I heard it in those years where, I guess, I was an early teenager, The novel that captured Sophie's heart was penned in 1913 by Louis Aymon, a French journalist who ventured to the remote village of Péribanca. Maria Chapdelaine quickly became an international sensation. By the 1920s, over a million copies sold worldwide, an astonishing achievement for its time. It was the first French bestseller, so it's like Harry Potter now.
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