The Lane that had no Turning, and Other Tales concerning the People of Pontiac

Author: Gilbert Parker

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This is a collection of short stories by Gilbert Parker. Parker was a Canadian writer who wrote a number of bestsellers that had a lasting influence on Canadian literature, but whose importance for his time is now largely overlooked. One of the prime examples of his art is the short story collection The Lane that had no Turning, which is a series of short stories set in the fictional provincial town of Pontiac in Quebec. This collection "contains some of his best work, and is viewed by some as being in the tradition of such Gothic classics as Stoker's Dracula and James's The Turn of the Screw." (Wikipedia). This edition also contains six Parables of a Province, which are very different in style from the rest of the book, but add an interesting additional facet to the collection. - Summary by Carolin

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DedicationThe Lane that had no Turning, part 1The Lane that had no Turning, part 2The Lane that had no Turning, part 3The Lane that had no Turning, part 4The Absurd Romance of P'tite LouisonThe Little Bell of HonourA Son of the WildernessA Worker in StoneThe Tragic Comedy of AnnetteThe Marriage of the MillerMathurinThe Story of the Lime-BurnerThe Woodsman's Story of the Great White ChiefUncle JimThe House with the Tall PorchParpon the DwarfTimes were Hard in PontiacMedallion's WhimThe PrisonerAn Upset PriceA Fragment of LivesThe Man that Died at AlmaThe Baron of BeaugardThe Golden PipesThe Guardian of the FireBy that Place called PeradventureThe Singing of the BeesThere was a Little CityThe Forge in the Valley

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