Voyages : Short Narratives of Susanna Moodie / / edited by John Thurston.

• Superior document: Canadian short story library ; ser. 2, no. 15
• Author: Moodie, Susanna, 1803-1885.
• TeilnehmendeR: Thurston, John Harry, 1955-
• Place / Publishing House: Ottawa : : University of Ottawa Press,, 1991.; ©1991.
• Year of Publication: 1997; 1991
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Canadian short story library ; ser. 2, no. 15.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xxix, 256 pages)

Susanna Moodie is, of course, best known for her books Roughing It in the Bush and Life in the Clearings, which are largely comprised of short sketches that she had previously published. What is not widely known, however, is that Moodie had a long and prolific literary career in which short sketches and tales were among her favoured genres. This book offers a selection of these narratives, most of which have been unavailable in print since the 19th century. This collection will give the reader a new understanding of Susanna Moodie's work.

Table of Contents

Introduction -- A Dream -- The Pope's Promise -- Old Hannah or, The Charm -- My Aunt Dorothy's Legacy -- The Vanquished Lion -- The Doctor Distressed -- The Sailor's Return -- The Broken Mirror -- The Well in the Wilderness -- Rachel Wilde, or, Trifles from the Burthen of a Life -- The Quiet Horse -- Trifles from the Burthen of a Life -- My Cousin Tom -- Washing the Black-A-Moor White.