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A. FILIATREAULT - CONTES - ANECDOTES ET RÉCITS CANADIENS DANS LE LANGAGE DU TERROIR - AVEC ILLUSTRATIONS - par - RENÉ BÉLIVEAU
INDEX
PRÉFACE
PRÉAMBULE
LA CULOTTE À BAPTISTE
LA CRÉMATION
LE COQ À LA MÈRE SUPÉRIEURE
LE "BEU" À NAPOLÉON
LES PUNAISES DU CANADA
L'APPENDICITE
A lively tapestry of short tales, jokes and sketches brings the everyday world of French‑Canadian life to vivid hearing. The narrator’s voice mixes sly sarcasm with warm affection, turning simple village scenes‑a bustling market, a mischievous schoolyard prank, or a smoky kitchen gathering‑into snapshots that sparkle with regional dialect and quirky characters. The humor leans on dry wit and a touch of the absurd, inviting listeners to recognise the shared quirks of families, neighbours and the occasional eccentric saint‑like figure.
Illustrated by a skillful hand, each story feels like a quick sketch that settles into a laugh‑filled pause before moving on. The collection captures the spirit of a community that can turn hardship into a punchline and finds delight in the little details of daily routine. Listeners will come away with a fond sense of place, a grin at the colorful personalities, and an appetite for more of the countryside’s tongue‑in‑cheek wisdom.
Language
fr
Duration
~52 minutes (50K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by Renald Levesque and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. Thanks to the Bibliothèque nationale du Québec
Release date
2004-06-01
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
Subjects

1851–1913
A lively early voice in Quebec journalism, he moved from the print shop to the newspaper office and then into books that mixed storytelling, folklore, and sharp social commentary. His work offers a vivid glimpse of French-Canadian life at the turn of the 20th century.
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