Contes, anecdotes et récits Canadiens dans le langage du terroir

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Contes, anecdotes et récits Canadiens dans le langage du terroir

by Aristide Filiatreault

FR·~52 minutes·21 chapters

Chapters

21 total
1

A. FILIATREAULT - CONTES - ANECDOTES ET RÉCITS CANADIENS DANS LE LANGAGE DU TERROIR - AVEC ILLUSTRATIONS - par - RENÉ BÉLIVEAU

0:10
2

INDEX

0:29
3

PRÉFACE

2:13
4

PRÉAMBULE

2:28
5

LA CULOTTE À BAPTISTE

4:01
6

LA CRÉMATION

0:39
7

LE COQ À LA MÈRE SUPÉRIEURE

0:53
8

LE "BEU" À NAPOLÉON

2:15
9

LES PUNAISES DU CANADA

5:14
10

L'APPENDICITE

4:14

Description

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.

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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.

About the author

Aristide Filiatreault

Aristide Filiatreault

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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