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Charles DeGuise
1827–1884
A 19th-century French-Canadian doctor who also made time for journalism and fiction, he wrote stories that helped shape early Quebec literature. His best-known works blend local legend, memory, and everyday life with a warm, readable style.
2 Audiobooks
Hélika: Memoire d'un vieux maître d'école
by Charles DeGuise
Le Cap au Diable, Légende Canadienne
by Charles DeGuise
About the author
Born in Kamouraska on September 28, 1827, Charles Deguise studied at the collège of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière and then pursued medicine at Université Laval. He was admitted to practice in 1851 and worked as a physician in Quebec City and later in Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière before returning to Quebec.
Alongside medicine, he was active as a journalist and writer. He contributed to the literary culture of 19th-century French Canada, and he is especially remembered for works such as Le Cap au Diable and Hélika: mémoire d'un vieux maître d'école.
He died in 1884. Today, he is noted as one of the Canadian-French authors whose fiction helped preserve local history, regional legend, and the feel of everyday life in Quebec.