Annie Howells and Achille Fréchette

by James Doyle

Book Overview

Post-Confederation Ottawa sets the scene for this fascinating biography of a literary couple. The marriage of Annie Howells and Achille Fr chette in 1877 brought together two literary families and two cultural traditions. Annie was the daughter of the US consul in Quebec, William Cooper Howells, and sister of the American novelist William Dean Howells. Achille, a translator for the Canadian House of Commons, was the brother of the French-Canadian...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1442631295
• ISBN13: 9781442631298
• Release Date: December 1979
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 158 Pages
• Weight: 0.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher