It takes a hardy people to survive farming the harsh lands of the French Canadian wilderness, and Maria Chapdelaine must choose either to remain Qu b cois in this unforgiving land that has broken her heart, or to pursue a softer urban life in foreign New England. French writer Louis H mon wrote Maria Chapdelaine during the two years he lived in Quebec, and it's based on his experiences working on a farm in the Lac Saint-Jean region where the novel...