LAURE CONAN

'Laure Conan', pen name of 'Marie-Louise-Félicité Angers', (9 January, 1845 – 6 June, 1924), is regarded as the first true French-Canadian female novelist. She was born in Murray Bay, Canada East. She was a cousin of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
Educated by the Ursulines, Laure wrote eleven books focussed largely on religion and family structure in Quebec, with a particular interest in exploring the minds of her characters. She also was a valued contributor to ''Le Journal de Françoise'', a bimonthly paper edited by Robertine Barry.
Conan's best remembered book is ''Angéline de Montbrun'' (1884) and is possibly Conan's best psychological novel. She died in Montreal, Quebec.

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Selected bibliography

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Selected bibliography

★ ''Angéline de Montbrun'' - 1884 (translated as ''Angéline de Montbrun'', 1974)

★ ''À l'oeuvre et à l'épreuve'' - 1891 (translated as ''The Master Motive'', 1909)

★ ''L'oublié'' - 1900

★ ''Élizabeth Seton'' - 1903

★ ''L'obscure souffrance'' - 1919

★ ''La sève immortelle'' - 1925

★ ''Oeuvres romanesques'' (3 volumes) - 1974-75

External links

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★ Britannica's article

★ Library and Archives Canada bio of Laure Conan

★ the ''Canadian Encyclopedia''