First-wave feminist, activist, and social reformer, Nellie McClung ranked as one of the most popular Canadian authors and among the liveliest critics of Canada's male-dominated society. Well ahead of her time, McClung was known as a writer who dared to discuss taboo topics, and for her inimitable humour, which rivals that of Stephen Leacock. This selection of her best short fiction includes depictions of difficult rural living conditions in Western Canada as well as "consciousness-raising" stories reflecting the undue restrictions on women and the anti-female laws and attitudes of her day.
Authors
- Bibliography, etc. Note
- Includes bibliographical references
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- CaOOCEL
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- C813/.52
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 21
- General Note
- Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- ISBN
- 0776604244 9780776616957
- LCCN
- PR9199.3.M4237
- LCCN Item number
- S76 1996eb
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- CaBNVSL
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- CaOONL
- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (227 p.)
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- CaOOCEL
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- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
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- (CaBNVSL)slc00200094 (OCoLC)181843507 (CaOOCEL)403783
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- Mode of access: World Wide Web
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- CaOONL
Table of Contents
- Contents 6
- Introduction 8
- The Live Wire 42
- Babette 56
- The Way of the West 61
- The Return Ticket 71
- The Runaway Grandmother 78
- You Never Can Tell 89
- The Elusive Vote: An Unvarnished Tale of September 21st, 1911 100
- Red and White 113
- Banking in London 152
- The Neutral Fuse 159
- Carried Forward 182
- The Grim Fact of Sisterhood 224
- O, Canada! 229
