Flora Lyndsay is Susanna Moodie’s prequel to Roughing it in the Bush and Life in the Clearings. Though Moodie fictionalizes herself in the context of this novel, Flora Lyndsay remains a close personalized record of her family’s experiences in planning their emigration and crossing the Atlantic.
Despite the limited critical attention it receives, Flora Lyndsay reveals Moodie’s style, her sense of form, and her distinctive approach to writing female autobiography. This edition, complete with a wide corpus of endnotes, an extensive list of emendations, and a critical introduction, helps address this oversight and gives a closer look at the iconic phenomenon that is Susanna Moodie.
Authors
- Bibliography, etc. Note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Control Number Identifier
- CaOOCEL
- Date published
- 2014.
- Description conventions
- rda
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- C813/.3
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 23
- Distributor
- Canadian Electronic Library (Firm),
- General Note
- Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- ISBN
- 9780776608082 9780776621234
- LCCN
- PR9199.2.M657
- LCCN Item number
- F5 2014eb
- Modifying agency
- CaBNVSL
- Original cataloging agency
- CaOONL
- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (386 pages)
- Published in
- Ottawa, Ontario
- Publisher or Distributor Number
- CaOOCEL
- Rights
- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
- System Control Number
- (CaBNVSL)slc00234054 (OCoLC)872601334 (CaOOCEL)447259
- System Details Note
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Title proper/short title
- Passages in an eventful life
- Transcribing agency
- CaOONL
Table of Contents
- Cover 1
- Title Page 4
- Copyright 5
- Dedication 6
- Contents 8
- Acknowledgements 10
- Critical Introduction 12
- Textual History and the Choice of the Copy Text 14
- Susanna Moodie in Her English Context 16
- How Flora Lyndsay Came To Be 18
- Why Flora Lyndsay Matters 33
- Works Cited 59
- Flora Lyndsay 62
- Volume I 66
- Chapter I. A Matrimonial Dialogue. 66
- Chapter II. The Old Captain. 70
- Chapter III. The Old Captain in Person. 73
- Chapter IV. A Visit of Condolence. 77
- Chapter V. The True Friend. 83
- Chapter VI. Flora‘s Outfit. 86
- Chapter VII. How Miss Wilhelmina Carr and Flora Became Acquainted. 89
- Chapter VIII. Miss Wilhelmina Calls Upon Flora. 96
- Chapter IX. Flora Goes to Tea with Miss Carr. 103
- Chapter X. Old Jarvis and His Dog Neptune. 113
- Chapter XI. Flora in Search of a Servant Hears a Real Ghost Story. 119
- Chapter XII. The Last Hours at Home. 132
- Chapter XIII. The Departure. 137
- Chapter XIV. An Open Boat at Sea. 142
- Chapter XV. Once More at Home. 147
- Chapter XVI. The Fog. 149
- Chapter XVII. The Steamboat. 154
- Chapter XVIII. A Peep Into the Ladies’ Cabin. 157
- Chapter XIX. Mrs. Dalton. 163
- Chapter XX. Edinburgh. 167
- Chapter XXI. Mrs. Waddel. 171
- Chapter XXII. Climbing the Mountains. 176
- Chapter XXIII. The Brig Anne. 180
- Chapter XXIV. A Visit to the Ship Owners’. 185
- Chapter XXV. Flora’s Dinner. 189
- Chapter XXVI. Fears of the Cholera—Departure from Scotland. 193
- Chapter XXVII. A New Scene and Strange Faces. 198
- Volume II 206
- Chapter I. The State Cabin. 206
- Chapter II. Flora’s Fellow-Passengers. 210
- Chapter III. The Last Glance of Scotland. 218
- Chapter IV. Stephen Corrie. 222
- Chapter V. The Captain’s Prentice. 227
- Chapter VI. The Lost Jacket, and Other Matters. 230
- Chapter VII. Noah Cotton. 238
- Chapter VIII. The Sisters. 243
- Chapter IX. The Ghost. 252
- Chapter X. The Proposal. 261
- Chapter XI. The Disclosure. 266
- Chapter XII. The Night Alone. 273
- Chapter XIII. The Meeting. 276
- Chapter XIV. The Murderer‘s Manuscript. 279
- Chapter XV. My First Love. 283
- Chapter XVI. Temptation. 288
- Chapter XVII. The Plot. 293
- Chapter XVIII. The Murder. 297
- Chapter XIX. My Mother. 302
- Chapter XX. A Last Look at Old Friends. 306
- Chapter XXI. My Mother and the Squire. 310
- Chapter XXII. Evil Thoughts—The Pangs of Remorse. 317
- Chapter XXIII. Trust in God. 323
- Chapter XXIV. Fishing on the Banks. 325
- Chapter XXV. The Storm. 333
- Chapter XXVI. The Ship Comes to an Anchor, and the Book to a Close. 342
- Explanatory Notes 350
- Textual Notes 382