The Imperialist by Sara Jeannette Duncan (English) Paperback Book

Description: The Imperialist by Sara Jeannette Duncan, Janette Turner Hospital "This book was first published in 1904 by the Copp Clark Company Limited, Toronto"--T.p. verso. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Sara Jeannette Duncans classic portrait of a turn-of-the-century Ontario town, The Imperialist captures the spirit of an emergent nation through the example of two young dreamers. Impassioned by "the Imperialist idea," Lorne Murchison rests his bid for office on his vision of a rejuvenated British Empire. His sister Advena betrays a kindred attraction to the high-flown ideals in her love for an unworldly, and unavailable, young minister. Nimbly alternating between politics and romance, Duncan constructs a superbly ironic object-lesson in the Canadian virtue of compromise.Sympathetic, humorous, and wonderfully detailed, The Imperialist is an astute analysis of the paradoxes of Canadian nationhood, as relevant today as when the novel was first published in 1904. Author Biography Sara Jeannette Duncan was born in Brantford, Ontario, in 1861. She attended the Toronto Normal School, then left teaching for a career in journalism. She worked as an editorial writer and book reviewer for the Washington Post, then wrote for the Toronto Globe under the name of "Garth Grafton," and contributed a column to whose founder was Goldwin Smith. She was also parliamentary correspondent in Ottawa for the Montreal Star. In 1888 Duncan set off on a round-the-world trip as correspondent for the New York World and the Montreal Star. In Calcutta she met her future husband, Everard Cotes, an Englishman serving there as curator of the Indian Museum. They married two years later. Duncan lived in India for twenty-five years, with extended stays abroad in London and frequent trips to Canada.A prolific and popular writer of fiction, Duncan set nearly half of her novels in India. The Imperialist (1904), generally considered her finest, is her only novel set in Canada. During and after World War One she devoted much of her time to playwrighting. In 1922 Duncan and her husband retired to England.Sara Jeannette Duncan died in Ashtead, Surrey, England in 1922. Details ISBN0771096291 Author Janette Turner Hospital Short Title IMPERIALIST Language English ISBN-10 0771096291 ISBN-13 9780771096297 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY FIC Birth 1861 Death 1922 Series New Canadian Library Imprint New Canadian Library AU Release Date 2008-12-01 NZ Release Date 2008-12-01 UK Release Date 2008-12-01 Place of Publication Toronto Country of Publication Canada Pages 376 Publisher McClelland & Stewart Inc. Year 2008 Publication Date 2008-12-01 Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:137637585;

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