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[2011]., Adult, Image Entertainment Call No: DVD Fic Camille Edition: Full screen ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Hallmark hall of fame.Summary Note: "One of the world's most famous love stories comes to vibrant life in this lavish production filled with stunning scenery and a once in a lifetime cast! Nicknamed 'Camille,' the beautiful Marguerite (Greta Scacchi, Brideshead Revisited) sacrifices her honor to become a high society escort who only entertains the richest men in Paris. However, the young and dashing Armand Duval (Academy Award nominee Colin Firth, A Single Man) falls hopelessly in love with her and determines to win her heart. As their love blossoms, Armand's father (Academy Award winner Ben Kingsley, Gandhi) feels Marguerite is unworthy of his son and begins to interfere, while Marguerite has a shocking secret of her own that will alter the course of their lives forever. Also starring Academy Award John Gielgud winner (Arthur), Denholm Elliott (A Room With A View), and Billie Whitelaw (Quills), this Emmy Award-winning gem from the director of Clash Of The Titans is an unforgettable romance for the ages."--Container.
![Camille [DVD] (1984). Directed by Desmond Davis](/Library/images/cover/noimage.png "Camille [DVD] (1984). Directed by Desmond Davis")
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1996., Véhicule Press Call No: Fic Aub Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Canadians of Old-one of the cornerstones of Canadian literature-appeared in 1863, in the midst of the American Civil War and on the brink of Canadian Confederation. It offered the first genuine fictional exploration of the pivotal event in the emerging nation's past and was enthusiastically received by Canadian readers, both French and English. The author was one of the last Canadian seigneurs and a descendent of some of New France's most distinguished families. His novel is the bittersweet tale of a family caught in the web of war-a story of friendship, love, and conflicting loyalties. He draws on personal and family memories to paint a picture of mid-eighteenth-century Quebec before and after the Seven Years' War: rollicking schooldays in Quebec, rural and family life on the seigneurie, Indian encounters, the great battle, and the trials of reconstruction in a shattered society. The first English translation of de Gaspé's novel appeared in 1864. This version was marred by a wordy and convoluted prose style and has long been out of print. The second, by Charles G. D. Roberts in 1890, provided a readable but somewhat cavalier version that omitted numerous details and left untranslated de Gaspé's delightful and evocative "Notes and Clarifications." With this new translation by an award-winning translator, English-language readers will at last be able to appreciate de Gaspé's book in its entirety.
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2018., McGill-Queen's University Press Call No: 819.309 C692e Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "The study of Montreal as a specific location in French and English writings has long been subordinated to the demands of linguistically divided and politically contentious narratives about national development. In this cross-linguistic study, Patrick Coleman models an inclusive and post-national literary history of the city itself. Tracing a sequence of moments in the emergence of the Montreal novel from World War II to the turbulent 1960s, Equivocal City offers close readings of fourteen key works of fiction, focusing on the inner dynamic of their construction as well as the unexpected convergences and contrasts in the narrative structures they adopt and the aesthetic perspective they seek to achieve. Critically sophisticated but accessibly written, this book gives a sympathetic account of how writers in both languages struggled to give integrated artistic expression to their experience of a city that was still linguistically compartmentalized and culturally insecure. By analyzing the interplay between story and narrative form, the book explores what French and English novelists could--and could not--imagine about the Montreal they sought to portray. From the responsible realism of Hugh MacLennan and Gabrielle Roy to the fractious phantasmagorias of Jacques Ferron and Leonard Cohen, Equivocal City traces the evolution of the Montreal novel with the aim of retrieving a shareable literary past."--
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2018., McGill-Queen's University Press Call No: 306.4819 N355f Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Studies on the history of Quebec Volume: 34.Summary Note: "Tourism promoters strive to brand their destinations in anticipation of what they think travellers hope to experience. In turn, travel writers react in part to destinations in line with their expectations. While several scholars have documented such patterns elsewhere, these have remained understudied in the case of Quebec despite the frequency with which the province was branded and rebranded and its status as a major North American travel destination in the decades leading up to Expo 67. The first comprehensive history of Quebec tourism promotion and travel writing, From Old Quebec to La Belle Province details changing marketing strategies and shows how these efforts consistently mirrored and strengthened French Quebec's evolving national identity. Nicole Neatby also takes into account the contentious role of English-speaking promoters in Montreal, belying the view that Quebec was unvaryingly represented and appreciated for being "old." Taking a comparative approach, Neatby draws on books and a wide array of newspapers, popular and specialized magazines, as well as written and visual sources from outside the tourist genre to reveal how the distinct national and cultural identities of English Canadians, Americans, and French Quebecers profoundly shaped their expectations and reactions to the province. From Old Quebec to La Belle Province traces and explains shifting tourism promotional priorities and varying travel writers' reactions over the course of four decades and how in tune they were with evolving national identities."--
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2010., Adult, Douglas & McIntyre Call No: BLK Fic Laf Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: A Black writer from Montreal has found the perfect title for his next book : I am a Japanese writer. For the writer, though, the title isn't just a title: he really does believe he is a Japanese writer. He makes this declaration in a mall, and, the next thing he knows, he's an international celebrity. But things go quickly wrong.
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c1975., Presses universitaires de France Call No: FR 819.09 M219L Edition: 1. éd. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Que sais-je?
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c2012., Presses de l'Université du Québec Call No: FR 011.73 C792l Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library
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c2011., Éditions P. Tisseyre Call No: FR Fic Les Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Entre les protestants de Cumberland Mills et les catholiques de Saint-Benjamin, la cohabitation est pacifique en ce début de 20-ème siècle. Les deux villages jouent à s'ignorer. Jusqu'au jour où l'amour se met de la partie et donne au nouveau curé, despotique et borné, l'arme qu'il souhaitait pour asseoir son pouvoir. Il s'en empare, divisant pour régner, semant la discorde autour de lui. Une terrible tragédie s'ensuit, qui révoltera la jeune Maggie, jeune fille précoce et surdouée, contre qui le prêtre va mener une guerre acharnée.
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2013., General, Universal Studios Home Entertainment Call No: DVD Fic Misérables (2013) Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "Hugh Jackman, Academy Award winner Russell Crowe and Anne Hathaway star in this critically-acclaimed adaptation of the epic musical phenomenon. Set against the backdrop of 19th-century France, Les Misérables tells the story of ex-prisoner Jean Valjean (Jackman), hunted for decades by the ruthless policeman Javert (Crowe), after he breaks parole. When Valjean agrees to care for factory worker Fantine's (Hathaway) young daughter, Cosette, their lives change forever. This enthralling story is a timeless testament to the survival of the human spirit and 'an unforgettable experience' (Richard Roeper, RichardRoeper.com)."--Container.