Flora Lyndsay; or, Passages in an Eventful Life

Download or read book Flora Lyndsay; or, Passages in an Eventful Life written by Susanna Moodie and published by University of Ottawa Press. This book was released on 2014-02-13 with total page 648 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.