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Why is Frances Brookeâs The History of Emily Montague important in Canadian literary history?
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Canadian writer Alice Munro was lauded as a âmaster of the contemporary short storyâ by the Swedish Academy when it awarded her the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2013.
Frances Brookeâs The History of Emily Montague (1769) is a landmark work in Canadian literary history because it is the first published novel to feature a Canadian setting.1
Written by Brooke while she was living in the conquered French garrison of Quebec as the wife of a British military chaplain, the book is an epistolary romance. It is historically significant for its descriptive portrayal of the region, capturing the "sparkling winter scenery" of Quebec alongside the life and manners of its residents during that era.1