Frances Brooke
Canadian author
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Frances Brooke was an English-born author who wrote the first published novel with a Canadian setting, The History of Emily Montague (1769). This epistolary romance depicted Quebec's winter scenery and the lives of its inhabitants. While her husband, a military chaplain, was stationed in Quebec, she wrote this novel, which is considered a foundational work in Canadian literature. Her literary contributions are significant for their early engagement with the Canadian landscape and society.1
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