Maria Chapdelaine · Character
Edwige Légaré
A neighbor or acquaintance of the Chapdelaine family.
minor
Also known as Edwige
First appearance: viii entrenched against winter
Edwige Légaré shows up with force in IV: Wild Land. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Hired man who has worked for the Chapdelaines for eleven summers; described as short, broad, with bright blue eyes and a clay-colored visage; works with frenzied enthusiasm,…
Edwige Légaré first appears in 0007 viii entrenched against winter.
In IV: Wild Land: Hired man who has worked for the Chapdelaines for eleven summers; described as short, broad, with bright blue eyes and a clay-colored visage; works with frenzied enthusiasm, wrestling stumps and swearing.
Later, in VI: The Stuff of Dreams: Edwige Légaré is a hired hand who works alongside the family during haymaking and comments on the wind and weather.
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Relationship types
- Other
Character groups
- Extended community and suitor
- Male settlers and family
- Immediate Chapdelaine family
- Protagonist
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- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
Maria’s dejected, almost indifferent reply to her father’s offer to attend mass marks the emotional peak of he…
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