# Edwige Légaré — Maria Chapdelaine character guide

> Edwige Légaré in Maria Chapdelaine by Louis Hémon.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Edwige

**First appearance:** 0007-viii-entrenched-against-winter

## Who they are

A neighbor or acquaintance of the Chapdelaine family.

## In the story

### [IV: Wild Land](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/maria_chapdelaine_se/chapters/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.

### [VI: The Stuff of Dreams](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/maria_chapdelaine_se/chapters/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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