Louis Hémon

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Hémon, Louis: Maria Chapdelaine

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Hémon, Louis: Maria Chapdelaine

Hémon, Louis: Maria Chapdelaine

Illustration from Louis Hémon's Maria Chapdelaine (1960).

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