Ethel Wilson (Books)

Ethel Wilson Books

Ethel Davis Wilson was a Canadian author renowned for her evocative portrayals of British Columbia. Her writing often focused on locations within BC that held personal significance, skillfully detailing the ruggedness and magic of the landscape. Wilson is celebrated as one of the earliest Canadian writers to truly capture the essence of this unique region. Her work is distinguished by its ability to convey the distinctive atmosphere and natural splendor of Canada's west coast.

Swamp Angel

224 pages
8 hours of reading

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Walking out on a demoralizing second marriage, Maggie Lloyd leaves Vancouver to work at a fishing lodge in the interior of British Columbia. But the serenity of Maggie’s new surroundings is soon disturbed by the irrational jealousy of the lodge-keeper’s wife. Restoring her own broken spirit, Maggie must also become a healer to others. In this, she is supported by her eccentric friend, Nell Severance, whose pearl-handled revolver – the Swamp Angel – becomes Maggie’s ambiguous talisman and the novel’s symbolic core.Ethel Wilson’s best-loved novel, Swamp Angel first appeared in 1954. It remains an astute and powerful study of one woman’s integrity and of the redemptive power of compassion.