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Francis Marion Beynon’s autobiographical novel Aleta Dey is increasingly recognised as a small classic of early twentieth-century fiction. Beynon was a journalist and feminist much involved in public affairs in early twentieth-century Manitoba. Aleta Dey, first published in 1919, tells in plain and affecting prose the story of a girl growing up in Manitoba, becoming politically conscious, and falling in love with McNair, a man of much more conventional views. The First World War brings a crisis for them both after McNair enlists as a soldier. Beynon’s spare, emotionally open prose resonates with prairie simplicity, passion, and strength.
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Virago Modern Classics: Aleta Dey, Francis Marion Beynon
- Language
- Released
- 1988
- Binding
- (Paperback)
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- Title
- Virago Modern Classics: Aleta Dey
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Francis Marion Beynon
- Publisher
- Virago Press
- Released
- 1988
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 255
- ISBN10
- 0860686531
- ISBN13
- 9780860686538
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, True Stories, Biographies, Historical Fiction, Love, Autobiographies & Memoirs, Feminism, Canada
- Description
- Francis Marion Beynon’s autobiographical novel Aleta Dey is increasingly recognised as a small classic of early twentieth-century fiction. Beynon was a journalist and feminist much involved in public affairs in early twentieth-century Manitoba. Aleta Dey, first published in 1919, tells in plain and affecting prose the story of a girl growing up in Manitoba, becoming politically conscious, and falling in love with McNair, a man of much more conventional views. The First World War brings a crisis for them both after McNair enlists as a soldier. Beynon’s spare, emotionally open prose resonates with prairie simplicity, passion, and strength.