{"product_id":"2940013342422","title":"MARIA CHAPDELAINE","description":"CONTENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    I  PERIBONKA\u003cbr\u003e   II  HOME IN THE CLEARING\u003cbr\u003e  III  FRANCOIS PASSES BY\u003cbr\u003e   IV  WILD LAND\u003cbr\u003e    V  THE VOWS\u003cbr\u003e   VI  THE STUFF OF DREAMS\u003cbr\u003e  VII  A MEAGER REAPING\u003cbr\u003e VIII  ENTRENCHED AGAINST WINTER\u003cbr\u003e   IX  ONE THOUSAND AVES\u003cbr\u003e    X  STRAYING TRACKS\u003cbr\u003e   XI  THE INTERPRETER OF GOD\u003cbr\u003e  XII  LOVE BEARING GIFTS\u003cbr\u003e XIII  LOVE BEARING CHAINS\u003cbr\u003e  XIV  INTO THE DEEP SILENCE\u003cbr\u003e   XV  THAT WE PERISH NOT\u003cbr\u003e  XVI  PLEDGED TO THE RACE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePERIBONKA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIte, missa est\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe door opened, and the men of the congregation began to come out\u003cbr\u003eof the church at Peribonka.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA moment earlier it had seemed quite deserted, this church set by\u003cbr\u003ethe roadside on the high bank of the Peribonka, whose icy\u003cbr\u003esnow-covered surface was like a winding strip of plain. The snow lay\u003cbr\u003edeep upon road and fields, for the April sun was powerless to send\u003cbr\u003ewarmth through the gray clouds, and the heavy spring rains were yet\u003cbr\u003eto come. This chill and universal white, the humbleness of the\u003cbr\u003ewooden church and the wooden houses scattered along the road, the\u003cbr\u003egloomy forest edging so close that it seemed to threaten, these all\u003cbr\u003espoke of a harsh existence in a stern land. But as the men and boys\u003cbr\u003epassed through the doorway and gathered in knots on the broad steps,\u003cbr\u003etheir cheery salutations, the chaff flung from group to group, the\u003cbr\u003econtinual interchange of talk, merry or sober, at once disclosed the\u003cbr\u003eunquenchable joyousness of a people ever filled with laughter and\u003cbr\u003egood humour.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCleophas Pesant, son of Thadee Pesant the blacksmith, was already in\u003cbr\u003elight-coloured summer garments, and sported an American coat with\u003cbr\u003ebroad padded shoulders; though on this cold Sunday he had not\u003cbr\u003eventured to discard his winter cap of black cloth with harelined\u003cbr\u003eear-laps for the hard felt hat he would have preferred to wear.\u003cbr\u003eBeside him Egide Simard, and others who had come a long road by\u003cbr\u003esleigh, fastened their long fur coats as they left the church,\u003cbr\u003edrawing them in at the waist with scarlet sashes. The young folk of\u003cbr\u003ethe village, very smart in coats with otter collars, gave\u003cbr\u003edeferential greeting to old Nazaire Larouche; a tall man with gray\u003cbr\u003ehair and huge bony shoulders who had in no wise altered for the mass\u003cbr\u003ehis everyday garb: short jacket of brown cloth lined with sheepskin,\u003cbr\u003epatched trousers, and thick woollen socks under moose-hide\u003cbr\u003emoccasins.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47177107964144,"sku":"2940013342422","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013342422_p0.jpg?v=1763579584","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013342422","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}