num_pages: 344
description: In the sequel to Roughing It in the Bush , Susanna Moodie portrays the relatively sophisticated society springing up in the clearings along Lake Ontario. During a trip from Belleville to Niagara Falls, Moodie acts as a meticulous observer of the social customs and practices of the times.Invaluable as social history and as a candid self-portrait, Life in the Clearings versus the Bush chronicles, with wit and wisdom, Canadian society in the mid-19th century.The NCL edition is an unabridged reprint of the complete original text.
language: English
title: Life in the Clearings versus the Bush
titlecomplete: Life in the Clearings versus the Bush (New Canadian Library)
characters: Grace Marks, Susanna Moodie
genres: History, Classics, Biography, Canadian Literature, Canada, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 69
series: Memoirs
publisher: New Canadian Library