Angéline de Montbrun

by Laure Conan

"Angéline de Montbrun" by Laure Conan is a novel first published between 1881-1882. The story follows Angéline, a young woman betrothed to Maurice, whose life is shattered when her father dies and an accident disfigures her face. She breaks off her engagement and withdraws into isolation, contemplating her losses through diary entries and letters. This groundbreaking psychological novel explores themes of identity, faith, and the struggle between human desires and divine consolation in nineteenth-century French-Canadian society.