The Lane that had no Turning

This is a collection of short stories by Gilbert Parker. Parker was a Canadian writer who wrote a number of bestsellers that had a lasting influence on Canadian literature, but whose importance for his time is now largely overlooked. One of the prime examples of his art is the short story collection The Lane that had no Turning, which is a series of short stories set in the fictional provincial town of Pontiac in Quebec. This collection "contains some of his best work, and is viewed by some as being in the tradition of such Gothic classics as Stoker's Dracula and James's The Turn of the Screw.". This edition also contains six Parables of a Province, which are very different in style from the rest of the book, but add an interesting additional facet to the collection.

By : Gilbert Parker (1862 - 1932)

00 - Dedication 01 - The Lane that had no Turning, part 1 02 - The Lane that had no Turning, part 2 03 - The Lane that had no Turning, part 3 04 - The Lane that had no Turning, part 4 05 - The Absurd Romance of P'tite Louison 06 - The Little Bell of Honour 07 - A Son of the Wilderness 08 - A Worker in Stone 09 - The Tragic Comedy of Annette 10 - The Marriage of the Miller 11 - Mathurin 12 - The Story of the Lime-Burner 13 - The Woodsman's Story of the Great White Chief 14 - Uncle Jim 15 - The House with the Tall Porch 16 - Parpon the Dwarf 17 - Times were Hard in Pontiac 18 - Medallion's Whim 19 - The Prisoner 20 - An Upset Price 21 - A Fragment of Lives 22 - The Man that Died at Alma 23 - The Baron of Beaugard 24 - The Golden Pipes 25 - The Guardian of the Fire 26 - By that Place called Peradventure 27 - The Singing of the Bees 28 - There was a Little City 29 - The Forge in the Valley