Swamp Angel (Masterplots II: British and Commonwealth Fiction Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Ethel Davis Bryant
- First Published: 1954
- Type of Work: Regional romance
- Time of Work: The early 1950’s
- Setting: Vancouver and the interior of British Columbia
- Principal Characters: Maggie Vardoe, Nell Severance, Hilda Severance, Haldar Gunnarsen, Vera Gunnarsen, Edward Vardoe, Joey Quong
- Genres: Long fiction, Regional fiction
- Subjects: 1950’s, Freedom, Love or romance, Nature, Escapes, Marriage, Canada or Canadians, Symbolism, Fishing or fishermen, Guns
- Locales: Canada, British Columbia, Canada, Vancouver, Canada
The Novel
Tired of her second marriage, to Edward Vardoe, and the routine of her pent-up life in Vancouver, Maggie Vardoe decides to run away to the interior of British Columbia, where she finds freedom in nature. As the novel opens Maggie watches the flight of birds outside her window, her planned escape paralleling their migration beyond the mountains. To support herself and her secret plan, she has been making fishing flies—a skill she acquired in New Brunswick during her childhood—for a year and selling them to a sporting goods shop. At a prearranged hour, she runs to a...
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