The Translation of a Savage, Volume 1
The Translation of a Savage is a novel by Gilbert Parker that tells the story of a young man named John Gore who travels to Canada in search of his father's killer. Along the way, he encounters various obstacles and meets interesting characters, including a beautiful woman named Marie Louise. The book explores themes of revenge, love, and redemption.
By Gilbert Parker · First published 1896 · Genre: Historical Fiction, Adventure, Romance · 5 chapters · 26,615 words
First lines
It appeared that Armour had made the great mistake of his life. When / people came to know, they said that to have done it when sober had shown / him possessed of a kind of maliciousness and cynicism almost pardonable, / but to do it when tipsy proved him merely weak and foolish. But the fact / is, he was less tipsy at the time than was imagined; and he could have / answered to more malice and cynicism than was credited to him. To those / who know the world it is not singular that, of the two, Armour was / thought to have made the mistake and had the misfortune, or that people / wasted their pity and their scorn upon him alone. Apparently they did / not see that the woman was to be pitied. He had married her; and she was / only an Indian girl from Fort Charles of the Hudson's Bay Company, with a / little honest white blood in her veins. Nobody, not even her own people, / felt that she had anything at stake, or was in danger of unhappiness, or / was other than a person who had ludicrously come to bear the name of Mrs. / Francis Armour. If any one had said in justification that she loved the / man, the answer would have been that plenty of Indian women had loved / white men, but had not married them, and yet the population of half- / breeds went on increasing.
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- Work type: Novel
- Author: Gilbert Parker
- Date: 1896 CE
- Language: English
- Genres: Historical Fiction, Adventure, Romance, Cultural, Drama
- Length: 26,615 words
- Structure: 5 chapters, 200 paragraphs
- Reading fit: Standard (8th-9th Grade)
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Genres
- Historical Fiction — The narrative is set in a specific historical period and incorporates real historical events and figures.
- Adventure — The plot involves a journey or quest, with elements of excitement and exploration.
- Romance — The story includes romantic relationships as a significant part of the plot.
- Cultural — The book explores cultural interactions and the impact of cultural differences.
Tags
historical fiction · colonialism · indigenous culture · adventure · romance · conflict · identity · cultural clash · exploration · nature · society · class struggle
Contents
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- A Romany of the Snows, Volume 1 (1897)
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