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Philippe Aubert de Gaspé, author of Les Anciens Canadiens

Philippe Aubert de Gaspé, 1863. Philippe Aubert de Gaspé photo · Jules-Isaïe Benoît · Photo source · Photo licence: Public domain. Resized for display; item previews may be cropped. The image remains under the licence shown.

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Philippe Aubert de Gaspé, son of the seigneur of Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, gave up his legal career because of debt in 1822. In long retirement he gathered anecdotes and popular traditions that became the basis of his historical novel Les Anciens Canadiens (1863). That novel and his Mémoires (1866) are landmarks of Canadian literature and valued sources for historians and folklorists.

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Aubert de Gaspé as described in his designation.

Sources behind this record

Philippe Aubert de Gaspé National Historic Person ↗

Parks Canada (Directory of Federal Heritage Designations)

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