The Twilight Hour

Susanna Moodie (1803 - 1885)

Susanna Moodie was an English-born Canadian author who wrote about her experiences as a settler in Canada, which was a British colony at the time. Her letters and journals contain valuable information about life in the colony. She observed life in what was then the backwoods of Ontario, including native customs, the climate, the wildlife, relations between the Canadian population and recent American settlers.


Moodie wrote of the trials and tribulations she found as a "New Canadian", rather than the advantages to be had in the colony. She claimed that her intention was not to discourage immigrants but to prepare people like herself, raised in relative wealth and with no prior experience as farmers, for what life in Canada would be like. She lived to see Canadian Confederation. (1867) - Summary by Wikipedia

Genre(s): Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 01 The Twilight Hour - Read by BK Bruce Kachuk
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Play 02 The Twilight Hour - Read by DL David Lawrence
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Play 03 The Twilight Hour - Read by GG Greg Giordano
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Play 04 The Twilight Hour - Read by LAH Lee Ann Howlett
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Play 05 The Twilight Hour - Read by MK Maria Kasper
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Play 06 The Twilight Hour - Read by MSD Matthew Datcher
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Play 07 The Twilight Hour - Read by FL Robin Lamb
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Play 08 The Twilight Hour - Read by TP Tomas Peter
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