The Happy Time

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Title

The Happy Time

Description

Coming-of-age novel in lighthearted stories set in and around Ottawa, Ontario, amidst the young narrator Robert's extended family of eccentric men and stern women. Robert's small obsession with a much older boarding woman, and other various crushes; the brief appearances of a friendly canary, a mouse, and Robert's French-Canadian uncles; Father Sebastian building a new church for life's finer things; the errands of neighbor Mrs. Merryweather; pipe organs, adult magazines, little green apples, and special characters in other vignettes. Illustrated. Adapted for stage and screen.

Creator

Fontaine, Robert Louis

Publisher

Simon and Schuster

Date

1945

Contributor

Duvoisin, Roger (illustrations)

Language

en

Type

Book

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Coverage

Early 20th century; Ottawa, Ontario

Contribution Form

Zotero

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The Happy Time... film adaptation @ YouTube
The Happy Time... stage adaptation @ Playbill

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