Margaret Laurence

1 series 5 books in order

Jean Margaret Laurence (1926-1987) was a Canadian novelist and short story writer, and one of the major figures in Canadian literature. She was also a founder of the Writers' Trust of Canada, a non-profit literary organization that seeks to encourage Canada's writing community. Her books in this catalog include the Manawaka Sequence novels The Stone Angel, A Jest of God, and The Diviners. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.)

Born
1926
Known for
Manawaka Sequence

Series by Margaret Laurence

Manawaka Sequence

5 books in order · 1964–1974

  1. Cover of The Stone Angel

    The Stone Angel

    1964 · Margaret Laurence

    A pioneer Canadian woman reviews her long life and realizes that she has sacrificed life's fleeting sweetness to her fear of weakness and to her…

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  2. Cover of A Jest of God

    A Jest of God

    1966 · Margaret Laurence

    Rachel Cameron, whose father's death forced her to leave college and return home to teach grade school, has let fourteen years pass under a…

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  3. Cover of The Fire-Dwellers

    The Fire-Dwellers

    1969 · Margaret Laurence

    Stacey McAindra lives in Vancouver. She is 39 years old and embodies the modern housewife, married to an unsociable husband and raising their four…

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  4. Cover of A Bird in the House

    A Bird in the House

    1970 · Margaret Laurence

    A series of eight interconnected short stories narrated by Vanessa MacLeod as she matures from a child of ten into a young woman of twenty. Wise for…

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  5. Cover of The Diviners

    The Diviners

    1974 · Margaret Laurence

    Morag Gunn's upbringing in a small Canadian prairie town made her a fighter, a cynic, and a romantic. A failed marriage, a heartbreaking affair, and…

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How many books has Margaret Laurence written?

We list 5 books by Margaret Laurence across 1 series, published between 1964–1974 — each shown in full reading order.

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