Two Solitudes

Two Solitudes is a 1945 novel by Hugh MacLennan.

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1945 - Hugh MacLennan

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The term has had continued life in Canada as a description of the country's bilingual and bicultural nature. Traditionally, French and English Canadians have had little to do with each other -- hence the "two solitudes", together but separate, alone but together.

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The "two solitudes" at one point were most clearly illustrated in the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The Main, Saint Lawrence Boulevard (boul. Saint-Laurent, divided Montreal into east and west). Legend has it that the French never set foot west of it, and the English never set foot east of it. Montreal as a clear example of this Canadian quirkiness broke down during Quebec's Quiet Revolution.

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Montreal - Quebec - Canada - Saint Lawrence Boulevard - Quiet Revolution

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It was made into a 1978 motion picture with written and directed by Lionel Chetwynd.

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1978 - Motion picture - Lionel Chetwynd

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Primary cast:

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• Jean-Pierre Aumont : Jean-Claude Tallard
• Stacy Keach : Huntley McQueen
• Gloria Carlin : Kathleen Tallard
• Chris Wiggins : Capitain Yardley
• Claude Jutra : Father Beaubien
• Raymond Cloutier : Marius Tallard
• Jean-Louis Roux : Cardinal

Two Solitudes is also the title of a 1994 email novel by Carl Steadman.

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1994 - Carl Steadman

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