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Arts & Culture 1840s

1843: Charles Dickens, the English novelist, published the perennial Christmas favourite A Christmas Carol. In 1842 he visited Montreal during a lecture tour. His first published success was Sketches by Boz in 1836. Some of Dickens' books, like Oliver Twist, dealt with the dark side of the Industrial Revolution - the poor houses, child labour and urban poverty.

1844: Production of one of the first French-Canadian plays and the first Canadian tragedy, Le Jeune Latour, premiered in Montreal. It was written by Antoine Gérin-Lajoie, who also wrote the poem, Un Canadien errant.

1847: Emily Bronte wrote Wuthering Heights and her sister Charlotte Bronte published Jane Eyre.

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A Country by Consent is a national history of Canada which studies the major political events that have shaped the country, presented in a cohesive, chronological narrative. Many of these main events are introduced by an audiovisual overview, enlivened by narration, sound effects and music.

This was the first digital, multimedia history of Canada. It started out as a laserdisc in 1993 and the CD-ROM version has been used in schools across the country. It has been approved as a curriculum-supporting resource by provincial and territorial ministries of education. This online, public domain site is the fifth edition of the project.