Two Solitudes by Hugh MacLennan

Two Solitudes

Hugh MacLennan

16 hours, 13 minutes • first pub 1945 (view editions) user-added

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Two Solitudes is ideal for readers who enjoy deeply reflective historical narratives exploring cultural divides and national identity through intimate personal struggles.

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Winner of the Governor General's Award for Fiction Canada Reads Selection (CBC), 2013 A landmark of nationalist fiction, Hugh MacLennan's Two Solitudes is the story of two peoples within one nation, each with its own legend and ideas of what a nat...

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Community Reviews

3.68
based on 199 reviews

Moods

reflective: 100%

emotional: 57%

informative: 28%

sad: 28%

challenging: 14%

hopeful: 14%

tense: 14%

Pace

14% of readers chose medium
85% of readers chose slow
medium
slow

Plot or character driven?

33% of readers chose A mix
66% of readers chose Character
A mix
Character

Strong character development?

83% of readers chose Yes
16% of readers chose Complicated
Yes
Complicated

Loveable characters?

16% of readers chose Yes
50% of readers chose Complicated
33% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

Diverse cast of characters?

100% of readers chose No
No

Flaws of characters a main focus?

66% of readers chose Yes
16% of readers chose Complicated
16% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

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