The Hidden Places (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Post-World War I NovelBy Bertrand W. Sinclair
Length8h 33m
About this audiobook
The Hidden Places is a romance of concealment and moral recovery set amid the forests, waters, and settlements of British Columbia. Sinclair combines frontier realism with the introspective pattern of the postwar novel: physical landscape becomes a mirror for wounded identity, solitude, desire, and social judgment. Its prose is direct yet richly atmospheric, attentive to labor, weather, and the stark economies of a young coastal society. Within early twentieth-century North American fiction, it stands between the adventure tale and the psychological romance, using wilderness not as mere scenery but as a testing ground for human renewal. Bertrand W. Sinclair knew the western and northwestern world he described. Born in Scotland and raised in Canada, he worked as a cowboy, ranch hand, and observer of frontier communities before becoming a prolific novelist. His practical knowledge of outdoor labor, masculine codes, and marginal settlements gives the book its authenticity, while the aftermath of the First World War informs its concern with disfigurement, alienation, and the longing to be seen truthfully. Readers interested in Canadian regional fiction, wilderness narratives, or humane studies of trauma and resilience will find this novel rewarding. It offers romance without sentimentality, adventure with ethical depth, and a landscape rendered with lasting imaginative force.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- Hand‐picked Memorable Quotes shine a spotlight on moments of literary brilliance.
- Interactive footnotes clarify unusual references, historical allusions, and archaic phrases for an effortless, more informed read.
Audiobook details
GenreMystery and Thriller, Romance
Length8 hrs 33 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJun 8, 2021
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
13Chapter XII
2Chapter I
14Chapter XIII
3Chapter II
15Chapter XIV
4Chapter III
16Chapter XV
5Chapter IV
17Chapter XVI
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6Chapter V
18Chapter XVII
7Chapter VI
19Chapter XVIII
8Chapter VII
20Chapter XIX
9Chapter VIII
21Chapter XX
10Chapter IX
22Chapter XXI
11Chapter X
23Chapter XXII
12Chapter XI
24Memorable Quotes
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