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A collection of interlinked tales set in the Pontiac seigneury, following villagers and notable figures whose lives intertwine through inheritance disputes, romantic entanglements, personal vendettas, and local customs. Central episodes trace the ambitions and conflicts of a newly installed seigneur, a celebrated young woman, and a wealthy outsider whose claim to relics and title sparks long-standing animosities. Stories shift between comic and tragic tones and together sketch community life, moral dilemmas, cultural tensions, and the persistence of tradition in a rural, bilingual milieu.
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