Novel

Sowing Seeds in Danny

by Nellie L. McClung

Nellie McClung’s first novel, of 1908, is set in a Manitoba village and follows Pearlie Watson, the eldest daughter of a large, poor and cheerful family. It was one of the best-selling Canadian novels of its day. McClung went on to help win Manitoba’s women the vote in 1916, the first province to give it, and was one of the Famous Five who won the Persons Case in 1929.

The librarian

Read it in the Library After Dark Or read it as plain text

Reading time

About 3 hr 45 min

Where to find it

The Canadian Room

Edition

Project Gutenberg, eBook #4376. In the public domain in the United States.