Tschubukov's Daughter Natalia example essay topic
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Lomov, struggling to speak can barely put together a sentence. In a hesitant voice Lomov slowly reveals his desire to marry Tschubukov's daughter Natalia. He speaks of her stunning appearance, her intelligence, and her excellent skills as a house keeper. Delighted by what he is hearing, the approving father sighs in relief that finally he can give his daughter away. The relief that Tschubukov feels was also experienced by Lomov for he has hidden his feelings for many years. Lomov thanks Tschubukov for his blessing and continues talking of kind matter about his daughter. Interrupting him, Tschubukov insists that Lomov is to be in a comfortable setting when he proposes and guides the young man in to his living room. This, however, does not help Lomov as sweat now begins to pour rapidly down his body. Deciding not to waste anymore time, Tschubukov leaves in search for Natalia. They moved to Accra, Ghana in 1952, with their 2-month-old daughter, Jocelyn, who was born in England. During their subsequent 5 years in Africa, Margaret produced her first novel, This Side Jordan, which won the 1961 Beta Sigma Phi Award for the best first novel by a Canadian. A collection of short stories, The Tomorrow Tamer, written a few years later, is also set in West Africa.
Out of her African years came an interest in contemporary literature by Africans, which resulted in her study of Nigerian fiction and drama, Long Drums and Cannons. The Laurences's on, David, was born in Ghana in 1955. After leaving Africa, the family lived for five years in Vancouver, and during this time, Margaret wrote The Christmas Birthday Story, a children's book later rewritten. After Vancouver, there followed seven years in England, and the purchase of her home Elm Cottage, in Penn, Buckinghamshire, 30 miles from London. In the ten year period, 1964-1974, the Mana waka books were published: The Stone Angel (1964); A Jest of God (1966), for which she received the 1967 Governor General's Award, and which was the basis for a movie entitled "Rachel, Rachel", starring Joanne Woodward;.
