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Key ideas from the book
- The novel follows the descendants of two Frenchmen who arrive in New France in the late seventeenth century.
- The Sel and Duquet families take different paths through the woodcutting, fur-trading, and timber industries.
- The families’ stories span three centuries and reach across several continents.
- Forest clearing and resource exploitation shape generations of lives.
- The story connects colonial history with the long-term consequences of environmental damage.
About Barkskins by Annie Proulx
Beginning in late-seventeenth-century New France, Barkskins follows René Sel and Charles Duquet, two Frenchmen who become woodcutters under a land-for-labor agreement. Their choices lead their descendants along sharply different paths: Sel’s family remains tied to the forest and its communities, while Duquet leaves to pursue trade and timber.
Across three centuries, the novel traces the families’ changing fortunes and travels across North America, Europe, China, and New Zealand. Forests are not just a backdrop: their clearing and exploitation shape the lives of generations and bring the long history of colonial expansion into view. The story reaches the modern era, where the consequences of that exploitation confront its characters.
Readers interested in historical fiction, the history of forestry, colonialism, and the environmental costs of resource extraction will find a wide-ranging account of people and forests across generations.
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