Duplessis

Trois-Rivieres, Quebec, in 1890 was a rugged and traditional commu¬ nity. Its massive stone buildings symbolized the stern, watchful, immu¬ table supremacy of the Church. Neat frame homes revealed the modest ambitions of the town’s bourgeoisie. Nearer the docks, them¬ selves an evocation of the enterprising mercantile past, was the wor¬ kers’ quarter, whose dilapidated houses testified to the tenacity of its simple occupant