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Kamouraska may refer to:
- Kamouraska Regional County Municipality, Quebec
- Kamouraska, Quebec, a municipality
- Kamouraska (novel), a novel by Anne Hébert
- Kamouraska (film), a film by Claude Jutra, based on the novel
- Kamouraska (electoral district), a former federal electoral district in the Canadian province of Quebec
- Kamouraska (provincial electoral district), a former provincial electoral district in Quebec
Kamouraska was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1869 to 1979. It was created by the British North America Act, 1867. There was no election in 1867 due to riots. There was a by-election held in 1869 in its place. The district was abolished in 1976 when it was redistributed into Bellechasse, Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup and Rimouski ridings.
Kamouraska is a novel written by Anne Hébert and published in 1970. Written in French, the book has been translated into many languages.
Set in 19th century Quebec, it tells the story of a woman, Elisabeth D’Aulnières, who conspires with her lover, an American doctor, to kill her husband, the seigneur of Kamouraska. The narrative begins with Elisabeth beside the deathbed of her second husband, Jérôme Rolland, a notary. The story is told in a series of flashbacks. The narrative begins in the third person, but later switches to the viewpoint of Elisabeth telling her story in the first person.
The book is used in many schools as a novel study.
The story is based on events surrounding the 1838 murder of Achille Taché, seigneur of Kamouraska, by George Holmes, an American doctor in love with Taché's wife, Josephte-Joséphine-Eléonore d'Estimauville.
In 1973 the novel was made into a film directed by Claude Jutra and starring Geneviève Bujold and Richard Jordan. Jutra and Hébert collaborated on the screenplay.
In the end of this novel, Elisabeth does have some regret about her past life and her crime. She cries and looks for some peace in her mind, but nothing can erase her past. The questions here are: does a victim have the right to override the law and disrespect other people's lives? Does the crime make the rest of her life happy? Even when she runs away with George, are they going to be happy together? Does George have the right to accuse Elisabeth for his crime? Why does he want to accuse other people after he committed the crime? Does love make them lose their minds? Do other people in the town see Elisabeth and George as a danger? In general, what do Elisabeth and George learn in the end? And what do we learn from their lesson?
Kamouraska was a provincial electoral district in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec, Canada.
It was created for the 1867 election (and an electoral district of that name existed earlier in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada and the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada). It disappeared in the 1939 election and its successor electoral district was Kamouraska-Rivière-du-Loup; however, Kamouraska-Rivière-du-Loup existed for only that one election and disappeared in 1944, and was replaced by the re-created Kamouraska.
Its final election was in 1970. It disappeared in the 1973 election and its successor electoral district was Kamouraska-Témiscouata.
Kamouraska is a 1973 Québécois film directed by Claude Jutra, based on the novel by Anne Hébert, who also worked as screenwriter.