 First Canadian edition, 1840 | |
| Author | John Richardson |
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| Language | English |
| Publisher | A. H. Armour and H. Ramsay |
Publication date | 1840 |
| Publication place | Canada |
The Canadian Brothers; or, The Prophecy Fulfilled: A Tale of the Late American War is a novel by John Richardson first published in 1840. A sequel to Richardson's 1832 novel Wacousta, Canadian Brothers concerns the titular brothers Gerald and Henry Grantham, two British army officers in the War of 1812, and Gerald's ill-fated romance with Matilda Montgomerie, an American who is revealed as the daughter of villain Jeremiah Desborough.
Canadian Brothers was written around the same time as Wacousta during a period of political upheaval in Canada. It was not a commercial success on its release. Critics agree that Canadian Brothers was influenced by the work of James Fenimore Cooper but divide on whether Richardson's novel endorses or rejects Cooper's views. Several scholars view the novel as an early document of Canadian nationalism in literature.