Brief article placing Honoré Beaugrand and his single novel, Jeanne la fileuse, in the French, French Canadian, and American socioeconomic and political contexts on which the novel clearly comments. An exploration of Beaugrand's ideological positioning, and the ways in which the author is both a product and a producer of a liberal sociopolitical consciousness at the end of the 19th century. A brief historical background of Beaugrand in North America and abroad, as well as a brief synopsis of the novel in question.