New Releases by Lucy Maud Montgomery

A new, beautifully laid-out edition of Lucy Maud Montgomery''s 1915 much beloved novel, the third installment in her timeless Anne of Green Gables series.

An unforgettable story of courage and romance. Will Valancy Stirling ever escape her strict family and find true love?Valancy Stirling is 29, unmarried, and has never been in love. Living with her overbearing mother and meddlesome aunt, she finds her only consolation in the "forbidden" books of John Foster and her daydreams of the Blue Castle--a place where all her dreams come true and she can be who she truly wants to be. After getting shocking news from the doctor, she rebels against her family and discovers a surprising new world, full of love and adventures far beyond her most secret dreams.

Anne of Green Gables is a 1908 novel by Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery (published as L. M. Montgomery). Written for all ages, it has been considered a children''s novel since the mid-twentieth century. It recounts the adventures of Anne Shirley, an 11-year-old orphan girl who is mistakenly sent to Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert, a middle-aged brother and sister who had intended to adopt a boy to help them on their farm in the fictional town of Avonlea on Prince Edward Island. The novel recounts how Anne makes her way with the Cuthberts, in school, and within the town.Since its publication, Anne of Green Gables has sold more than 50 million copies and has been translated into 20 languages. Montgomery wrote numerous sequels, and since her death, another sequel has been published, as well as an authorized prequel. The original book is taught to students around the world

This heartwarming story has beckoned generations of readers into the special world of Green Gables, an old-fashioned farm outside a town called Avonlea. Anne Shirley, an eleven-year-old orphan, has arrived in this verdant corner of Prince Edward Island only to discover that the Cuthbertselderly Matthew and his stern sister, Marillawant to adopt a boy, not a feisty redheaded girl. But before they can send her back, Annewho simply must have more scope for her imagination and a real homewins them over completely. A much-loved classic that explores all the vulnerability, expectations, and dreams of a child growing up, Anne of Green Gables is also a wonderful portrait of a time, a place, a family and, most of all, love.

Anne Shirley is grown up, has married her beloved Gilbert, and now is the mother of six mischievous children.These boys and girls discover a special place all their own, but they never dream of what will happen when the strangest family moves into an old nearby mansion.The Meredith clan is two boys and two girls, with a minister father but no mother-and a runaway girl named Mary Vance.Soon the Meredith kids join Anne''s children in their private hideout to carry out their plans to save Mary from the orphanage, to help the lonely minister find happiness, and to keep a pet rooster from the soup pot.There''s always an adventure brewing in the sun-dappled world of Rainbow Valley.

Anne of Ingleside'' is the sixth book in the ''Anne of Green Gables'' series. Seven years on from ''Anne''s House of Dreams'' the Blythes have set up home in a house they affectionately name Ingleside. Anne and Gilbert now have several children who engage in a series of adventures and mishaps with the other local youngsters. Anne begins to worry that her husband no longer loves her but vows to make him fall for her again. This early work by Lucy Maud Montgomery was originally published in 1939 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. Lucy Maud Montgomery was born on 30th November 1874, New London, in the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island. Her mother, Clara Woolner (Macneil), died before Lucy reached the age of two and so she was raised by her maternal grandparents in a family of wealthy Scottish immigrants. In 1908 Montgomery produced her first full-length novel, titled ''Anne of Green Gables''. It was an instant success, and following it up with several sequels, Montgomery became a regular on the best-seller list and an international household name. Montgomery died in Toronto on 24th April 1942.

Anne of Ingleside is a children''s novel by Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery. It was first published in July 1939 by McClelland and Stewart (Toronto) and the Frederick A. Stokes Company (New York). It is the tenth of eleven books that feature the character of Anne Shirley, and Montgomery''s final published novel.Seven years after Anne''s House of Dreams, Anne visits Diana Wright and her daughter, Anne Cordelia, in Avonlea following the funeral of Gilbert''s father. When she returns home to the old Morgan house, now named "Ingleside", she is greeted by her five children: James Matthew (''Jem''), the eldest, now aged seven; Walter Cuthbert, who is about six and often thought to be a bit of a ''sissy'' because of his love for poetry; twins Anne (''Nan'') and Diana (''Di''), who are five and look nothing alike, Nan with brown hair and hazel eyes, and Di with red hair and green eyes; and finally Shirley, two years old and Susan Baker''s favourite, as she took care of him as an infant while Anne was very sick following his birth.

The Blue Castle is a 1926 novel by Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery, best known for her novel Anne of Green Gables. The story takes place prior to World War I in the fictional town of Deerwood, located in the Muskoka region of Ontario, Canada. Deerwood is based on Bala, Ontario, which Montgomery visited in 1922.

Emily of New Moon is the first in a series of novels by Lucy Maud Montgomery about an orphan girl growing up on Prince Edward Island. It is similar to the author''s Anne of Green Gables series. It was first published in 1923.Similar to her earlier and more famous Anne of Green Gables series, the Emily novels depicted life through the eyes of a young orphan girl, Emily Starr, who is raised by her relatives after her father dies of tuberculosis. Montgomery considered Emily to be a character much closer to her own personality than Anne, and some of the events which occur in the Emily series happened to Montgomery herself. Emily is described as having black hair, purply violet eyes, elfin ears, pale skin and a unique and enchanting "slow" smile.

Rainbow Valley is the seventh book in the chronology of the Anne of Green Gables series by Lucy Maud Montgomery, although it was the fifth book published.

At sixteen Anne is grown up...almost. In the years since she arrived at Green Gables, she has earned the love of the people of Avonlea and a reputation for getting into scrapes. But when Anne begins her job a the new schoolteacher, the real test of her character begins. Along with teaching the three Rs, she is learning how complicated life can be when she meddles in someone else''s romance, and she also wonders about the strange behaviour of the very handsome Gilbert Blythe.

Anne of Green Gables is a 1908 novel by Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery (published as L.M. Montgomery). Written for all ages, it has been considered a classic children''s novel since the mid-twentieth century.

It is ever so much easier to be good when one has a beautiful book! Orphan Anne Shirley is sent by mistake to live with the Cuthberts, who wanted a boy to help with their farm on Prince Edward Island. They decide to give Anne a home anyway, and find that she fills their hearts and lives with love and adventure. Lucy Maud Montgomery wrote the story for all ages, and it has remained a favorite among adults and children through the years. Full-color illustrations help you envision Anne''s woes about her red hair and the beauty she observes in eastern Canada.

Anne''s House of Dreams is a novel by Maud Montgomery, first published in 1917. The novel is from a series of books written primarily for girls and young women, about a young girl named Anne Shirley. It follow the course of Anne''s life. It is set principally on Canada''s Prince Edward Island and chronicles Anne''s early married life, as she and her childhood sweetheart Gilbert Blythe begin to build their life together. Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874 – 1942), was a Canadian author best known for a series of novels beginning with Anne of Green Gables. Montgomery went on to publish 20 novels as well as 530 short stories, 500 poems, and 30 essays.

Eleven-year-old orphan Anne Shirley has just arrived at Green Gables, and already her guardians want to send her back. First, she''s not the boy the Cuthberts expected. Second, she talks too much. And even with her generous spirit, the redhead''s a trouble magnet. She gets the neighbor drunk and nearly poisons the pastor! Still, despite a rocky start, the fiery Anne wins over her guardians and her new community. She enjoys life at Green Gables, excels in school, and earns a coveted scholarship. But when tragedy hits, Anne must choose between her dreams and the only home she''s ever known. In this beloved coming-of-age story, Lucy Maud Montgomery drew from her own experiences growing up in Canada during the nineteenth century to introduce generations of readers to one of literature''s most original and inspiring characters. AmazonClassics brings you timeless works from the masters of storytelling. Ideal for anyone who wants to read a great work for the first time or rediscover an old favorite, these new editions open the door to literature''s most unforgettable characters and beloved worlds. Revised edition: Previously published as Anne of Green Gables, this edition of Anne of Green Gables (AmazonClassics Edition) includes editorial revisions.

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Lucy Maud Montgomery was a Canadian author, best known for a series of novels beginning with Anne of Green Gables, published in 1908. The author of the famous Canadian novel Anne of Green Gables, Lucy Maud Montgomery, was born at Clifton, Prince Edward Island, Nov. 30, 1874. She came to live at Leaskdale, north of Uxbridge Ontario, in 1911 after her wedding with Rev. Ewen Macdonald on July 11, 1911 in Prince Edward Island. Her three children were born at Leaskdale, and she wrote close to a dozen books while she was living in the Leaskdale Manse before the Macdonald family moved to Norval, Ontario in 1926. Maud died in Toronto April 24, 1942 and was buried at Cavendish, Prince Edward Island.

Emily Starr was born with the desire to write. As an orphan living on New Moon Farm, writing helped her face the difficult, lonely times. But now all her friends are going away to high school in nearby Shrewsbury, and her old-fashioned, tyrannical aunt Elizabeth will only let her go if she promises to stop writing! All the same, this is the first step in Emily''s climb to success. Once in town, Emily''s activities set the Shrewsbury gossips buzzing. When Emily has her poems published and writes for the town newspaper, success seems to be on its way--and with it the first whispers of romance.

In this sequel to Anne of Green Gables, teenage Anne Shirley becomes a school teacher in a small village on Prince Edward Island.

The grown-up Anne of Green Gables, her husband, and their six children live in a special hideaway known as Rainbow Valley.

Rilla of Ingleside (1921) is the eighth of nine books in the Anne of Green Gables series by Lucy Maud Montgomery, but was the sixth "Anne" novel in publication order. This book draws the focus back onto a single character, Anne and Gilbert''s youngest daughter Bertha Marilla "Rilla" Blythe. It has a more serious tone, as it takes place during World War I and the three Blythe boys: Jem, Walter, and Shirley, along with Rilla''s sweetheart Ken Ford, and playmates Jerry Meredith and Carl Meredith, end up fighting in Europe with the Canadian Expeditionary Force.The book is dedicated: "To the memory of FREDERICA CAMPBELL MACFARLANE who went away from me when the dawn broke on January 25, 1919, a true friend, a rare personality, a loyal and courageous soul." Frederica, Maud''s cousin and best friend, grew up in Park Corner, PEI, but died in the worldwide flu epidemic of 1918/19. Frederica may have been the model for Diana Barry, Anne of Green Gables'' "bosom friend": both had unusual, non-Christian first names, and the fictional Diana''s husband was named, perhaps not coincidentally, Fred.Rilla of Ingleside is the only Canadian novel written from a woman''s perspective about the First World War by a contemporary. The novel is also groundbreaking as it is one of the first non-Australian texts to mention the Gallipoli campaign and the sacrifice made by the ANZACs.At some point after Montgomery''s death in 1942, publishers quietly trimmed Rilla of Ingleside of a few thousand words, removing among other things passages containing historically accurate but now offensive anti-German sentiment. The trimmed version was the only available "in print" version for decades, until a new, restored and annotated edition of Rilla of Ingleside, edited by Benjamin Lefebvre (editor of Montgomery''s The Blythes Are Quoted) and Andrea McKenzie, was published by Viking Canada in October 2010.

Renowned for her Anne of Green Gables" series L.M. Montgomery again captures the enchantment of childhood the beauty of rural landscapes and the importance of imagination and storytelling, in her novel "The Story Girl". Initially published in 1911 this captivating book immerses readers in the essence of a Prince Edward Island summer through the perspective of a group of children led by the captivating protagonist known as the "Story Girl" or Sara Stanley. Narrative and Theme Montgomery employs a storytelling technique by presenting the narrative as a collection of vignettes that offer glimpses into the adventures experienced by this group of children. This approach emphasizes both the nature and cyclical rhythm that define childhood summers. The chosen narrative style seamlessly aligns with the novels overarching theme; the power and significance of storytelling. The titular character, Sara Stanley captivates her companions with enthralling tales rooted in lore well as whimsical imaginings. Through these stories Montgomery delves into how storytelling possesses transformative potential; it has an ability to inspire, entertain, educate and serve as a link connecting relationships and communities.