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Lucy Maud Montgomery (November 30, 1874 – April 24, 1942), published as L. M. Montgomery, was a Canadian author best known for a collection of novels, essays, short stories, and poetry beginning in 1908 with Anne of Green Gables. She published 20 novels as well as 530 short stories, 500 poems, and 30 essays. Anne of Green Gables was an immediate success; the title character, orphan Anne Shirley, made Montgomery famous in her lifetime and gave her an international following. Most of the novels were set on Prince Edward Island, and those locations within Canada's smallest province became a literary landmark and popular tourist site – namely Green Gables farm, the genesis of Prince Edward Island National Park. She was made an officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1935. Montgomery's work, diaries, and letters have been read and studied by scholars and readers worldwide. The L. M. Montgomery Institute, University of Prince Edward Island, is responsible for the scholarly inquiry into the life, works, culture, and influence of L. M. Montgomery. Early life and education Lucy Maud Montgomery was born in New London on Prince Edward Island, Canada, on November 30, 1874. Her mother, Clara Woolner (née Macneill) Montgomery (1853-1876), died of tuberculosis (TB) when Maud was 21 months old. Stricken with grief, her father, Hugh John Montgomery (1841-1900), placed Maud in her maternal grandparents' custody, though he remained in the vicinity. When Maud was seven, her father moved to Prince Albert, North-West Territories (now Prince Albert, Saskatchewan). From then on Maud was raised by her grandparents, Alexander Marquis Macneill and Lucy Woolner Macneill, in the community of Cavendish, Prince Edward Island. Montgomery's early life in Cavendish was very lonely. Despite having relatives nearby, much of her childhood was spent alone. She created imaginary friends and worlds to cope with her loneliness, and Montgomery credited this time of her life with developing her creativity. Her imaginary friends were named Katie Maurice and Lucy Gray and lived in the "fairy room" behind the bookcase in the drawing room. During a church service, Montgomery asked her aunt where her dead mother was, leading her to point upwards. Montgomery saw a trap door in the church's ceiling, which led her to wonder why the minister did not just get a ladder to retrieve her mother from the church's ceiling.In 1887, at age 13, Montgomery wrote in her diary that she had "early dreams of future fame." She submitted a poem for publication, writing, "I saw myself the wonder of my schoolmates— a little local celebrity." Upon rejection, Montgomery wrote, "Tears of disappointment would come in spite of myself, as I crept away to hide the poor crumpled manuscript in the depths of my trunk." She later wrote, "down, deep down under all the discouragement and rebuff, I knew I would 'arrive' someday."After completing her education in Cavendish, Montgomery spent one year (1890) in Prince Albert with her father and her stepmother, Mary Ann McRae (1863-1910), who had married in 1887. While she was in Prince Albert, Montgomery's first work, a poem titled "On Cape LeForce," was published in the Charlottetown paper The Daily Patriot. She was as excited about this as she was about her return to Prince Edward Island in 1891. Before returning to Cavendish, Montgomery had another article published in the newspaper, describing her visit to a First Nations camp on the Great Plains. She often saw Blackfeet and Plains Cree in Prince Albert, writing that she saw many Indians on the Prairies who were much more handsome and attractive than those she had seen in the Maritimes. Montgomery's return to Cavendish was a great relief to her. Her time in Prince Albert was unhappy, for she did not get along with her stepmother. According to Montgomery, her father's marriage was not a happy one.In 1893, Montgomery attended Prince of Wales College in Charlottetown to obtain a teacher's license. She loved Prince Edward Island. During solitary walks through the peaceful island countryside, Montgomery started to experience what she called "the flash"—a moment of tranquility and clarity when she felt emotional ecstasy and was inspired by the awareness of a higher spiritual power running through nature. Montgomery's accounts of this "flash" were later given to the character Emily Byrd Starr in the "Emily of New Moon" trilogy, and also served as the basis for her descriptions of Anne Shirley's sense of emotional communion with nature. In 1905, Montgomery wrote in her journal, "amid the commonplaces of life, I was very near to a kingdom of ideal beauty. Between it and me hung only a thin veil. I could never quite draw it aside, but sometimes a wind fluttered it. I seemed to catch a glimpse of the enchanting realm beyond—only a glimpse—but those glimpses had always made life worthwhile." A deeply spiritual woman, Montgomery found the moments when she experienced "the flash" some of the most beautiful, moving and intense of her life.Montgomery completed the two-year teaching program in Charlottetown in one year. In 1895 and 1896, she studied literature at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Writing career, romantic interests, and family life Published books and suitors Upon leaving Dalhousie, Montgomery worked as a teacher in various Prince Edward Island schools. Though she did not enjoy teaching, it afforded her time to write. Beginning in 1897, her short stories were published in magazines and newspapers. A prolific writer, Montgomery published over 100 stories between 1897 and 1907. During her teaching years, Montgomery had numerous love interests. As a highly fashionable young woman, she had "slim, good looks" and won the attention of several young men. In 1889, at 14, Montgomery began a relationship with a Cavendish boy, Nate Lockhart. To her, the relationship was merely a humorous and witty friendship. It ended abruptly when Montgomery refused his marriage proposal.The early 1890s brought unwelcome advances from John A. Mustard and Will Pritchard. Mustard, her teacher, quickly became her suitor; he tried to impress her with his knowledge of religious matters. His best topics of conversation were his thoughts on predestination and "other dry points of theology," which held little appeal for Montgomery. During the period when Mustard's interest became more pronounced, Montgomery found a new interest in Pritchard, the brother of her friend Laura Pritchard. This friendship was more amiable, but he too felt more for Montgomery than she did for him. When Pritchard sought to take their friendship further, Montgomery resisted. She refused both marriage proposals; Mustard was too narrow-minded, and she considered Pritchard merely a good chum. She ended the period of flirtation when she moved to Prince Edward Island. She and Pritchard continued to correspond for over six years, until he died of influenza in 1897. In 1897, Montgomery rec.... Discover the Lm Montgomery popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Lm Montgomery books.
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Anne of the Island
L.M. MontgomeryNew adventures lie ahead as Anne Shirley packs her bags, waves goodbye to childhood, and heads for Redmond College. With old friend Prissy Grant wa...
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The L.M. Montgomery Reader
Benjamin LefebvreFollowing on the heels of the first volume of The L.M. Montgomery Reader, this second volume narrates the development of L.M. Montgomery’s (1874–1942) critical reputation in the se...
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Rainbow Valley
L.M. MontgomeryAnne's wonderful, lively children found a special place all their own. Rainbow Valley was the perfect spot to play, to dream and to make the most unusual friends, like the Meredith...
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The Blythes Are Quoted
L.M. MontgomeryAdultery, illegitimacy, misogyny, revenge, murder, despair, bitterness, hatred, and deathusually not the first terms associated with L.M. Montgomery. But in The Blythes Are Quoted,...
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L. M. Montgomery
Maria Isabel Sánchez VegaraFrom the critically acclaimed Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the incredible life of Lucy Maud Montgomery, the famous Canadian author of Anne of Green Gables. Born in th...
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The Blue Castle
L.M. MontgomeryThe definitive paperback editions of L.M. Montgomery's beloved novels get a brandnew look for the next hundred years now with beautiful covers from renowned paper artist Elly MacK...
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Maud
Melanie J. FishbaneFor the first time ever, a young adult novel about the teen years of L.M. Montgomery, the author who brought us ANNE OF GREEN GABLES. Fourteenyearold L...
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Twice upon a Time
L.M. Montgomery & Benjamin LefebvreAlthough L.M. Montgomery (1874–1942) is best remembered for the twentytwo booklength works of fiction that she published in her lifetime, from Anne of Green Gables (1908) to Anne o...
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Emily Climbs
L.M. MontgomeryEmily 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 ...
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Puss in Books
Paul MagrsA charming collection of quotes about cats from our favourite authors, accompanied by artwork in the trademark style of Paul Magrs (author of The Panda, the Cat and the Dreadful Te...
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Anne Of Green Gables Complete 8 Book Set
L.M. Montgomery & Bluefire BooksWelcome to the charming world of Avonlea with the "Timeless Anne: The Complete Green Gables Collection". This comprehensive ebook compilation brings together all of L.M. Mo...
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The Essential Works of L.M. Montgomery
L.M. MontgomeryThe works of L.M. Montgomery in one large Kindle collection with an active table of contents.Anne of Green Gables Series:Anne of Green GablesAnne of AvonleaAnne of the IslandAnne's...
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The Complete Anne of Green Gables Collection
L.M. MontgomeryFor more than a century, these classic novels have been enchanting readers young and old. Now, all eight books in the Anne of Green Gables series are brought together in this speci...
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Anne of Avonlea
L.M. MontgomeryYou might think I'd have grown out of getting myself into scrapes now that I'm half past sixteen. But between being vexed by my freckles, taunted by a brazen Jersey cow and kept on...
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Anne of Green Gables
L.M. Montgomery & Jennifer Lee CarrollFall in love with spirited, redheaded orphan Anne Shirley as she wins the hearts of everyone in the small town of Avonlea in this beloved children’s classic.For generations, r...
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Rilla of Ingleside
L.M. MontgomeryIt's 1914 and the world is on the brink of war. But at almost fifteen, Anne and Gilbert's youngest daughter, Rilla, dreams only of her first dance and getting her first kiss from t...
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A Name for Herself
L.M. Montgomery & Benjamin LefebvreYears before she published her internationally celebrated first novel, Anne of Green Gables, L.M. Montgomery (1874–1942) started contributing short works to periodicals across Nort...
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L. M. Montgomery
Maria Isabel Sánchez VegaraFrom the critically acclaimed Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the incredible life of Lucy Maud Montgomery, the famous Canadian author of Anne of Green Gables. Born in th...
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The Next Instalment
Wendy RoyWhat happens next? That was the question asked of earlytwentiethcentury authors Nellie L. McClung, L. M. Montgomery, and Mazo de la Roche, whose stories and novels appeared seriall...
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The L.M. Montgomery Short Story Collection
L. M. MontgomeryLucy Maud Montgomery was a Canadian author most famous for the Anne of Green Gables series. Montgomery was a very prolific writer and many of her works have been adapted into...
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7 best short stories by Eleanor H. Porter
Eleanor H. Porter & August NemoWelcome to the 7 Best Short Stories book series, were we present to you the best works of remarkable authors. This edition is dedicated to Eleanor H. Porter.<br /> <br /&g...
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Anne of Green Gables
L.M. MontgomeryAnne Shirley is, Mark Twain observed, “the dearest and most lovable child in fiction since the immortal Alice,” and like the elderly Cuthberts who had hoped to adopt a boy instead ...
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Anne Of Green Gables Complete 8 Book Set
L.M. Montgomery & bookishEmbark on an enchanting journey with Anne Shirley, the beloved heroine of Prince Edward Island Step into a world of imagination, adventure, and love with Anne of Green Gables Comp...
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L. M. Montgomery
Maria Isabel Sánchez VegaraFrom the critically acclaimed Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the incredible life of Lucy Maud Montgomery, the famous Canadian author of Anne of Green Gables. Born in th...
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The Fragrance of Sweet-Grass
Elizabeth Rollins EpperlyWhen it originally appeared, Elizabeth Rollins Epperly’s The Fragrance of SweetGrass was one of the first challenges to the idea that L.M. Montgomery’s books were unworthy of serio...
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A World of Songs
L.M. Montgomery & Benjamin LefebvreCelebrated as a novelist and made famous by her novel Anne of Green Gables and its sequels, L.M. Montgomery (1874–1942) is far less known for also writing and publishing hundreds o...
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Lucy Maud Montgomery
Mary Henley RubioMary Henley Rubio has spent over two decades researching Montgomery’s life, and has put together a comprehensive and penetrating picture of this Canadian literary icon, all set in ...
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Anne of Green Gables
L.M. Montgomery<b>Anne of Green Gables</b> by <b>L.M. Montgomery</b>: Join the adventures of Anne Shirley, an imaginative and spirited orphan, as she arrives in the charmi...
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Emily of New Moon
L.M. MontgomeryLucy Maud Montgomery has been beloved by generations of readers for her Anne of Green Gables stories. In the celebrated Emily trilogy, of which Emily of New Moon is the first volum...
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The Life and Times of L.M. Montgomery
Golgotha PressShe was best known for Anne of Green Gables; but who was she outside of her books? This short book looks at the life and times of L.M. Montgomery.
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After Anne
Logan SteinerUSA TODAY BESTSELLERA stunning and unexpected portrait of Lucy Maud Montgomery, creator of one of literature’s most prized heroines, whose personal demons were at odds with her mos...
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The L.M. Montgomery Reader
Benjamin LefebvreThe L.M. Montgomery Reader assembles significant rediscovered primary material on one of Canada’s most enduringly popular authors throughout her highprofile career and after her de...
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THE BLUE CASTLE
L.M. MontgomeryValancy Stirling is 29 and has never been in love. She's spent her entire life on a quiet little street in an ugly little house and never dared to contradict her domineering mo...
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The L.M. Montgomery Reader
Benjamin LefebvreThe final volume of The L.M. Montgomery Reader, A Legacy in Review examines a long overlooked portion of Montgomery’s critical reception: reviews of her books. Although Montgomery ...
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Anne of the Island
L.M. MontgomeryEighteenyearold Anne has left Green Gables for university in nearby Nova Scotia, where she will finally fulfill her dream of earning a degree. She sets up home in a cozy cottage in...
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The L.M. Montgomery Collection
L.M. MontgomeryKarpathos publishes the greatest works of history's greatest authors and collects them to make it easy and affordable for readers to have them all at the push of a button. Al...
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Limelight
Katja LeeAt the heart of fame is the tricky business of image management. Over the last 115 years, the celebrity autobiography has emerged as a popular and useful tool for that project. In ...
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Such a Simple Little Tale
Mavis ReimerNew in paperback 2003.Here is a compilation of the best critical essays on this enduring classic. Selections focus on the many perspectives from which Anne of Green Gables is viewe...
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A is for Anne Read-Along
Mo Duffy Cobb“Anne of Green Gables, never change.”Celebrate the world of Anne of Green Gables with this alphabet board book that explores Anne’s life in Avonlea with her friends and family. All...