L. M Montgomery

'Oh, it seems so wonderful that I'm going to live with you and belong to you. I've never belonged to anybody--not really' When a scrawny, freckled girl with bright red hair arrives on Prince Edward Island, Marilla and Matthew Cuthbert are taken by surprise; they'd asked the orphanage for a quiet boy to help with the farmwork at Green Gables. But how can you reject a child like an unwanted parcel, especially when she tells you her life so far has been...

When her beloved father dies, thirteen-year-old Emily Starr, orphaned and lonely, is sent to live with her mother's relatives at New Moon Farm, but despite her stern Aunt Elizabeth and malicious classmates, Emily's quick wit and lively imagination help her to form friendships and begin to feel at home. Emily Starr never knew what it was to be lonely--until her beloved father died. Now Emily's an orphan, and her snobbish relatives are taking her to...

Its been seven years since she married the love of her life and Anne of Green Gables is now Anne of Ingleside. As the mother of five, soon to be six, Annes life is never dull. Her children are every bit as dreamy and headstrong as she was and her own attempts at throwing a party and playing cupid prove that even she still has much to learn. When a past rival appears, Anne learns shes not above old jealousy either.

"The Blue Castle" by Lucy Maud Montgomery is a charming and uplifting novel that enchants readers with its tale of transformation and self-discovery. Set in the early 20th century, the story follows the journey of Valancy Stirling, a timid and repressed woman who dares to break free from societal expectations. Valancy's mundane life takes an unexpected turn when she receives a terminal medical diagnosis. Liberated by the news, she defies her overbearing...

"Emily Starr is certain of two things--that she will be a great writer and that she and Teddy Kent are destined to be together. School is over, and one by one her friends leave to follow their dreams, including Teddy, who goes to art school in Montreal. Emily chooses to stay at New Moon, and though she misses her friends, she knows the path of a writer is a solitary one. With each visit home Emily's friends seem more distant, especially Teddy. Desolate,...

In Rainbow Valley, Anne's children grow up alongside theose of Reverent John Meredith. With a distracted father and no mother, the Meredith children get into so much trouble they decide to form a Good-ConductClub to bring themselves up and punish themselves when they do wrong. Unfortunately this only makes things worse. What they really need is a stepmother, but everyone know stepmothers are wicked. Just ask Mary Vance. -- Adapted from page [4] cover....

"Further Chronicles of Avonlea" is a collection of short stories by L. M. Montgomery that serves as a sequel to" Chronicles of Avonlea", and a companion book to the Anne of Green Gables series. The stories all relate to the fictional sea-sprayed Canadian village of Avonlea, and while Anne Shirley appears in a few, mostly concern other characters from the series, including Diana Barry, and members of the Meredith and Blair families. Published in 1920,...

"After an idyllic girlhood in Avonlea, Long Island, Anne has packed up her trunk, said goodbye to her foster parents, Marilla and Matthew, and moved to the isle of Manhattan for grad school. Together with her best friend, Diana Barry, she' ready to take on the world and find her voice as a writer. When her long-time archrival Gilbert Blythe shows up at Redmond College for their final year, Anne gets the shock of her life. Gil has been in California...

The series begins as Anne, an eleven-year-old orphan, is sent by mistake to live with a lonely, middle-aged brother and sister on a Prince Edward Island farm and proceeds to make an indelible impression on everyone around her.

Now in her twenties, Anne returns to Avonlea for the first time since Marilla Cuthbert's death. Gilbert persuades her to come to New York with him, but big city life isn't what they expected. After her script is stolen, they travel from New York to the war effort in Europe and eventually return to Prince Edward Island.