L.M. Montgomery
Edited by Rea Wilmshurst
Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1988
Canada’s L.M. Montgomery is beloved by readers from Japan to Poland as the creator of the irresistible Anne of Green Gables. In this exciting collection of rediscovered tales – none of which has been available since its original publication – L.M. Montgomery has brought to life a multitude of characters who share not only Anne’s initial loneliness and vulnerability but also her spunkiness and charm. Their stories are told in Montgomery’s own inimitable, heart-warming style.
This important new collection reclaims at last a long-last part of our rich literary heritage. Never before have these charming and poignant tales of orphans been assembled within one cover. Admirers of Montgomery will treasure this anthology; it reflects her personal experience of loneliness and lovelessness, and her bittersweet memories of adversity overcome.
Akin to Anne is the first in a series of rediscovered stories to be collected in book form which will be published by McClelland & Stewart.
Contents
Introduction (6–12)
Charlotte’s Quest (13–31)
Marcella’s Reward (33–44)
An Invitation Given on Impulse (45–53)
Freda’s Adopted Grave (55–62)
Ted’s Afternoon Off (63–71)
The Girl Who Drove the Cows (73–82)
Why Not Ask Miss Price? (83–91)
Jane Lavinia (93–103)
The Running Away of Chester (105–42)
Millicent’s Double (143–53)
Penelope’s Party Waist (155–64)
The Little Black Doll (165–75)
The Fraser Scholarship (177–85)
Her Own People (187–97)
Miss Sally’s Company (199–210)
The Story of an Invitation (211–7)
The Softening of Miss Cynthia (219–28)
Margaret’s Patient (229–36)
Charlotte’s Ladies (237–50)
Editorial Note (251–2)
Acknowledgements (253)
Other Books by L.M. Montgomery (255–6)
Reviews
Reviews by Brian Burch, Elizabeth R. Epperly, and Bonnie Ryan-Fisher.
