Akin to Anne: Tales of Other Orphans (1988)
By L.M. Montgomery
Edited by Rea Wilmshurst
Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1988
Synopsis
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 (105-142)
Millicent’s Double (143-153)
Penelope’s Party Waist (155-164)
The Little Black Doll (165-175)
The Fraser Scholarship (177-185)
Her Own People (187-197)
Miss Sally’s Company (199-210)
The Story of an Invitation (211-217)
The Softening of Miss Cynthia (219-228)
Margaret’s Patient (229-236)
Charlotte’s Ladies (237-250)
Editorial Note (251-252)
Acknowledgements (253)
Other Books by L.M. Montgomery (255-256)
Reviews
Burch, Brian. Review of Akin to Anne: Tales of Other Orphans, by L.M. Montgomery, edited by Rea Wilmshurst. In Canadian Book Review Annual 1989, edited by Joyce M. Wilson, 323. Toronto: Simon & Pierre, 1990.
Epperly, Elizabeth R. “Love Story.” Review of Akin to Anne: Tales of Other Orphans, by L.M. Montgomery, edited by Rea Wilmshurst. Canadian Literature 122-123 (Autumn-Winter 1989): 165-66.
Ryan-Fisher, Bonnie. “The Magic of Believing.” Review of Akin to Anne: Tales of Other Orphans, by L.M. Montgomery, ed. Rea Wilmshurst. Canadian Children’s Literature / Littérature canadienne pour la jeunesse 52 (1988): 67-68.
