Chronicles of Avonlea (1912)
By L.M. Montgomery
Boston: L.C. Page & Co., 1912
Synopsis
On Prince Edward Island, where Anne Shirley grew up in the sea-sprayed town of Avonlea, there was no shortage of wonderful stories. There was the case of Ludovic Speed, who wouldn’t propose to the woman he had courted for fifteen years until Anne devised a plan to “speed” him up…if it didn’t backfire and break his heart. But no one could blame mischievous Anne for the hilarious battle of the sexes that erupted when a man-hating woman and her cat got quarantined in the same house with a woman-hating bachelor and his dog. From sprawling Penhallow Grange, where a family waits nearly forever for two quarreling lovers to break their stubborn silence, to the tumbledown farm of Old Man Shaw, who awaits the return of his beloved daughter, L.M. Montgomery has written twelve tales of secret hopes and hidden dreams, filled with enchantment and humor.
Contents
1. The Hurrying of Ludovic
2. Old Lady Lloyd
3. Each in His Own Tongue
4. Little Joscelyn
5. The Winning of Lucinda
6. Old Man Shaw’s Girl
7. Aunt Olivia’s Beau
8. The Quarantine at Alexander Abraham’s
9. Pa Sloane’s Purchase
10. The Courting of Prissy Strong
11. The Miracle at Carmody
12. The End of a Quarrel
Links
L.M. Montgomery’s Personal Scrapbooks and Book Covers: Chronicles of Avonlea
