Kilmeny of the Orchard (1910)
By L.M. Montgomery
Boston: L.C. Page & Co., 1910
Synopsis
When twenty-four-year-old Eric Marshall arrives on Prince Edward Island to become a substitute schoolmaster, he has a bright future in his wealthy family’s business. Eric has taken the two-month teaching post only as a favor to a friend—but fate throws in his path a beautiful, mysterious girl named Kilmeny Gordon. With jet black hair and sea blue eyes, Kilmeny immediately captures Eric’s heart. But Kilmeny cannot speak, and Eric is concerned for and bewitched by this shy, sensitive mute girl. For the first time in his life Eric must work hard for something he wants badly. And there is nothing he wants more than for Kilmeny to return his love.
Contents
1. The Thoughts of Youth
2. A Letter of Destiny
3. The Master of Lindsay School
4. A Tea Table Conversation
5. A Phantom of Delight
6. The Story of Kilmeny
7. A Rose of Womanhood
8. At the Gate of Eden
9. The Straight Simplicity of Eve
10. A Troubling of the Waters
11. A Lover and His Lass
12. A Prisoner of Love
13. A Sweeter Woman Ne’er Drew Breath
14. In Her Selfless Mood
15. An Old, Unhappy, Far-Off Thing
16. David Baker’s Opinion
17. A Broken Fetter
18. Neil Gordon Solves His Own Problem
19. Victor from Vanquished Issues
Links
L.M. Montgomery’s Personal Scrapbooks and Book Covers: Kilmeny of the Orchard
