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L. M. Montgomery

Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874-1942) was born in the village of Clifton (now New London) on Prince Edward Island in Canada. She was brought up by her grandparents after her mother died when she was two. Later her father moved away to Saskatchewan, where he remarried, and when she spent some months in his new home she was not happy. 'I do not think', she wrote, 'that the majority of grownups have any real conception of the tortures sensitive children suffer over any marked difference between themselves and the other denizens of their small world.'

While working as a reporter for the Halifax Daily Echo, she wrote Anne of Green Gables in the evenings over a period of eighteen months and when it was rejected by four publishers she put it away for two years. Then she revised it and a Boston publisher accepted it at once. When it appeared in 1908 the book proved so popular that ever afterwards she felt constrained by the public's constant demand for more stories about Anne. She did write five sequels – as well as many other novels – and they made her rich, but none reached the classic status of the first.

In 1911 she married Ewan Macdonald. She had two sons; she enjoyed fame and was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1935. She died in Toronto in 1942 and was buried in Cavendish Cemetery, not far from her birthplace.
Penguin Minis: Anne of Green Gables
Penguin Minis: Anne of Green Gables
L. M. Montgomery
9780593114445
$12.00 US
Paperback
Oct 22, 2019
World
The Blythes Are Quoted
The Blythes Are Quoted
L. M. Montgomery
9780735234680
$18.00 US
Paperback
Jul 03, 2018
World
Anne of Green Gables
Anne of Green Gables
L. M. Montgomery
9780143131854
$20.00 US
Paperback
Nov 14, 2017
World
Anne of Green Gables
Anne of Green Gables
L. M. Montgomery , Anna Bond
9780147514004
$17.00 US
Hardcover
Aug 28, 2014
World
Anne of Green Gables
Anne of Green Gables
L. M. Montgomery , Laura Fernandez , Rick Jacobson
9780812979039
$11.00 US
Paperback
Jun 10, 2008
World
Anne of Green Gables, 3-Book Box Set, Volume I
Anne of Green Gables, 3-Book Box Set, Volume I
L. M. Montgomery
9780553333060
$23.97 US
Boxed Set
Oct 06, 1997
World except Canada
Anne of Green Gables, 3-Book Box Set, Volume II
Anne of Green Gables, 3-Book Box Set, Volume II
L. M. Montgomery
9780553333077
$23.97 US
Boxed Set
Oct 06, 1997
World except Canada
Anne of Green Gables
Anne of Green Gables
L. M. Montgomery , Sybil Tawse
9780679444756
$24.00 US
Hardcover
Oct 10, 1995
US, Canada, Open Mkt
Doctor's Sweetheart
Doctor's Sweetheart
L. M. Montgomery
9780770425838
$4.99 US
Mass Market Paperback
Nov 01, 1993
Canada and Open Mkt
The Road to Yesterday
The Road to Yesterday
L. M. Montgomery
9780553560688
$7.99 US
Mass Market Paperback
Jan 01, 1993
World

Books

Penguin Minis: Anne of Green Gables
Penguin Minis: Anne of Green Gables
L. M. Montgomery
9780593114445
$12.00 US
Paperback
Oct 22, 2019
World
The Blythes Are Quoted
The Blythes Are Quoted
L. M. Montgomery
9780735234680
$18.00 US
Paperback
Jul 03, 2018
World
Anne of Green Gables
Anne of Green Gables
L. M. Montgomery
9780143131854
$20.00 US
Paperback
Nov 14, 2017
World
Anne of Green Gables
Anne of Green Gables
L. M. Montgomery, Anna Bond
9780147514004
$17.00 US
Hardcover
Aug 28, 2014
World
Anne of Green Gables
Anne of Green Gables
L. M. Montgomery, Laura Fernandez, Rick Jacobson
9780812979039
$11.00 US
Paperback
Jun 10, 2008
World
Anne of Green Gables, 3-Book Box Set, Volume I
Anne of Green Gables, 3-Book Box Set, Volume I
L. M. Montgomery
9780553333060
$23.97 US
Boxed Set
Oct 06, 1997
World except Canada
Anne of Green Gables, 3-Book Box Set, Volume II
Anne of Green Gables, 3-Book Box Set, Volume II
L. M. Montgomery
9780553333077
$23.97 US
Boxed Set
Oct 06, 1997
World except Canada
Anne of Green Gables
Anne of Green Gables
L. M. Montgomery, Sybil Tawse
9780679444756
$24.00 US
Hardcover
Oct 10, 1995
US, Canada, Open Mkt
Doctor's Sweetheart
Doctor's Sweetheart
L. M. Montgomery
9780770425838
$4.99 US
Mass Market Paperback
Nov 01, 1993
Canada and Open Mkt
The Road to Yesterday
The Road to Yesterday
L. M. Montgomery
9780553560688
$7.99 US
Mass Market Paperback
Jan 01, 1993
World

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