6/19/2023 0 Comments Anne lucy maud montgomery![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() “You never know what peace is until you walk on the shores or in the fields or along the winding red roads of Prince Edward Island in a summer twilight when the dew is falling and the old stars are peeping out and the sea keeps its mighty tryst with the little land it loves.” – Lucy Maud Montgomery Her melancholy chronicles were contrasted with expressions of love for life, nature, beauty and friendships. There, she expressed facts and thoughts about community, family illness and death, the horrors of war and her own pain. She was also dedicated to journal writing. Montgomery penned many short pieces of fiction, poems and essays as well as 20 other novels including best-sellers including Emily of New Moon, Jane of Lantern Hill, Pat of Silver Bush and the Story Girl - all of which are set in Prince Edward Island. An immediate best-seller, the story of Anne spanned a series of eight novels. Page & Company of Boston who published Anne of Green Gables in June 1908. In frustration, she put the manuscript away in a hat box for a time, only later to re-read it with the determination to try one more time. In 1905, she wrote her first novel which was rejected by several publishers. Because her mother died when she was an infant, she was raised by her maternal grandparents in Cavendish. Her parents were Hugh John Montgomery and Clara Woolner Macneill. Lucy Maud Montgomery was born in Clifton (now New London) on the north shore of Prince Edward Island on November 30, 1874. County Line Road - Points East Coastal Drive ![]()
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