Diana Blythe



Diana "Di" Blythe was the daughter of Gilbert and Anne Blythe, the younger sister of Joyce (†), James, and Walter Blythe (†), the twin sister of Nan Blythe, and the older sister of Shirley Blythe and Rilla Blythe.

Early life
Di and her twin sister Nan were born in 1895 in Ingleside, Glen St. Mary, to Anne and Gilbert Blythe. Their grandmother, Mrs. Blythe, visited Ingleside during their birth. Little Diana looked like her mother, with red hair and green eyes. Her twin Nan looked different, she inherited father's brown hair and hazel eyes.

She raised along with her twin Nan and two older brothers, Jem and Walter. Diana was Walter's best friend and he told her all his secrets. Their younger brother Shirley was born two years later after twins' birth. The youngest sister Rilla was born when Di and Nan were four years old.

Friendship with Jenny Penny
Jenny Penny exaggerates everything about her life, and forces Diana to sneak out and sleep over at her house, where Diana is terrified since they have no rules, a terrible way of life, and no manners.

Friendship with Delilah
The second was Delilah, who claims to be abused and neglected by her stepmother, goes to sleep over at Diana's and pretends to love it, but actually steals Diana's ring, and insults her house in front of everyone else. It makes Diana lose faith in the human race for a bit, before becoming friends with the other new girl, Laura Carr. The two were very happy together.

Gilbert Blythe
Diana was described as being "her father's favourite". Probably because she looked similar to her mother. (Nan had brown hair and eyes and Rilla had red hair as her mother, but Gilbert's hazel eyes.)

Walter Blythe
She and Walter were especial chums; Di was the only one to whom he would ever read the verses of poems he wrote himself - the only one who knew that he was secretly hard at work on an epic, strikingly resembling "Marmion" in some things, if not in others. She kept all his secrets, even from Nan, and told him all hers.

Etymology
Di was named after her mother's childhood friend, Diana Barry.

Behind the scenes

 * Di and her twin sister, Nan, were named after their mother, Anne, and her childhood friend, Diana Barry. Ironically, Anne has red hair and Diana is dark, whereas in the Blythe twins, Nan is dark and Di is redheaded.

Appearances

 * Anne of Ingleside (first appearance)
 * Rainbow Valley
 * Rilla of Ingleside