"I read in a book once that a rose by any other name would smell as sweet, but I've never been able to believe it. I don't believe a rose would be as nice if it was called a thistle or a skunk-cabbage." This article is about Gilbert and Anne Blythe's daughter. You may be looking for her niece, Diana Meredith, or Anne Shirley's best friend, Diana Barry. |
Diana "Di" Blythe was the daughter of Gilbert and Anne Blythe, the younger sister of Joyce, Jem, and Walter, the twin sister of Nan, and the older sister of Shirley and Rilla Blythe.
Biography[]
Early life[]
Di was born in 1895 in Ingleside, Glen St. Mary, five minutes after her twin Nan, 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 inherited her father's brown hair and hazel eyes.
She was 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 after the twins. The youngest sister Rilla was born when Di and Nan were four years old.
School life[]
Friendship with Jenny[]
Jenny Penny exaggerated everything about her life and forced Diana to sneak out and sleep over at her house, where Diana was horrified at their lack of rules, terrible lifestyle, and lack of manners.
Friendship with Delilah[]
Di's second notable friend was Delilah Green, who claimed to be abused and neglected by her stepmother, which resulted in Delilah sleeping over at Di's house. While pretending to love sleeping over, Delilah stole Diana's ring and insulted her house to their classmates.
Friendship with Laura Carr[]
After two failed friendships with girls her age, Diana lost some faith in humanity. However, she reflected that she could become friends with Laura Carr, whom she had met at the same time as Delilah Green.
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Rainbow Valley Adventures[]
World War I[]
She and Nan both had Red Cross training.
Possible Engagement[]
Gossip thought that she might be engaged to someone known as "the Austin boy."
Personality[]
She took after Gilbert: "Di, in spite of her physical resemblance to her mother, was very much her father's child, so far as disposition and qualities went. She had the beginnings of his practical bent, his plain common sense, his twinkling sense of humor. "
Relationships[]
Gilbert Blythe[]
Diana was described as being her father's favourite, believed to be because of her resemblance to her mother[1]. (Nan had brown hair and hazel eyes and Rilla had reddish-gold hair similar to her mother's, but Gilbert's hazel eyes.)
Walter Blythe[]
Di and Walter were special chums - Di was the only one to whom he would ever read his own poetry, and she was the only one who knew that he was hard at work on an epic that strikingly resembled Marmion. Di kept all his secrets, even from Nan, and told him all of hers.
Physical appearance[]
- "Di is her father's favourite, because she has green eyes and red hair... red hair with a swirl to it."
- —Anne Blythe describing her daughter.[src]
Diana was described as looking most like her mother. She had flaming red hair, grey-green eyes and possibly the same freckled skin. Similarly to her mother, she disliked her red hair. She looked well in periwinkle blue.
Etymology[]
Diana is female given name of Latin origin and means divine.
- Di was named after her mother's childhood and bosom friend, Diana Barry.
- Diana's twin sister Nan named her only daughter after her.
Behind the scenes[]
Trivia
- Di was named after her mother's childhood friend Diana Barry, and her twin sister Nan was named after their mother herself, Anne. Ironically, Anne has red hair and Diana is dark, but Nan Blythe is dark-haired and Di Blythe is a redhead.
- Di is the only child of Anne and Gilbert to look similar to Anne. (Nan and Shirley had brown hair and Shirley had brown eyes and Nan had hazel; Rilla and Jem were redheaded with hazel eyes; and Walter had dark hair and grey eyes).
Gallery[]
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Appearances[]
Book appearances
Short story appearances
- The Road to Yesterday
- "The Twins Pretend"
- "Fancy's Fool" (mentioned only)
- "The Pot and the Kettle" (mentioned only)
- "Here Comes the Bride"
- The Blythes Are Quoted
- "The Twins Pretend"
- "Fancy's Fool" (mentioned only)
- "The Haunted Room"
- "The Pot and the Kettle" (mentioned only)
- "Here Comes the Bride"
- "My House"
- "The Pilgrim"