Lucy Maud Montgomery was a Canadian author, best known for writing the Anne of Green Gables series.
Biography[]
Childhood
Little Lucy Maud Montgomery
Lucy Maud Montgomery was born on November 30, 1874, in Clifton (now New London), Prince Edward Island to Clara Woolner Macneill and Hugh John Montgomery. Her mother died of tuberculosis when Lucy was 21 months old.
When Lucy was seven years old, her father moved to Prince Albert, Saskatchewan and she went to live with her maternal grandparents, Alexander and Lucy Macneill, in the nearby community of Cavendish. She was raised there by them in a strict and unforgiving manner. Lucy's early life in Cavendish was very lonely.
School life
Lucy completed her early education in Cavendish with the exception of one year (1890–1891) during which she joined her enterprising father and step-family in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. She returned to her beloved Island only a year later.
In September 1893 she attended Prince of Wales College, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island and wanted to get a teacher's license. Completing the two-year program in one year, she obtained her teaching certificate.
In 1895 and 1896, she studied literature at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. These years gave her the inspiration to create Redmond College in Kingsport, Nova Scotia.
Bibliography[]
Novels
- Anne of Green Gables (1908)
- Anne of Avonlea (1909)
- Kilmeny of the Orchard (1910)
- The Story Girl (1911)
- The Golden Road (1913)
- Anne of the Island (1915)
- Anne's House of Dreams (1917)
- Rainbow Valley (1919)
- Rilla of Ingleside (1921)
- Emily of New Moon (1923)
- Emily Climbs (1925)
- The Blue Castle (1926)
- Emily's Quest (1927)
- Magic for Marigold (1929)
- A Tangled Web (1931)
- Pat of Silver Bush (1933)
- Mistress Pat (1935)
- Anne of Windy Poplars (1936)
- Jane of Lantern Hill (1937)
- Anne of Ingleside (1939)
Short story collections
- Chronicles of Avonlea (1912)
- Further Chronicles of Avonlea (1920)
- The Road to Yesterday (1974)
- The Doctor's Sweetheart and Other Stories (1979)
- Akin to Anne: Tales of Other Orphans (1988)
- Along the Shore: Tales by the Sea (1989)
- Among the Shadows: Tales from the Darker Side (1990)
- After Many Days: Tales of Time Passed (1991)
- Against the Odds: Tales of Achievement (1993)
- At the Altar: Matrimonial Tales (1994)
- Across the Miles: Tales of Correspondence (1995)
- Christmas with Anne and Other Holiday Stories (1995)
- Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories: 1896 to 1901 (2008)
- Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories: 1902 to 1903 (2008)
- Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories: 1904 (2008)
- Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories: 1905 to 1906 (2008)
- Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories: 1907 to 1908 (2008)
- Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories: 1909 to 1922 (2008)
- The Blythes Are Quoted (2009)
Poetry
- The Watchman & Poems (1916)
- The Poetry of Lucy Maud Montgomery (1987)
Non-fiction
- Courageous Women (1934)
Autobiography
- The Alpine Path: The Story of My Career (1975)
- The Selected Journals of L.M. Montgomery (1985–2004)
Behind the scenes[]
- Her granddaughter Kate Macdonald Butler is the producer of the movie L.M. Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables, which was released in February 2016.
Gallery[]
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