Jane Victoria Stuart, called Victoria by her family, lives in Toronto with her mother, grandmother, and aunt. Her grandmother is very strict and Jane does not like having to live with her and wishes she could escape. Jane's only friend is Josephine Turner – Jody, an orphan who lives and works as a servant at the boardinghouse next door. One day, a letter from her estranged father arrives, asking that Jane stay with him for the summer on the Island. Jane is very reluctant about going, but...
In the celebrated Emily trilogy, of which Emily of New Moon is the first volume, Montgomery draws a more realistic portrait of a young girl's life on Prince Edward Island. The twin threads of bright and dark, love and cruelty, hope and despair intertwine in a pattern as significant as it is enduring. Lucy Maud Montgomery, created another and better-known representative of Canadian girlhood in «Anne of Green Gables» and all the subsequent Anne books, but Emily was closer to her own heart....
First published in 1923, “Emily of New Moon” is the first of three novels in a series by Lucy Maud Montgomery, the author of famous “Anne of Green Gables” books. The story centers around the life of Emily Starr, a young orphan who is raised by relatives after her father dies of tuberculosis. Montgomery based the character of Emily on her own true-life story and often remarked that her personality and that of the Canadian orphan were very similar. Emily is sent to live with her aunts and cousin...
First published in 1923, “Emily of New Moon” is the first of three novels in a series by Lucy Maud Montgomery, the author of famous “Anne of Green Gables” books. The story centers around the life of Emily Starr, a young orphan who is raised by relatives after her father dies of tuberculosis. Montgomery based the character of Emily on her own true-life story and often remarked that her personality and that of the Canadian orphan were very similar. Emily is sent to live with her aunts and cousin...
First published in 1923, “Emily of New Moon” is the first of three novels in a series by Lucy Maud Montgomery, the author of famous “Anne of Green Gables” books. The story centers around the life of Emily Starr, a young orphan who is raised by relatives after her father dies of tuberculosis. Montgomery based the character of Emily on her own true-life story and often remarked that her personality and that of the Canadian orphan were very similar. Emily is sent to live with her aunts and cousin...
First published in 1925, “Emily Climbs” is the second book in the “Emily” series by Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery. Written two years after the first novel in the series, “Emily of New Moon”, “Emily Climbs” finds Emily Byrd Starr and her new local friends growing up and becoming teenagers. Emily longs to attend the Queen’s Academy in order to get her teaching license, but her conservative relations oppose this idea. Instead, she is allowed to go to Shrewsbury High School with her friends,...
First published in 1925, “Emily Climbs” is the second book in the “Emily” series by Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery. Written two years after the first novel in the series, “Emily of New Moon”, “Emily Climbs” finds Emily Byrd Starr and her new local friends growing up and becoming teenagers. Emily longs to attend the Queen’s Academy in order to get her teaching license, but her conservative relations oppose this idea. Instead, she is allowed to go to Shrewsbury High School with her friends,...
First published in 1925, “Emily Climbs” is the second book in the “Emily” series by Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery. Written two years after the first novel in the series, “Emily of New Moon”, “Emily Climbs” finds Emily Byrd Starr and her new local friends growing up and becoming teenagers. Emily longs to attend the Queen’s Academy in order to get her teaching license, but her conservative relations oppose this idea. Instead, she is allowed to go to Shrewsbury High School with her friends,...