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Lucy Maud Montgomery CBE (November 30, 1874 – April 24, 1942), called "Maud" by family and friends and publicly known as L.M. Montgomery, was a Canadian author best known for a series of novels beginning with Anne of Green Gables, published in 1908. Anne of Green Gables was an immediate success. The central character, Anne, an orphaned girl, made Montgomery famous in her lifetime and gave her an international following. The first novel was followed by a series of sequels with Anne as the central character. Montgomery went on to publish 20 novels as well as 500 short stories and poems. Because many of the novels were set on Prince Edward Island, Canada and the Canadian province became literary landmarks.
Montgomery's work, diaries and letters have been read and studied by scholars and readers worldwide.
Lucy Maud Montgomery was born in Clifton (now New London), Prince Edward Island on November 30, 1874. Her mother, Clara Woolner Macneill Montgomery, died of tuberculosis when Montgomery was 21 months old (a year and 9 months). Stricken with grief over his wife’s death, Hugh Montgomery gave custody over to Montgomery’s maternal grandparents. Later he moved to Saskatchewan when Montgomery was seven years old. She went to live with her maternal grandparents, Alexander Marquis Macneill and Lucy Woolner Macneill, in the nearby community of Cavendish and was raised by them in a strict and unforgiving manner. Montgomery’s early life in Cavendish was very lonely. Despite having relations nearby, much of her childhood was spent alone. Montgomery credits this time of her life, in which she created many imaginary friends and worlds to cope with her loneliness, as what developed her creative mind.
In November 1890, Montgomery had her first work in the Charlottetown paper, Daily Patriot. She was as excited about this as she was about her return to her beloved Prince Edward Island, in 1891. The return 'home' was a great relief to her. Her home life was an unhappy one due to the fact that Montgomery and her stepmother, Mary Ann McRae, did not get along and because by, "... Maud’s account, her father's marriage was not a happy one." In 1893, following the completion of her grade school education in Cavendish, she attended Prince of Wales College in Charlottetown. Completing a 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.
Upon leaving Dalhousie, Montgomery worked as a teacher in various island schools. Montgomery did not enjoy her teaching career; however, she was content because it afforded her time to write. Beginning in 1897, she began to have her short stories published in various magazines and newspapers. A prolific talent, Montgomery had over 100 stories published from 1897 to 1907 inclusive.
During her teaching years, Montgomery had numerous love interests. As a highly fashionable young woman, she enjoyed "slim, good looks," and she was the attention of several young men. In 1889, Montgomery began a relationship with a Cavendish boy named Nate Lockhart. To Montgomery, the relationship was merely a humorous and witty friendship. It ended abruptly when Montgomery refused his marriage proposal.
The early 1890s brought unwelcome advances from Mr. John A. Mustard and Will Pritchard. Mr. Mustard, her teacher, quickly became her suitor who tried to impress her with his knowledge of religious matters. His best topics of conversation were his thoughts on Predestination and "other dry points of theology." He held little appeal for Montgomery. During the period when Mustard’s interest became more pronounced, Montgomery found a new interest in Will Pritchard, the brother of her friend Laura Pritchard. This friendship was more amiable; however, again, Montgomery felt less than her suitor did for her. When Pritchard sought to take their friendship further, Montgomery resisted. Montgomery refused marriage proposals from both because the former was narrow-minded and latter was merely a good chum. She ended the period of flirtation when she moved to Prince Edward Island. However, she and Pritchard did keep up correspondence over six years until Pritchard caught influenza and died in 1897.
In 1897, Montgomery accepted the proposal of Ed Simpson, who was a student in French River near Cavendish. Montgomery wrote that she accepted his proposal out of a desire for "love and protection" and because she felt her prospects were rather low. While teaching in Lower Bedeque, she had a brief but passionate romantic attachment to Herman Leard, a member of the family with which she boarded. In 1898, after much unhappiness and disillusionment, Montgomery broke off her engagement to Simpson. Montgomery no longer sought romantic love.
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Anne of Green Gables series
Lucy Maud Montgomery - Anne Of Green Gables (read by Barbara Caruso)
Lucy Maud Montgomery - Anne Of Avonlea (read by Barbara Caruso)
Lucy Maud Montgomery - Anne Of The Island (read by Barbara Caruso)
Lucy Maud Montgomery - Anne Of Windy Poplars (read by Phoebe Moyer)
Lucy Maud Montgomery - Anne's House Of Dreams (read by Barbara Caruso)
Lucy Maud Montgomery - Anne Of Ingleside (read by Belle)
Lucy Maud Montgomery - Rainbow Valley (read by Barbara Caruso)
Lucy Maud Montgomery - Rilla Of Ingleside (read by Barbara Caruso)
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Anne of Green Gables series
http://rapidgator.net/file/9fde601ec2b912481bdea945053bd9b5/Anne_Of_Green_Gables.rar.html
http://rapidgator.net/file/86cfc60d7c7810d9259e5da72e9c65c6/Anne_Of_Avonlea.rar.html
http://rapidgator.net/file/760add8d41d509204044e5af9c8edf6a/Anne_Of_The_Island.rar.html
http://rapidgator.net/file/409f90bbfcde2bb6e513bbfe4eb4dcad/Anne_Of_Windy_Poplars.rar.html
http://rapidgator.net/file/f1c2d93fb2b84378513decc38db583ca/Annes_House_Of_Dreams.rar.html
http://rapidgator.net/file/2bddb85e2643c94a1b72556569fc15af/Anne_Of_Ingleside.rar.html
http://rapidgator.net/file/494db4297afeee736b456c91ebf60edd/Rainbow_Valley.rar.html
http://rapidgator.net/file/68700067dc622f06bfda27c83b888f21/Rilla_Of_Ingleside.rar.html |
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