Anne of Green Gables : The Original Manuscript
How L.M. Montgomery Shaped a Classic
- Publisher
- Nimbus Publishing
- Initial publish date
- Jul 2019
- Category
- Canadian, 20th Century
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781771087216
- Publish Date
- Jul 2019
- List Price
- $29.95
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Description
This fascinating book presents the original text of Montgomery's most famous manuscript, including where the author scribbled notes, made additions and deletions, and other editorial details. L. M. Montgomery scholar Carolyn Strom Collins offers a rare look into Montgomery's creative process, providing a never-before-published version of the worldwide phenomenon.
This book differs from previous versions of Anne in that it provides a transcription of the text and notes from Montgomery's original manuscript, and shows how they were integrated to form the full novel. The culmination of years of research, Anne of Green Gables: the Original Manuscript is a necessary addition to any Montgomery lover's collection. This volume features scans of the first page of each chapter from the original archived document (showing editorial notes in Montgomery's handwriting) and an appendix of rare foreign-language covers.
About the authors
Lucy Maud Montgomery was born in Clifton (now New London), Prince Edward Island, in 1874. After the death of her mother in 1876, Montgomery was raised by her maternal grandparents in the nearby community of Cavendish. She received a teaching certificate in 1894, and studied literature at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, in 1895. After a brief career as a teacher at various island schools, she moved back to Cavendish in 1898. In 1911, she married the Reverend Ewan Macdonald and moved to Leaskdale, Ontario, where Macdonald was minister in the Presbyterian Church. A prolific writer, she published a number of short stories, poems, and novels, but is best known for Anne of Green Gables and its sequels: Anne of Avonlea, Anne of the Island, Anne of Windy Poplars, Anne's House of Dreams, Anne of Ingleside, Rainbow Valley, and Rilla Of Ingleside. Montgomery died in Toronto in 1942 and was buried in her beloved Cavendish, Prince Edward Island.
Lucy Maud Montgomery's profile page
Carolyn Strom Collins is the author of The Anne of Green Gables Treasury and other "Anne" companion books and articles. She has also published companion books on Little Women and The Secret Garden, and edited Anne of Green Gables: The Original Manuscript and After Many Years: Twenty-one "Long Lost" Stories by L. M. Montgomery. Carolyn founded The Friends of the L. M. Montgomery Institute at UPEI as well as the L. M. Montgomery Literary Society.
Editorial Reviews
"From cover to cover, every single page of this book is a treasure! Even for fans who have read the book numerous times and who are well-acquainted with Montgomery's journals and other books by and about her, this book is unique and special." —Resource Links (Winnipeg, MB)
"Here's one for devoted Anne fans and anyone curious about the creative process." —Halifax Magazine
Other titles by
Anne of Green Gables
Anne of Green Gables and Anne of Avonlea
Anne of Green Gables
Finales y comienzos/ Anne of Ingleside
Adiós, Isla del Príncipe / Anne's House of Dreams
Más aventuras en Avonlea / Anne of Avonlea
La maestra de Avonlea / Anne of Avonlea
Around the Hearth
Tales of Home and Family
Una amistad para siempre / A Forever Friendship
