Lucy Maud Montgomery was a Canadian autor who wrote 23 novels, 450 poems and about 500 short stories. She was born in Clifton (now New London), Prince Edward Island in 1874. After the death of her parents, she went to live with her maternal grandparents in Cavendish and was raised by them in a strict manner. She worked as a teacher in various island schools. For a short time in 1901 and 1902 she worked in Halifax for the newspapers Chronicle and Echo. In 1906 she became engaged to Ewan MacDonald, who was studying to be a minister. Unable to leave her grandmother, this engagement was extended until her death in 1911. During this period, Montgomery began writing Anne of Green Gables, published in 1908. She had three sons, Chester Cameron Macdonald (1912-1964), (Ewan) Stuart Macdonald (1915-1982) and Hugh Alexander, who died at birth in 1914.
Montgomery died in Toronto in 1942. She was buried at the Cavendish Community Cemetery in Cavendish, Prince Edward Island.
Montgomery received a number of international honours for her writing, being made a Fellow of the British Royal Society of Arts (1923), a Companion of the Order of the British Empire and a member of the Literary and Artistic Institute of France (1935).
L.M. Montgomery titles include:
- 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 (1932)
- Mistress Pat (1935)
- Anne of Windy Poplars (1936)
- Jane of Lantern Hill (1937)
- Anne of Ingleside (1939)
- Chronicles of Avonlea (1912)
- Further Chronicles of Avonlea (1920)
Anne of Green Gables turned into one of the most popular books ever written for children. Lucy herself said about this book: “I thought girls in their teens might like it. But grandparents, school and college boys, old pioneers in the Australian bush....girls in India, missionaries in China, monks in remote monasteries, premiers of Great Britain, and red-headed people all over the world have written to me, telling me how they loved Anne and her successors.’
There have been some film adaptations of Anne of Green Gables over the years. The success of these productions inspired a television series, The Road to Avonlea, which was based on characters created by Lucy Montgomery.
Visit the unofficial webpage devoted to the Kevin Sullivan Anne of Green Gables films:
http://greengables.tripod.com/
Photo by Anne SK
Montgomery died in Toronto in 1942. She was buried at the Cavendish Community Cemetery in Cavendish, Prince Edward Island.
Montgomery received a number of international honours for her writing, being made a Fellow of the British Royal Society of Arts (1923), a Companion of the Order of the British Empire and a member of the Literary and Artistic Institute of France (1935).
L.M. Montgomery titles include:
- 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 (1932)
- Mistress Pat (1935)
- Anne of Windy Poplars (1936)
- Jane of Lantern Hill (1937)
- Anne of Ingleside (1939)
- Chronicles of Avonlea (1912)
- Further Chronicles of Avonlea (1920)
Anne of Green Gables turned into one of the most popular books ever written for children. Lucy herself said about this book: “I thought girls in their teens might like it. But grandparents, school and college boys, old pioneers in the Australian bush....girls in India, missionaries in China, monks in remote monasteries, premiers of Great Britain, and red-headed people all over the world have written to me, telling me how they loved Anne and her successors.’
There have been some film adaptations of Anne of Green Gables over the years. The success of these productions inspired a television series, The Road to Avonlea, which was based on characters created by Lucy Montgomery.
Visit the unofficial webpage devoted to the Kevin Sullivan Anne of Green Gables films:
http://greengables.tripod.com/
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