The Selected Journals Of L.M. Montgomery: Volume I: 1889-1910; Volume Ii: 1910-1921
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear with damage
Pages: Yellowed
Long before the world fell in love with Anne of Green Gables, Lucy Maud Montgomery was quietly chronicling her own extraordinary inner life — and The Selected Journals of L.M. Montgomery opens those private pages to the world at last. Spanning three pivotal decades from 1889 to 1921, these two volumes present the intimate thoughts, creative struggles, romantic longings, and sharp social observations of one of Canada's most beloved authors, set against the backdrop of rural Prince Edward Island and the seismic changes wrought by the early twentieth century. From the musings of a precocious teenage girl navigating the constraints of late-Victorian society to the reflections of an established author and minister's wife enduring the anxieties of World War I, Montgomery's voice rings out with remarkable candour, wit, and emotional depth. Meticulously edited by scholars Mary Rubio and Elizabeth Waterston, these journals are far more than a literary curiosity — they are a primary document of female ambition, creative identity, and psychological resilience in an era that sought to suppress all three. Montgomery's prose, even in its most personal form, is luminous and precise, revealing the same gift for vivid description and emotional nuance that made her fiction immortal. The journals invite readers to reconsider the woman behind the myth, raising a tantalising question: how much of Montgomery's art was a refuge from a life she could not otherwise escape?
Author: L.M. Montgomery; Edited By Mary Rubio & Elizabeth Waterston
Format: Hardback
Published: 1985, Oxford University Press
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear with damage
Pages: Yellowed
Long before the world fell in love with Anne of Green Gables, Lucy Maud Montgomery was quietly chronicling her own extraordinary inner life — and The Selected Journals of L.M. Montgomery opens those private pages to the world at last. Spanning three pivotal decades from 1889 to 1921, these two volumes present the intimate thoughts, creative struggles, romantic longings, and sharp social observations of one of Canada's most beloved authors, set against the backdrop of rural Prince Edward Island and the seismic changes wrought by the early twentieth century. From the musings of a precocious teenage girl navigating the constraints of late-Victorian society to the reflections of an established author and minister's wife enduring the anxieties of World War I, Montgomery's voice rings out with remarkable candour, wit, and emotional depth. Meticulously edited by scholars Mary Rubio and Elizabeth Waterston, these journals are far more than a literary curiosity — they are a primary document of female ambition, creative identity, and psychological resilience in an era that sought to suppress all three. Montgomery's prose, even in its most personal form, is luminous and precise, revealing the same gift for vivid description and emotional nuance that made her fiction immortal. The journals invite readers to reconsider the woman behind the myth, raising a tantalising question: how much of Montgomery's art was a refuge from a life she could not otherwise escape?