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Lucy Maud Montgomery
Author information
Born

November 30, 1874
Clifton, Prince Edward Island, Canada

Died

April 24, 1942
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Occupation

Novelist

Years active

1891-1939

Notable works

Lucy Maud Montgomery was a Canadian author, best known for writing the Anne of Green Gables series as well as the Emily of New Moon trilogy.

Biography[]

Early life[]

Childhood[]

Lucy Maud Montgomery was born on November 30, 1874, in Clifton (now New London), Prince Edward Island to Clara Woolner Macneill and Hugh John Montgomery. Her mother died of tuberculosis when Lucy was 21 months old.

When Lucy was seven years old, her father moved to Prince Albert, Saskatchewan and she went to live with her maternal grandparents, Alexander and Lucy Macneill, in the nearby community of Cavendish. She was raised there by them in a strict and unforgiving manner. Lucy’s early life in Cavendish was very lonely.

School life[]

Lucy completed her early education in Cavendish with the exception of one year (1890–1891) during which she joined her enterprising father and step-family in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. She returned to her beloved Island only a year later.

In September 1893 she attended Prince of Wales College, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island and wanted to get a teacher's license. Completing the 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. These years gave her an inspiration for create Redmond College in Kingsport, Nova Scotia.

Bibliography[]

Novels[]

Anne of Green Gables series[]

No. Name Date of publication
1. Anne of Green Gables 1908
2. Anne of Avonlea 1909
3. Anne of the Island 1915
4. Anne of Windy Poplars 1936
5. Anne's House of Dreams 1917
6. Anne of Ingleside 1939
7. Rainbow Valley 1919
8. Rilla of Ingleside 1921

Emily of New Moon series[]

No. Name Date of publication
1. Emily of New Moon 1923
2. Emily Climbs 1925
3. Emily's Quest 1927

Pat of Silver Bush series[]

No. Name Date of publication
1. Pat of Silver Bush 1933
2. Mistress Pat 1935

The Story Girl series[]

No. Name Date of publication
1. The Story Girl 1911
2. The Golden Road 1913

Miscellaneous[]

No. Name Date of publication
1. Kilmeny of the Orchard 1910
2. The Blue Castle 1926
3. Magic for Marigold 1929
4. A Tangled Web 1931
5. Jane of Lantern Hill 1937

Short story collections[]

No. Name Date of publication
1. Chronicles of Avonlea 1912
2. Further Chronicles of Avonlea 1920
3. The Road to Yesterday 1974

Edited by Catherine McLay[]

No. Name Date of publication
1. The Doctor's Sweetheart and Other Stories 1979

Edited by Rea Wilmshurst[]

No. Name Date of publication
1. Akin to Anne: Tales of Other Orphans 1988
2. Along the Shore: Tales by the Sea 1989
3. Among the Shadows: Tales from the Darker Side 1990
4. After Many Days: Tales of Time Passed 1991
5. Against the Odds: Tales of Achievement 1993
6. At the Altar: Matrimonial Tales 1994
7. Across the Miles: Tales of Correspondence 1995
8. Christmas with Anne and Other Holiday Stories 1995

Edited by Benjamin Lefebvre[]

No. Name Date of publication
1. The Blythes Are Quoted 2009

Short stories by chronological order[]

No. Name Date of publication
1. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories: 1896 to 1901 2008
2. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories: 1902 to 1903 2008
3. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories: 1904 2008
4. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories: 1905 to 1906 2008
5. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories: 1907 to 1908 2008
6. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories: 1909 to 1922 2008


Poetry[]

No. Name Date of publication
1. The Watchman & Other Poems 1916
2.

The Poetry of Lucy Maud Montgomery

  • Selected by John Ferns and Kevin McCabe.
1987

Non-fiction[]

No. Name Date of publication
1.

Courageous Women

  • With Marian Keith and Mabel Burns McKinley.
1934

Autobiography[]

No. Name Date of publication
1.

The Alpine Path: The Story of My Career

  • Originally published in Everywoman's World in 1917.
1975
2.

The Selected Journals of L.M. Montgomery

  • Edited by Mary Rubio and Elizabeth Waterston.
1985 – 2004
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