This book is complete and unabridged and as per its original format. "The Blue Castle" is a 1926 novel by Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery, best known for her novel "Anne of Green Gables" (1908). The story is set during the 1920s in the fictional town of Deerwood, located in the Muskoka region of Ontario, Canada. Deerwood is based on Bala, Ontario, which Montgomery visited in 1922. This novel is considered one of L.M. Montgomery's few adult works of fiction, along with "A Tangled Web," and is the only book she wrote that is entirely set outside of Prince Edward Island. The Plot: Valancy Stirling is twenty-nine, unmarried (and thus considered an "old maid"), and has lived her entire life with her nagging mother and gossip-minded extended family who actively discourage happiness and treat Valancy like a child. She retreats from her unhappy circumstances with flights of imaginative fantasy, centering on daydreams of her imaginary "Blue Castle," and finding refuge in the books of her favorite author, John Foster, who writes about the great beauty of nature. When Valancy is diagnosed with a terminal heart ailment, she hides it from her family and, at the same time, realizes she has never been happy in her life, so she rebels against the colorless life that her family has always imposed on her. She begins by judging them objectively and, then worse, telling them exactly what she thinks, causing the Stirling clan to conclude that Valancy has suddenly lost her mind....
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The Blue Castle: A Novel
This book is complete and unabridged and as per its original format. "The Blue Castle" is a 1926 novel by Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery, best known for her novel "Anne of Green Gables" (1908). The story is set during the 1920s in the fictional town of Deerwood, located in the Muskoka region of Ontario, Canada. Deerwood is based on Bala, Ontario, which Montgomery visited in 1922. This novel is considered one of L.M. Montgomery's few adult works of fiction, along with "A Tangled Web," and is the only book she wrote that is entirely set outside of Prince Edward Island. The Plot: Valancy Stirling is twenty-nine, unmarried (and thus considered an "old maid"), and has lived her entire life with her nagging mother and gossip-minded extended family who actively discourage happiness and treat Valancy like a child. She retreats from her unhappy circumstances with flights of imaginative fantasy, centering on daydreams of her imaginary "Blue Castle," and finding refuge in the books of her favorite author, John Foster, who writes about the great beauty of nature. When Valancy is diagnosed with a terminal heart ailment, she hides it from her family and, at the same time, realizes she has never been happy in her life, so she rebels against the colorless life that her family has always imposed on her. She begins by judging them objectively and, then worse, telling them exactly what she thinks, causing the Stirling clan to conclude that Valancy has suddenly lost her mind....
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Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9798823139403 |
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| Publisher: | Barnes & Noble Press |
| Publication date: | 10/29/2022 |
| Pages: | 88 |
| Product dimensions: | 8.50(w) x 11.00(h) x 0.18(d) |
| Age Range: | 12 Years |
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