Chronicles of Avonlea

Chronicles of Avonlea

by L M Montgomery
Chronicles of Avonlea

Chronicles of Avonlea

by L M Montgomery

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Overview

L. M. Montgomery's collection of short stories called Chronicles of Avonlea is connected to the Anne of Green Gables books. After a protracted relationship, Ludovic Speed proposed to Theodora Dix with the help of Anne Shirley. Old Lady Lloyd, who is rumored to be quite wealthy, runs across the daughter of her ex-boyfriend and attempts to assist her. Felix Leonard, a superb violinist, is being restrained by the Reverend Stephen Leonard because he believes it to be unclean. The long-running dispute between Romney Penhallow and Lucinda is over. Old Man Shaw's aspirations for Sara, his cherished daughter, to return are attacked by Mrs. Peter Blewett. Malcolm McPherson is pursuing Olivia Sterling. Extremely anti-male Alexander Abraham Bennett, a chauvinist who for years has prohibited women from entering his home, is keeping Angelina ""Peter"" MacPherson in quarantine for smallpox. Pa Sloane makes a hasty baby purchase at an auction and now has to cope with the fallout. Prissy Strong is courted by Stephen Clark despite Emmeline Strong's adamant resistance. Young Lionel Hezekiah is being raised by Judith Marsh, an agnostic by profession, and her sister Salome. Many years after their breakup due to a disagreement about his grammar, Nancy Rogerson and Peter Wright cross paths once more.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781503148260
Publisher: CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date: 11/15/2014
Pages: 192
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.41(d)

About the Author

Lucy Maud Montgomery was a Canadian author, born on 30 November 1874 in Clifton, Prince Edward Island. Her parents were Hugh John Montgomery and Clara Woolner Macneil Montgomery. She was brought up by her grandparents because her mother died early, due to tuberculosis. She led a lonely life in childhood, created imaginary friends and developed her creativity. She got education in Prince of Wales College and Dalhousie University. After completing the college she worked as a journalist and then became a teacher. Since, early childhood she was a creative writer, she wrote her first poem at the nine years of age. But her first poem was published at the age of 15 years. In 1908, she wrote most popular work Anne of Green Gables. After that she continued her writing and wrote more than 20 novels, 500 short stories and more than 500 poems and lot of essays on different topics. Prince Edward Island was most favourite place, she set her most of the stories around it. She was died in 1942. Her memorable works - Anne of Green Gables, Anne of Avonlea, Anne's House of Dreams, The Blue Castle, Emily of New Moon, The Golden Road, Rainbow Valley, Ultimate Collection, The Greatest Christmas Stories of All Times etc.
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