Table of Contents
Chapter 1 A Bend in the Road 1
Chapter 2 An Early Sorrow 7
Chapter 3 "Very Near to a Kingdom of Ideal Beauty" 23
Chapter 4 The Jolly Years 37
Chapter 5 Room for Dreaming 45
Chapter 6 Count Nine Stars 57
Chapter 7 "Darling Father" and Prince Albert 67
Chapter 8 The Pill inside the Jam 87
Chapter 9 The Happiest Year 93
Chapter 10 Schoolmarm in Bideford 101
Chapter 11 HALIFAX! 115
Chapter 12 Belmont and the Simpsony Simpsons 125
Chapter 13 The Year of Mad Passion 139
Chapter 14 Back in the House of Dreams 157
Chapter 15 The Creation of Anne 175
Chapter 16 "Yes, I Understand the Young Lady Is a Writer" 197
Chapter 17 "Those Whom the Gods Wish to Destroy" 217
Chapter 18 A Changed World 239
Chapter 19 A Woman "They Cannot Bluff, Bully or Cajole" 261
Chapter 20 Dashing over the Traces 275
Chapter 21 Journey's End 299
Epilogue 321
Time Line of L. M. Montgomery's Life 327
Source Notes 333
Bibliography 337
Acknowledgments 339