After Many Years
Twenty-one "Long-Lost" Stories
Published on 29. October 2020
312 pages
978-1-77108-432-1 (ISBN)
Description
This volume collects 21 long-lost stories by the author of
Anne of Green Gableswritten across 40 years-with a forward by the author's granddaughter.
Although best known for creating the spirited Anne Shirley, L. M. Montgomery had a thriving writing career that included several novels and more than five hundred poems and short stories. After Many Yearsbrings together rare pieces originally published between 1900 and 1939 that haven't been in print since their initial periodicals.
Editors Carolyn Storm Collins and Christy Woster curated this collection of newly discovered stories full of the charm, humor and warmth that make Montgomery's novels such beloved classics. With scholarly prefaces and notes for each piece, the book offers readers a rare glimpse into how Montgomery's writing developed over the course of her career.
Although best known for creating the spirited Anne Shirley, L. M. Montgomery had a thriving writing career that included several novels and more than five hundred poems and short stories. After Many Yearsbrings together rare pieces originally published between 1900 and 1939 that haven't been in print since their initial periodicals.
Editors Carolyn Storm Collins and Christy Woster curated this collection of newly discovered stories full of the charm, humor and warmth that make Montgomery's novels such beloved classics. With scholarly prefaces and notes for each piece, the book offers readers a rare glimpse into how Montgomery's writing developed over the course of her career.
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After Many Years
Twenty-One "Long-Lost" Stories by L. M. Montgomery
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Lucy Maud (L. M.) Montgomery (1874-1942) was a Canadian author best known for her popular Anne of Green Gables series, the first book of which was originally published in 1908. The PEI-born author studied literature at Dalhousie University in Halifax, and went on to publish twenty novels and hundreds of short stories and poems. Montgomery's work has inspired movies, television shows, musicals, plays, and continues to draw countless visitors to Prince Edward Island each year.Carolyn Strom Collins is the author of The Anne of Green Gables Treasury and other "Anne" companion books; she has also published companion books on Little Women and The Secret Garden. Carolyn helped found The Friends of the L. M. Montgomery Institute at UPEI as well as the L. M. Montgomery Literary Society.Christy Woster collected L. M. Montgomery materials for fifty years until her death in 2016. In addition to co-editing this volume of stories, many of which she discovered, Christy also provided hundreds of new citations to the updated Annotated Bibliography of L. M. Montgomery's Stories and Poems. She was a charter board member of The Friends of the L. M. Montgomery Institute and the L. M. Montgomery Literary Society.
Content
- Intro
- Praise For: After Many Years
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Preface
- Foreword
- The Chivers Light (1900/1924)
- Elvie's Necklace (1906)
- What Happened at Brixley's (1906)
- Janie's Bouquet (1907)
- Jean's Birthday Party (1907)
- Maggie's Kitten (1907)
- The Old Homestead (1907)
- The Pineapple Apron (1908)
- How Bobby Got to the Picnic (1909)
- Peter of the Lane (1909)
- For the Good of Anthony (1910)
- Our Neighbours at the Tansy Patch (1918)
- The Matchmaker (1919)
- The Bloom of May (1921)
- Hill o' the Winds (1923)
- Jim's House (1926)
- The Mirror (1931)
- Tomorrow Comes (1934)
- The Use of Her Legs (1936)
- Janet's Rebellion (1938)
- More Blessed to Give (1939)
- Resources
- Editor Biographies
- Acknowledgements
