#(because the author has unknowingly positioned the ending right in the middle of WW2)

[marietheran]

No, you don't get it: the most tragic thing to ever happen in any of Lucy Maud Montgomery's books is that Anne would have been around 90 by the time The Lord of the Rings was published - and she would have loved it so...

And she absolutely did live to read it (look, I get to make the rules; it's canon from now on) but imagine her having access to it as a teen! Then, she definitely wasn't there to read The Silmarillion and these books were just written for her, you know...

(sad noises)

#Now that you think about it Anne was born *far* earlier than you'd think #like apparently in 1865 #(oh wait #that's nearly the same year as Laura Ingalls but the lives were so different) #(anyway the wild west was in full swing) #but then LMM's books all have this timeless quality #Anne of Green Gables (1870s) or Emily of Silver Bush (1990s) and Pat of Silver Bush/Mistress Pat(1920s-30s) feel quite similar #and the only things to place the various series on a timeline (aside from a few mentions of technology/fashions) are references to WW1 #(aside from Rilla of Ingleside rather offhand ones) #. #(having mentioned the Pat duology in the same sentence as the word “timeline” #(i can't not reference) #(the fact that the second book starts around the time it was published and takes place during 11 years) #(yes - 11!) #(which does pose a danger) #(because the author has unknowingly positioned the ending right in the middle of WW2) #original post #anne of green gables #lucy maud montgomery #theory of literature #tt