#lm montgomery

[the-moral-of-the-rose]

Rilla of Ingleside created a new timeline...

Anne's House of Dreams mentioned a historical event - a federal election: “Mistress Blythe, the Liberals are in with a sweeping majority. After eighteen years of Tory mismanagement this down-trodden country is going to have a chance at last.” (AHoD).

From Wikipedia: "The 1896 Canadian federal election was held on June 23, 1896, to elect members of the House of Commons of Canada of the 8th Parliament of Canada. Though the Conservative Party, led by Prime Minister Charles Tupper, won a plurality of the popular vote, the Liberal Party, led by Wilfrid Laurier, won the majority of seats to form the next government. The election ended 18 years of Conservative rule."

It wouldn't be surprsing, but... it was also the year in which Jem Blythe was born! The election took place few weeks after his birth: "When Anne came downstairs again, the Island, as well as all Canada, was in the throes of a campaign preceding a general election." (AHoD).

So... according to this timeline, Walter was born a year later (1897), then the twins (1899), Shirley (1901) and Rilla (1903).

The point is... at the outbreak of the war, Walter would have been only 17 years old, the twins 15, Shirley 13, Rilla 11...

Shirley would have been too young to participate in the war and Walter would have barely turned nineteen at the time of the Battle of Flers-Courcelette in September of 1916...

Someone in one of my older posts noticed that puff sleeves fashion suggested that Anne of Green Gables took place in 1880s rather than 1870s... so it would make sense!

I wonder why Montgomery chose Rilla as her teenage heroine (according to the original chronology, Rilla should have been only 11 years old), while there were 15-year-old twins...

Can you imagine Nan and Di as the main characters of the war book? Two young girls at Queen's, trying to come to terms with rapidly changing world? Rilla and Shirley at Ingleside, growing closer in such trying times? Teenage boys - Jem and Walter - who had to choose if they wanted to sacrifice their life at even younger age - at eighteen? Walter, never reaching the age of twenty (or maybe - dare I hope - coming back home safely)? Anne and Gilbert in their 40s, trying to collect all the broken pieces that was once their family?

It would have been equally good, in my opinion. I wonder... why Montgomery felt she had to suddenly change a whole chronology?

Side note: of course, I love Rilla of Ingleside. But I am just curious... (Nan and Di of Ingleside would be a good book, too!).

@diario-de-gilbert-blythe @gogandmagog @pinkenamelheart @valancystirling48

#lm montgomery #anne of green gables #anne's house of dreams #rilla of ingleside

[arizonapoppy]

fake fic title: Three's a Crowd

So I went a little overboard on this:

Three’s a Crowd:

Jane Andrews is traveling on the new trans-Canadian railroad that was just completed to her next teaching assignment. Her elderly chaperone, Mrs. Alexander, is a battleaxe of immovable respectability.

Upon boarding the train, their reserved compartment is occupied by a most vexing man in a battered hat and frayed cuffs who insists it is his compartment. Mrs Alexander says he should buy another ticket or sit in the smoking car. Neither will budge, and they are forced into a stalemate of sharing space for the long journey.

He accompanies them into the stations to eat meals and sits with them making genial conversation. (Mrs Alexander is sure it is to prevent them from barring him from their compartment.)

The Vexing Young Man produces a deck of Happy Families after several hours, inviting Jane to play. She supposes that Rachel Lynde wouldn’t disapprove since it isn’t an actual deck of cards. They pass the time pleasantly as Mrs Alexander snores.

Eventually they reach their destination and part ways. Over the next few weeks, Jane finds life a little flat without her seatmate, whom she learned is a Mr Inglis. As she is wiping the board and tidying slates at the end of the day, she hears a commotion in the entryway.

It is Mr Inglis, who had been searching every schoolhouse in Manitoba (she never said which one). He presents her with a posey of wildflowers and confesses his unwavering respect and devotion, even, dare he say it: love? Will she marry him and join him on his claim?

Jane agrees, but insists she must finish her contract so only after the term is up.

Epilogue: Mrs Alexander eventually discovers his secret. She’s been making polite inquiries after he let it slip he was lately of the Cayoosh District. She is the one who insists that he buy new clothes.

Send me a fake fic ask!

#asks #batrachised #thank you #lm montgomery #anne of the island #jane andrews x mr inglis

[laurenillustrated]

Anne Shirley

#anne shirley #anne shirly cuthbert #anne of green gables #anne of avonlea #lucy maud montgomery #lm montgomery #childrens book illustration #childrens illustration #childrens literature #kids lit art #kids illustration #book illustrations #character illustration #illustrator

[everythinglucymaudmontgomery]

Part 2 of 3. More amazing illustrations by Luisa Uribe. Miss Muriel Stacy!!!!

#lucy maud montgomery #l.m. montgomery #anne shirley #anne of green gables #anne of green gables art #anne with an e #lm montgomery #gilbert blythe #matthew cuthbert #marilla cuthbert #Muriel Stacy

[bobellafofella]

"Birds do not often sing in Semptember, but one sand sweetly from some hidden bough while Gilbert and Anne repeated their deathless vows. Anne heard it and thrilled to it; Gilbert heard it, and wondered only that all the birds in the world had not burst into jubilant song..."

Anne's House of Dreams, L.M. Montgomery

yes, i got a library card at 4am just so that i could read anne and gilbert's wedding. and what.

#proud of this one 😈i spent 4ever getting gilbert's longing in the smooch justtttt right #anne of green gables #anne's house of dreams #lm montgomery #my art #yeah we're out here making anne of green gables fanart in 2023. lets go lets fucking go #also TO BE CLEAR!! this was just a NEW library card bc i RECENTLY MOVED!!! i am not a library non-user i would never

[la-belle-histoire]

Edwardian First Edition Covers of Lucy Maud Montgomery books.

The Story Girl (1911), Anne of Green Gables (1908), Anne of Avonlea (1909), Kilmeny of the Orchard (1910).

#aesthetic #art #art history #historical fashion #historical art #women in art #women #edwardian aesthetic #Edwardian #Edwardian era #lucy maud montgomery #lm montgomery #anne of green gables #prince edward island #anne with an e #books #historical books #book art #Anne Shirley #pei #paintings #victorian #victorian aesthetic #1900s #1910s #book aesthetic #reading

[maud-heroine]

Anne of Avonlea illustrations for a russian edition made by Olga Brezinskaya [x] published in 2022.

#first time seeing davy and dora art i think #and the old man i guess is mr. harrison which you don't see much of either #anne of green gables #art #lm montgomery #anne of avonlea

[llovelymoonn]

on november

nina maclaughlin the paris review: "on the first of november, the ghosts arrive" \\ emily dickinson in a letter to elizabeth holland (early nov, 1865) (via @flowerytale) \\ anna akhmatova rosary \\ philip jenks colony collapse metaphor: "november" \\ robert frost the complete poems: "my november guest" \\ ellis nightingale (@ellisnightingale) \\ @honeytuesday \\ nina maclaughlin the paris review: "the dark feels different in november" \\ l.m. montgomery anne of green gables \\ maggie stiefvater the scorpio races (via @metamorphesque) \\ sylvia plath the unabridged journals of sylvia plath (via @louisegluck)

kofi

#on november #month #months #november #on the months #on months #month series #emily dickinson #elizabeth holland #the paris review #nina maclaughlin #rosary #anna akhmatova #philip jenks #robert frost #the complete poems #ellis nightingale #honeytuesday #lm montgomery #l.m. montgomery #anne of green gables #the scorpio races #maggie stiefvater #sylvia plath

[cottagebff]

“It was November — the month of crimson sunsets, parting birds, deep, sad hymns of the sea, passionate wind-songs in the pines.”

- Anne of Green Gables, Lucy Montgomery

#november #anne of green gables #autumn #lucy montgomery #booklr #anne with an e #book quotes #books to read #fall aesthetic #lm montgomery

[valoftheisland]

Gilbert Blythe being like "guess I'll die" after the girl of his dreams rejects him and then actually almost dying for real is the most iconic thing I've ever seen. Bare minimum if you ask me

#anne of green gables #aogg #shirbert #anne shirley #l m montgomery #anne of the island #lm montgomery #lucy maud montgomery

[silverystardustt]

heart-swelling

#literature #academia #dark academia #poetry #classics #books #university #Europe #cathedral #roskilde #roskilde cathedral #sculpture #light academia #jane austen #reading #dark academia aesthetic #oscar wilde #poems #lm montgomery #regency era #robert frost #donna tartt #louisa may alcott #pride and prejudice #1800s #emma #elizabeth bennet #statue #white marble

[checkoutmybookshelf]

#anne of green gables #anne's house of dreams #lm montgomery #anne shirley #gilbert blythe #anne and gilbert #romance #book quotations #book quotes #books and reading #books & libraries #books and novels #books

[e-louise-bates]

"December ... Days of clear brilliance. Evenings that were like cups of glamor--the purest vintage of winter's wine. Nights with their fire of stars. Cold, exquisite winter sunrises ... Moonlight on birches in a silver thaw ... Great silences, austere and searching."

-LM Montgomery, The Blue Castle

#lm montgomery #the blue castle #december #december quotes

[everythinglucymaudmontgomery]

Part 1 of 3 (because I’m posting on my phone which only allows 10 pictures max).

Like I said in the previous post, this illustrator Luisa Uribe, has the most amazing grasp on expressions! Just look at Anne and Marilla’s faces when confronted by Mrs. Blewitt!

#lucy maud montgomery #l.m. montgomery #anne shirley #anne of green gables #anne of green gables art #lm montgomery #illustrated anne #Rachel Lynde #marilla cuthbert #matthew cuthbert

[whenthegoldrays]

Barney Snaith is now the blueprint

#the blue castle #barney snaith #valarney #pride and prejudice #p&p 2005 #fitzwilliam darcy #anne with an e #gilbert blythe #jane austen #lm montgomery #lucy maud montgomery #elly's posts

[alwayschasingrainbows]

Walter Blythe & Gilbert Blythe

"He patted Walter's head and Walter caught his hand and hugged it. There was no one like Dad in the world." (Anne of Ingleside by L. M. Montgomery).

"People said he had never been the same since his son was killed in the Great War."

"...we have our memories of him and souls cannot die. We can still walk with Walter in the spring."

(The Blythes Are Quoted by L. M. Montgomery)

I look for you in every star.

#lm montgomery #anne of green gables #rilla of ingleside #gilbert blythe #walter blythe #father&son #moodboard