"The Blue Castle" by L. M. Montgomery is a story set in the early 1900s about Valancy Stirling, a woman approaching thirty who's stuck in a joyless life. Trapped by her family's indifference and longing for a love she’s never known, the story starts with Valancy on a gloomy morning as she thinks about her birthday and her empty life. As she looks back, we learn about her sadness and the dream of an ideal life she calls her "Blue Castle," finding herself crushed by her family and viewed as an unmarriageable woman. She looks at her situation with both humor and heartbreak, the tale sets the stage for a journey of finding herself and fighting back against her family's control.
The Blue Castle: a novel
By L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery
A woman decides to shake off her dreary existence and pursue a life filled with love and freedom after a life-changing revelation.
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About the AuthorLucy Maud Montgomery, published as L. M. Montgomery, was a Canadian author best known for a collection of novels, essays, short stories, and poetry beginning in 1908 with Anne of Green Gables. She published 20 novels as well as 530 short stories, 500 poems, and 30 essays. Anne of Green Gables was an immediate success; the title character, orphan Anne Shirley, made Montgomery famous in her lifetime and gave her an international following. Most of the novels were set on Prince Edward Islandand those locations within Canada's smallest province became a literary landmark and popular tourist site—namely Green Gables farm, the genesis of Prince Edward Island National Park.
Lucy Maud Montgomery, published as L. M. Montgomery, was a Canadian author best known for a collection of novels, essays, short stories, and poetry beginning in 1908 with Anne of Green Gables. She published 20 novels as well as 530 short stories, 500 poems, and 30 essays. Anne of Green Gables was an immediate success; the title character, orphan Anne Shirley, made Montgomery famous in her lifetime and gave her an international following. Most of the novels were set on Prince Edward Islandand those locations within Canada's smallest province became a literary landmark and popular tourist site—namely Green Gables farm, the genesis of Prince Edward Island National Park.
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