Lucy Maud Montgomery

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Inspiring Montgomery

All her life, Lucy Maud Montgomery felt a deep connection to Prince Edward Island's landscapes, people, and places

"Montgomery grew up immersed in Cavendish community life and proud of family and Island traditions. She loved the natural beauty of the woods, fields, and shores.

Through her vivid imagination, Montgomery transformed the reality she knew into rich fictional worlds.

Explore how this special place helped to inspire

Anne of Green Gables, and experience the beauty of Montgomery's Cavendish first-hand.

The Early Years (1874-1892)

L. M. Montgomery is 21 months old when her mother dies. Her father moves to Western Canada and her Macneill grandparents raise her in their Cavendish home.

Montgomery's literary gifts emerge early on. She reads and rereads every poem, magazine, and book she can find. She covers every available writing surface with stories and verse.

She publishes her first poem and essays at 15, while spending a year with her father in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. Homesick for the Island, she returns and continues her studies.

Education and Aspirations (1893-1898)

Highly intelligent and hardworking, Montgomery finishes a two-year teaching program in just one year at Prince of Wales College in Charlottetown. She later studies literature and a selection of other courses at Dalhousie University in Halifax. Back in Prince Edward Island, Montgomery juggles a demanding schedule as a teacher, maintains a busy social calendar, and still works hard to grow and improve as a writer.

When her grandfather dies,

Montgomery returns to Cavendish to care for her grandmother.

Building a Career (1899-1910)

While helping her aging grandmother run the post office in the Macneill kitchen, Montgomery continues to develop her writing.

Lonely and sometimes dispirited, she corresponds with other writers, cultivating a supportive network of literary friends and colleagues.

In charge of the mailbag, she discreetly sends out submissions, and hundreds of her short stories and poems are published in Canada and the United States.

In 1908, after several rejections, Anne of Green Gables, her first novel, is published to wide acclaim and becomes an instant bestseller.

Life's Challenges (1911-1925)

After the death of her grandmother, Montgomery marries the Reverend Ewan Macdonald, a Presbyterian minister to whom she had been secretly engaged for five years. They move to Leaskdale, Ontario, north of Toronto. She glories in mothering her two sons and continues to write.

Deeply affected by the First World War, Montgomery also suffers a series of personal tragedies, including a stillborn child, the death of her best friend Frede, and her husband's struggles with mental illness. While battling two court cases and fulfilling her roles as a minister's wife and mother, Montgomery continues to satisfy her publisher's demands, writing novel after bestselling novel.

Tumultuous Times (1926-1934)

Montgomery's fame grows. She wins a major copyright lawsuit, and continues to write and publish.

The family moves to Norval, Ontario, on the outskirts of Toronto.

Her husband's recurrent bouts of paralyzing "religious melancholia" also strain Montgomery's health. The pressure to keep his mental illness hidden adds to worries about her children and finances. She returns to Prince Edward Island for holidays and visits Green Gables and Cavendish every chance she gets. These visits, along with her writing, give her solace.

Journey's End (1935-1942)

Montgomery and family move to a new home in Toronto that she names

"Journey's End." Despite deteriorating physical and mental health, horror at another world war, and grief over family matters, she continues to write until her untimely death, at home, at age 67. Her final manuscript,

The Blythes Are Quoted, is delivered to her publisher on the day she dies.

Montgomery's body lies in state at Green Gables; she is laid to rest in Cavendish Cemetery, surrounded by her favourite places.

Early Determination

From a very early age, Montgomery had the dream and drive to become a writer.

At nine years old, she was already devouring every story she could get her hands on, keeping journals, and composing poetry. Books were scarce in her grandparents* home, but she still sought out novels, magazines, sermons, and poems.

Her family included many gifted storytellers, whose tales helped Montgomery develop her own voice. What she read, heard, and experienced influenced her writing, which quickly shifted from a passionate hobby to a career ambition.

"I believed in myself and I struggled on alone, in secrecy and silence. I never told my ambitions and efforts and failures to

any one. »

(The Alpine Path, Chapter 6)

Driven from Within

Montgomery built a successful writing career long before the publication of Anne of Green Gables.

Early on, she had little external support for her writing; her own passion and dedication kept her going.

She always made time to write. As a teacher, she rose early, often writing for hours before heading into the classroom.

Montgomery kept her literary hopes to herself. Working in the Macneill kitchen post office gave her the opportunity to mail her writing to publishers in secret.

She was not easily discouraged. When a publisher rejected a submission, she'd send it out again and again to others. That determination paid off. Her poems and stories appeared in magazines and newspapers across Canada and the United States. Over the years, she grew more confident as a writer, and developed her skills as a businesswoman, managing her career.

"Tears of disappointment would come in spite of myself, as I crept away to hide the poor, crimpled manuscript in the depths of my trunk. But after a while I got hardened to it and did not mind. I only set my teeth and said 'I will succeed."

(The Alpine Path, Chapter 6)

A corner of Montgomery's

"dear den," her bedroom in her

Macneill grandparents' home, c. 1900.

LM Montgomery Collection, Archival and Special

Collections, McLaughlin Library, University of Guelph

An Enduring Story

Much has changed since Montgomery's time, but Anne of Green Gables continues to charm and inspire new generations the world over.

Those who grew up with the story share it with their children and grandchildren, building family traditions around this beloved tale. The book, which has never gone out of print, remains a staple of book clubs and reading groups. Screen and stage adaptations keep drawing in new fans. Many people travel to Green Gables Heritage Place from far and wide to strengthen their connection to the rich fictional world Montgomery so lovingly crafted.

《绿山墙的安妮》先后被译成五十多种文字，在全世界广泛流传，是一部世界公认的文学经典佳作，连暮年的马克·吐温也称安妮是除爱丽丝外最令自己感动和喜爱的儿童形象。

蒙哥马力的这部小说，不仅影响一代又一代人的成长历程，且每年都有数以万计的外国游客慕名前往加拿大爱德华王子岛探访安妮的足迹，我便是其中之一。