The Collected Works of Lucy Maud Montgomery (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. 20 Novels, 170+ Short Stories, Poems, Letters, and Memoirs, Including the Complete Anne Shirley Series, Chronicles of Avonlea, and the Emily Starr TrilogyBy Lucy Maud Montgomery
Length278h 3m
About this audiobook
The Collected Works of Lucy Maud Montgomery gathers the fiction through which Montgomery transformed the landscapes of Prince Edward Island into enduring literary territory. From Anne Shirley's imaginative self-fashioning to the emotional intricacies of Emily, the Story Girl, and the Avonlea tales, these works combine domestic realism, romantic comedy, pastoral description, and moral Bildungsroman. Written within the context of late Victorian and Edwardian popular fiction, they nevertheless display a subtle artistry: lyric attention to place, comic dialogue, psychological nuance, and a persistent interest in female creativity and social constraint. Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874–1942), raised largely by grandparents in Cavendish, Prince Edward Island, drew deeply upon rural community life, Presbyterian culture, teaching, journalism, and her own disciplined apprenticeship as a writer. Her diaries reveal ambition, melancholy, wit, and a lifelong negotiation between public success and private difficulty—tensions that illuminate her heroines' hunger for beauty, recognition, and belonging. This collection is recommended to readers seeking more than nostalgic children's literature. It offers a major Canadian writer's sustained meditation on imagination, girlhood, memory, and place, rewarding both first-time readers and scholars of women's writing.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- A comprehensive Introduction outlines these selected works' unifying features, themes, or stylistic evolutions.
- The Author Biography highlights personal milestones and literary influences that shape the entire body of writing.
- A Historical Context section situates the works in their broader era—social currents, cultural trends, and key events that underpin their creation.
- A concise Synopsis (Selection) offers an accessible overview of the included texts, helping readers navigate plotlines and main ideas without revealing critical twists.
- A unified Analysis examines recurring motifs and stylistic hallmarks across the collection, tying the stories together while spotlighting the different work's strengths.
- Reflection questions inspire deeper contemplation of the author's overarching message, inviting readers to draw connections among different texts and relate them to modern contexts.
- Lastly, our hand‐picked Memorable Quotes distill pivotal lines and turning points, serving as touchstones for the collection's central themes.
Audiobook details
GenreLiterary Classics
Length278 hrs 3 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateMay 21, 2016
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1The Collected Works of Lucy Maud Montgomery (Annotated)
26ANNE’S HOUSE OF DREAMS (pt. 3)
2Introduction
27ANNE’S HOUSE OF DREAMS (pt. 4)
3Author Biography
28ANNE OF INGLESIDE (pt. 1)
4Historical Context
29ANNE OF INGLESIDE (pt. 2)
5Synopsis (Selection)
30ANNE OF INGLESIDE (pt. 3)
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6Anne of Green Gables Series
31ANNE OF INGLESIDE (pt. 4)
7ANNE OF GREEN GABLES (pt. 1)
32ANNE OF INGLESIDE (pt. 5)
8ANNE OF GREEN GABLES (pt. 2)
33RAINBOW VALLEY (pt. 1)
9ANNE OF GREEN GABLES (pt. 3)
34RAINBOW VALLEY (pt. 2)
10ANNE OF GREEN GABLES (pt. 4)
35RAINBOW VALLEY (pt. 3)
11ANNE OF GREEN GABLES (pt. 5)
36RAINBOW VALLEY (pt. 4)
12ANNE OF AVONLEA (pt. 1)
37RILLA OF INGLESIDE (pt. 1)
13ANNE OF AVONLEA (pt. 2)
38RILLA OF INGLESIDE (pt. 2)
14ANNE OF AVONLEA (pt. 3)
39RILLA OF INGLESIDE (pt. 3)
15ANNE OF AVONLEA (pt. 4)
40RILLA OF INGLESIDE (pt. 4)
16ANNE OF THE ISLAND (pt. 1)
41RILLA OF INGLESIDE (pt. 5)
17ANNE OF THE ISLAND (pt. 2)
42Emily Starr Trilogy
18ANNE OF THE ISLAND (pt. 3)
43EMILY OF NEW MOON (pt. 1)
19ANNE OF THE ISLAND (pt. 4)
44EMILY OF NEW MOON (pt. 2)
20ANNE OF WINDY POPLARS (pt. 1)
45EMILY OF NEW MOON (pt. 3)
21ANNE OF WINDY POPLARS (pt. 2)
46EMILY OF NEW MOON (pt. 4)
22ANNE OF WINDY POPLARS (pt. 3)
47EMILY OF NEW MOON (pt. 5)
23ANNE OF WINDY POPLARS (pt. 4)
48EMILY OF NEW MOON (pt. 6)
24ANNE’S HOUSE OF DREAMS (pt. 1)
49EMILY CLIMBS (pt. 1)
25ANNE’S HOUSE OF DREAMS (pt. 2)
50EMILY CLIMBS (pt. 2)
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