The Complete Short Story Collections: Chronicles of Avonlea + Further Chronicles of Avonlea + The Road to Yesterday + Uncollected Short Stories (Annotated)
Enriched Edition.By Lucy Maud Montgomery
Length68h 50m
About this audiobook
Gathering Chronicles of Avonlea, Further Chronicles of Avonlea, The Road to Yesterday, and assorted uncollected stories, this volume presents Lucy Maud Montgomery's art of short fiction in its richest communal form. Set largely amid Prince Edward Island villages, these tales combine romance, moral comedy, domestic realism, and lyrical landscape writing. Around Avonlea's familiar fields and parlors, Montgomery crafts narratives of courtship, reconciliation, eccentricity, and quiet spiritual renewal, extending the world associated with Anne Shirley while revealing a broader social imagination. Montgomery, born on Prince Edward Island in 1874, drew deeply on rural memory, orphanhood, teaching, Presbyterian culture, and the emotional disciplines of women's lives. Her experience as a professional writer for magazines helped shape the precision, economy, and satisfying architecture of these stories. Beneath their charm lies a writer attentive to loneliness, class aspiration, generational conflict, and the redemptive power of imagination. This collection is recommended to readers who know Anne of Green Gables as well as those seeking an introduction to Montgomery beyond the novel. It offers a generous portrait of her narrative range: humane, witty, observant, and enduringly consoling.
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
Length68 hrs 50 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateDec 30, 2013
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1The Complete Short Story Collections: Chronicles of Avonlea + Further Chronicles of Avonlea + The Road to Yesterday + Uncollected Short Stories (Annotated)
74Clorinda’s Gifts
2Introduction
75Cyrilla’s Inspiration
3Author Biography
76Dorinda’s Desperate Deed
4Historical Context
77Her Own People
5Synopsis (Selection)
78Ida’s New Year Cake
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6The Complete Short Story Collections: Chronicles of Avonlea + Further Chronicles of Avonlea + Uncollected Short Stories
79In the Old Valley
7CHRONICLES OF AVONLEA
80Jane Lavinia
8Little Joscelyn
81Mackereling Out in the Gulf
9Aunt Olivia’s Beau
82Millicent’s Double
10The Quarantine at Alexander Abraham’s
83The Blue North Room
11Pa Sloane’s Purchase
84The Christmas Surprise at Enderly Road
12The Courting of Prissy Strong
85The Dissipation of Miss Ponsonby
13The Miracle at Carmody
86The Falsoms’ Christmas Dinner
14The End of a Quarrel
87The Fraser Scholarship
15FURTHER CHRONICLES OF AVONLEA
88The Girl at the Gate
16JANE’S BABY
89The Light on the Big Dipper
17THE SON OF HIS MOTHER
90The Prodigal Brother
18THE CONSCIENCE CASE OF DAVID BELL
91The Redemption of John Churchill
19UNCOLLECTED SHORT STORIES
92The Schoolmaster’s Letters
20A Christmas Inspiration
93The Story of Uncle Dick
21A Christmas Mistake
94The Understanding of Sister Sara
22Miriam’s Lover
95The Unforgotten One
23Miss Calista’s Peppermint Bottle
96The Wooing of Bessy
24The Jest That Failed
97Their Girl Josie
25The Penningtons’ Girl
98When Jack and Jill Took a Hand
26The Red Room
99A Millionaire’s Proposal
27The Setness of Theodosia
100A Substitute Journalist
28The Story of an Invitation
101Anna’s Love Letters
29The Touch of Fate
102Aunt Caroline’s Silk Dress
30The Waking of Helen (pt. 1)
103Aunt Susanna’s Thanksgiving Dinner.
31The Waking of Helen (pt. 2)
104By Grace of Julius Caesar
32Aunt Cyrilla’s Christmas Basket
105By the Rule of Contrary
33Davenport’s Story
106Fair Exchange and No Robbery
34Emily’s Husband
107Four Winds
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108Marcella’s Reward
36Miss Cordelia’s Accommodation
109Margaret’s Patient
37Ned’s Stroke of Business
110Matthew Insists on Puffed Sleeves
38Our Runaway Kite
111Missy’s Room
39The Bride Roses
112Ted’s Afternoon Off
40The Josephs’ Christmas
113The Doctor’s Sweetheart
41The Magical Bond of the Sea
114The End of the Young Family Feud
42The Martyrdom of Estella
115The Genesis of the Doughnut Club
43The Old Chest at Wyther Grange
116The Girl Who Drove the Cows
44The Osbornes’ Christmas
117The Growing Up of Cornelia
45The Romance of Aunt Beatrice
118The Old Fellow’s Letter
46The Running Away of Chester
119The Parting of The Ways
47The Strike at Putney
120The Promissory Note
48The Unhappiness of Miss Farquhar
121The Revolt of Mary Isabel
49Why Mr. Cropper Changed His Mind
122The Twins and a Wedding
50A Fortunate Mistake
123A Golden Wedding
51An Unpremeditated Ceremony
124A Redeeming Sacrifice
52At the Bay Shore Farm
125A Soul That Was Not at Home
53Elizabeth’s Child
126Abel and His Great Adventure
54Freda’s Adopted Grave
127Akin To Love
55How Don Was Saved
128Aunt Philippa and the Men
56Miss Madeline’s Proposal
129Bessie’s Doll
57Miss Sally’s Company
130Charlotte’s Ladies
58Mrs. March’s Revenge
131Christmas at Red Butte
59Nan
132How We Went to the Wedding
60Natty of Blue Point
133Jessamine
61Penelope’s Party Waist
134Miss Sally’s Letter
62The Girl and The Wild Race
135My Lady Jane
63The Promise of Lucy Ellen
136Robert Turner’s Revenge
64The Pursuit of the Ideal
137The Fillmore Elderberries
65The Softening of Miss Cynthia
138The Finished Story
66Them Notorious Pigs
139The Garden of Spices
67Why Not Ask Miss Price?
140The Girl and the Photograph
68A Correspondence and A Climax
141The Gossip of Valley View
69An Adventure on Island Rock
142The Romance of Jedediah
70At Five O’Clock in the Morning
143Analysis
71Aunt Susanna’s Birthday Celebration
144Reflection
72Bertie’s New Year
145Memorable Quotes
73Between the Hill and the Valley
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