"...and I go from room to room gazing at the sweetness, and the windows are all flung open so as to join the scent within to the scent without; and the servants gradually discover that there is no party, and wonder why the house should be filled with flowers for one woman by herself, and I long more and more for a kindred spirit - it seems so greedy to have so much loveliness to oneself - but kindred spirits are so very, very rare."
Lucy Maud Montgomery was an author from the late 1800s to the early 1900s who wrote wonderful, funny, exciting, sad, happy books. Her most famous book is Anne of Green Gables, which has 7 sequels. Anne of Green Gables is about a red-headed orphan who is adopted by a brother and sister. As she grows up, she makes friends through her charming personality and her sense of humor. She meets "kindred spirits" - people who are soulmates, that you feel like you've known forever. The book is beautifully written and also has a sense of humor, just like the sequels!
L.M. Montgomery also wrote the Emily series (Emily Starr is another orphan who goes to live with her two aunts at New Moon. These books are based on Maud's life), the Pat series (Pat is a charming girl who loves her home more than anything else) and many other books like The Story Girl, The Golden Road, The Blue Castle, and Jane of Lantern Hill.
L. M. Montgomery's (or Maud, as she liked to be called) books' popularity soared in the last few decades or so after the making of two movies, Sullivan's Anne of Green Gables and Anne of Avonlea, starring Megan Follows. There is also a hit show starring Sarah Polley called Road to Avonlea which is based on The Story Girl and The Golden Road.
Green Gables (photo by Jean)
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