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Tag Archives: L.M. Montgomery
“Tennyson’s rank is too well fixed and we love him too much.” — Oscar Wilde
He was not only a minor Virgil, he is also with Virgil as Dante saw him, a Virgil among the Shades, the saddest of all English poets. – T.S. Eliot It’s Alfred, Lord Tennyson’s birthday, born on August 6, 1809. … Continue reading
Posted in Books, James Joyce, On This Day, writers
Tagged A.S. Byatt, Camille Paglia, Dorothy Parker, Ellen Terry, England, Ezra Pound, George Orwell, Gerard Manley Hopkins, Harold Bloom, Ireland, Jeanette Winterson, L.M. Montgomery, Lord Tennyson, Matthew Arnold, Michael Schmidt, Oscar Wilde, Philip Larkin, poetry, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Ralph Waldo Emerson, T.S. Eliot, Thomas Hardy, W.H. Auden
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Happy Birthday, Emily Brontë: “a solitude-loving raven, no gentle dove”
“My sister Emily loved the moors. Flowers brighter than the rose bloomed in the blackest of the heath for her; — out of a sullen hollow in a livid hill-side, her mind could make an Eden. She found in the … Continue reading
March 2025 Snapshots
Mitchell’s change purse Our new normal. The water jug is the third in our polyamorous relationship. Frankie likes it to be there so he can push back against it, or wrap himself around it. If the water jug isn’t there, … Continue reading
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Tagged Dubravka Ugrešić, family, friends, John Keats, L.M. Montgomery, snapshots
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The Books: The Years Before “Anne”: The Early Career of Lucy Maud Montgomery, by Francis W. P. Bolger
Daily Book Excerpt: Memoirs: Next book on the Memoir/Letters/Journals shelf is The Years Before Anne, by Francis W.P. Bolger Francis W.P. Bolger has put together a wonderful mini-biography of the life of Lucy Maud Montgomery up until the publication of … Continue reading
The Books: My Dear Mr. M: Letters to G.B. MacMillan, by L.M. Montgomery
Daily Book Excerpt: Memoirs: Next book on the Memoir/Letters/Journals shelf is My Dear Mr. M:, by L.M. Montgomery A fascinating small volume, My Dear Mr. M. is the 39-year correspondence between Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery, and an aspiring writer … Continue reading
The Books: The Alpine Path, by L.M. Montgomery
Daily Book Excerpt: Memoirs: Next book on the Memoir/Letters/Journals shelf is The Alpine Path: The Story of My Career, by L.M. Montgomery The “Alpine Path” is how Lucy Maud Montgomery always referred to her road to success as a writer, … Continue reading
The Books: The Selected Journals of L. M. Montgomery: Volume V: 1935-1942
Daily Book Excerpt: Memoirs: Next book on the Memoir/Letters/Journals shelf is The Selected Journals of L. M. Montgomery: Volume V: 1935-1942 Here, sadly, is the final volume of Lucy Maud Montgomery’s journals. There are times when they are nearly unreadable. … Continue reading
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Tagged Canada, L.M. Montgomery, Memoirs, The Selected Journals of L.M. Montgomery
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The Books: The Selected Journals of L.M. Montgomery: Volume IV: 1929-1935
Daily Book Excerpt: Memoirs: Next book on the Memoir/Letters/Journals shelf is The Selected Journals of L.M. Montgomery: Volume IV: 1929-1935 Busy difficult years for Lucy Maud Montgomery. She starts to become obsessed with her sleep, and every entry starts with … Continue reading
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Tagged Canada, L.M. Montgomery, Memoirs, The Selected Journals of L.M. Montgomery
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