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Tag Archives: Emily of New Moon
“I thought girls in their teens might like to read [Anne of Green Gables], that was the only audience I hoped to reach.” — L.M. Montgomery
As with Sylvia Plath, my relationship with Lucy Maud Montgomery has spanned the entirety of my life. It graduated from a childhood voracious yearning to read all the books immediately to a longer period when I “grew out of them”, … Continue reading
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The Books: “Emily of New Moon” (L.M. Montgomery)
Daily Book Excerpt: YA/Children’s books: Emily of New Moon (The Emily Books, Book 1) – by L.M. Montgomery Excerpt 6!! Oh, there’s just too much I want to excerpt. The whole section at Great-aunt Nancy’s – just the description of … Continue reading
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The Books: “Emily of New Moon” (L.M. Montgomery)
Daily Book Excerpt: YA/Children’s books: Emily of New Moon – by L.M. Montgomery Excerpt 5!! Okay, so this entire chapter is hilarious and beautiful – I’ll only excerpt a part of it – but it is Lucy Maud at her … Continue reading
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The Books: “Emily of New Moon” (L.M. Montgomery)
Daily Book Excerpt: YA/Children’s books: Emily of New Moon – by L.M. Montgomery Excerpt 4!! I always loved this particular chapter, for some reason. I wished I could crawl in between the lines of the page and join Emily, Ilse, … Continue reading
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The Books: “Emily of New Moon” (L.M. Montgomery)
Daily Book Excerpt: YA/Children’s books: Emily of New Moon – by L.M. Montgomery Excerpt 3!! I love this little excerpt just because it gives you a sense of the depths within Emily – depths that even she does not know … Continue reading
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The Books: “Emily of New Moon” (L.M. Montgomery)
Daily Book Excerpt: YA/Children’s books: Emily of New Moon – by L.M. Montgomery Excerpt 2!! I just love this part – when Emily first goes to New Moon, after her father’s death. Everything is new and strange, and her grief … Continue reading
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The Books: “Emily of New Moon” (L.M. Montgomery)
Daily Book Excerpt: YA/Children’s books: Emily of New Moon – by L.M. Montgomery I’m almost NERVOUS to start this. I love the Emily books so much. I need to calm down. I have a greater affinity for the Emily books … Continue reading
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Tagged Canada, Emily of New Moon, Emily series, L.M. Montgomery, YA fiction
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Favorite Fictional Characters
A revised list, from a post I did a while back. My favorite characters from fiction. I am limiting my choices to just novels – and leaving out such amazing characters as Hamlet, or Stanley Kowalski. Here is how I … Continue reading
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Tagged A Tale of Two Cities, Alice in Wonderland, Anne of Green Gables, Catch-22, Charlotte's Web, Crime and Punishment, East of Eden, Emily of New Moon, Geek Love, Great Expectations, Huckleberry Finn, Jane Eyre, L.A. Confidential, Little Women, Moby Dick, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Pride and Prejudice, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, The Brothers Karamazov, The Catcher In the Rye, The Passion, The Shipping News, Ulysses
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Re-Reading
So next Tuesday night, if I don’t have rehearsal, I will be at the New York Public Library for the following evening event which sounds faaaaabulous: REREADINGS: Like romantic love, early book-love is ecstatic. As a young reader curls up … Continue reading
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Tagged A Wrinkle in Time, Anne Fadiman, Catch-22, Crime and Punishment, Dubliners, Emily of New Moon, Helter Skelter, Jane Eyre, Lives of the Saints, Mating
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