Following her father’s death, the newly orphaned Emily Starr is quickly uprooted and sent to live with her aunts and cousins on Prince Edward Island. After an initial culture shock, Emily reevaluates the situation and attempts to make the most of her new surroundings. When Emily Starr’s father dies from tuberculosis, she moves to New Moon Farm to stay with relatives. It’s a jarring change of pace and scenery that pits Emily against her strict aunt Elizabeth and new classmates. Despite the circumstance, she forges friendships with local children: Teddy Kent, Ilse Burnley and Perry Miller. They each have distinct personalities and gifts that make Emily’s stay more enjoyable. Together, they engage in various adventures, while navigating their respective home lives. Following Anne of Green Gables, Emily of New Moon is the first entry in L.M. Montgomery’s novel series featuring Emily Starr. It offers a more authentic look at orphan life in early twentieth century Canada. Emily is a wonderful addition to Montgomery’s enduring legacy of vibrant female characters. With an eye-catching new cover, and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Emily of New Moon is both modern and readable.
Along with Emily Climbs and Emily’s Quest, Emily of New Moon insightfully portrays the beauty and anguish of growing up. From the Paperback edition.
Differentiated book- It has a historical context with research of the time-Emily of New Moon by Lucy Maud Montgomery.The purpose of realizing this historical context is to approach the understanding of a historical epoch from the elements ...
Lucy Maud Montgomery drew heavily on her own experiences as a struggling writer in the "Emily" series; the story has some real bite, along with the author and s characteristic humor and gentle wisdom (character of Dean was inspired by her ...
In 1908, Montgomery published her first book, Anne of Green Gables upon which it became an immediate success. She then followed this with a series of sequels with Anne as the central character.
David Day's warm, witty and brilliantly insightful guide--beautifully designed and stunningly illustrated throughout in full colour--will make you marvel at the book as never before.
Montgomery, tired of writing the Anne series, created a new heroine[1] named Emily. At the same time as writing, Montgomery was also copying her journal from her early years. The biographical elements heavily influenced the Emily trilogy.
Amazingly, Emily finds New Moon beautiful and fascinating. With new friends and adventures, Emily might someday think of herself as Emily of New Moon.
Emily Starr and Teddy Kent have been friends since childhood, and as Teddy is about to leave to further his education as an artist, Emily believes that their friendship is blossoming into something more.
Montgomery considered Emily to be a character much closer to her own personality than Anne, and some of the events which occur in the Emily series happened to Montgomery herself.
Diklaim sebagai novel semi-autobiografi, Emily adalah tokoh favorit Lucy Maud Montgomery dari semua tokoh gadis-gadis muda penuh impian ciptaannya. [Mizan, Qanita, Novel, Romansa, Dewasa, Indonesia]