Chronicles of Avonlea: A Collection of Short Stories by L. M. Montgomery, Related to the Anne of Green Gables and...
- ISBN-10
- ISBN-13
- 9798617248878
- Series
- Chronicles of Avonlea
- Pages
- 140
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2020-02-23
- Author
- Lucy Maud Montgomery
Description
Chronicles of Avonlea is a collection of short stories by L. M. Montgomery, related to the Anne of Green Gables series. It features an abundance of stories relating to the fictional Canadian village of Avonlea, and was first published in 1912. Sometimes marketed as a book in the Anne Shirley series, Anne plays only a minor role in the book: out of the 12 stories in the collection, she stars in only one ("The Hurrying of Ludovic"), and has a small supporting role in another ("The Courting of Prissy Strong"). She is otherwise only briefly mentioned in passing in five other stories: "Each in His Own Tongue", '"Little Joscelyn"', "The Winning of Lucinda", '"Quarantine at Alexander Abraham's" and "The End of a Quarrel". Other Avonlea residents from the Anne series are also referenced in passing, including Marilla Cuthbert and Mrs. Rachel Lynde. As well, there are brief appearances made by Diana Barry, the Reverend Mr. Allan, and his wife. Alice Penhallow from "The Winning of Lucinda" would be mentioned later in Anne of the Island; in fact, the wedding of Alice Penhallow that Anne mentions she will be attending in chapter XLI of Anne of the Island is the setting for the story "The Winning of Lucinda". The Penhallow family are also the central characters of Montgomery's later novel A Tangled Web, though these Penhallows would appear to be a different branch of the family. The majority of stories, though, are about residents of Avonlea (and surrounding towns) who are never mentioned in the Anne novels. One reason for this is that most of the short stories in this volume were written and published by Montgomery in various magazines before Anne of Green Gables was even conceived. With the great success of Anne of Green Gables in 1908 and the sequel Anne of Avonlea in 1909, Montgomery was under pressure from her publisher to deliver more stories about Anne. Accordingly, she reworked the settings of several previously published non-Avonlea stories to incorporate references to Avonlea, as well as inserting several references to Anne Shirley and some of the town's other characters. The whole was then marketed as a new companion book to the Anne series. "The Hurrying of Ludovic" Anne Shirley is behind Ludovic Speed's proposal to Theodora Dix after their very long courtship. "Old Lady Lloyd" Old Lady Lloyd, thought to be very rich, encounters the daughter of her former beau and tries to help her. "Each in His Own Tongue" Reverend Stephen Leonard attempts to stifle his son Felix's gifted violin-playing, which he sees as unholy. "Little Joscelyn" Aunty Nan hears of Joscelyn Burnett's return to Prince Edward Island and greatly desires to hear her old friend sing. "The Winning of Lucinda" Lucinda and Romney Penhallow's longtime feud is resolved. "Old Man Shaw's Girl" Mrs Peter Blewett attempts to destroy Old Man Shaw's hopes regarding the return of his beloved daughter Sara ("Blossom"). "Aunt Olivia's Beau" Olivia Sterling is courted by Malcolm McPherson. "Quarantine at Alexander Abraham's" Severe man-hater Angelina "Peter" MacPherson is quarantined for smallpox with Alexander Abraham Bennett, a misogynist who has not allowed a woman in his house
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