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callmemadam

L M Montgomery

Jul 28, 2009 10:10

Elaine at Random Jottings has been writing a lot lately about L M Montgomery, author of Anne of Green Gables and many other novels. I’d mislaid a link I used to have to a wonderful site about her work and life; I think it was probably this one. It’s full of stuff. You could waste spend a lot of time browsing here, looking at book covers, LMM’s ( Read more... )

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land_girl July 28 2009, 09:30:37 UTC

I'm not quite sure about the design. I think that in those few lines she has captured how I imagine Anne; however, I always liked Anne as much for the historical context as anything else.

But if it gets children buying and reading her books, then that must be a good thing?

callmemadam July 28 2009, 09:58:10 UTC

Oh, absolutely and I do like Lauren Child's style. There's nothing of the romantic Anne in that picture, though.

scarletts_web July 28 2009, 10:37:19 UTC

I like the new Anne, but not what she's wearing. Your covers are lovely, all of my LM books just have green or blue binding, no pictures. I liked Pat of Silver Bush very much as a child, do you have a picture of that?

callmemadam July 28 2009, 13:43:18 UTC

My LMM books are mostly the old Harrap blue or green covers. I do have Pat of Silverbush. No dustwrapper but it does have a

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ramblingfancy July 28 2009, 17:55:17 UTC

I really don't like the Lauren Child design. Your editions look lovely though especially the Jane of Lantern Hill. I just like classics to look of their period I guess. Certainly as a child "older style" illustrations didn't repel me one bit. Will kids today grow up thinking that illustrations to have "kid-appeal" must be in a cartoony style? Sad if true. Variety in all things!

callmemadam July 28 2009, 18:16:17 UTC

That Jane is exceptional. I bought it on ABE from a dealer in N.Ireland and when it arrived I was astonished. It was printed in the 1940s and it's like a new book. Quite a treasure!
I expect today's children will grow up used to a number of different styles, as we did. Hope so.

_lethe_ July 28 2009, 18:34:41 UTC

Although I love Lauren Child's illustrations in general, Anne is too sweet a girl to look like that.

callmemadam July 28 2009, 20:35:55 UTC

It's the mouth, I think.

L.M. Montgomery's journals anonymous July 28 2009, 19:41:21 UTC

Have you read her journals? Our local library got them all for me and, even edited, they vividly re-create an essentially sad life story. The final one made me cry when I realised how very depressed she became. Sorry, not a very cheerful post, just really wanted to say how much I enjoy your journal - found it when trying to identify the author of Sally's Family.
Best wishes Oddny

Re: L.M. Montgomery's journals callmemadam July 28 2009, 20:35:15 UTC

Hello, welcome and thanks for the kind words.

I've known about the journals for some time but never read them because I knew there was so much sadness in them. I do read sad biographies but perhaps I subconsciously want to keep the fictional magic of PEI and not spoil it for myself.