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Life & Works of L.M. Montgomery:
Creator of Anne of Green Gables
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by Joanne Trask, Librarian
Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874-1942) was raised by maternal grandparents in the small village of Cavendish on Canada’s Prince Edward Island. Her fond memories of growing up in Cavendish inspired her to create one of the world’s most lovable characters, Anne Shirley. Anne is better known as “Anne of Green Gables” the spunky red-haired heroine of eight novels created by Montgomery. By the time of the 100th anniversary of the original book’s publication, it had been translated into 36 languages and had sold over 50 million copies. The story has been dramatized on stage, screen and television since 1919, with new productions released in 2008.
In addition the 8 “Anne” books, Montgomery has published 12 other novels and over 500 short stories and an equal number of poems.
Although she is best known as an author, Montgomery spent time as a journalist, a church organist and a photographer.
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Highlights of Life of L.M. Montgomery
Novels
1908 Anne of Green Gables
1909 Anne of Avonlea
1911 The Story Girl
1913 The Golden Road
1915 Anne of the Island
1919 Rainbow Valley
1920 Rilla of Ingleside
1923 Emily of New Moon
1925 Emily Climbs
1926 The Blue Castle
1927 Emily's Quest
1929 Magic for Marigold
1931 A Tangled Web
1933 Pat of Silver Bush
1935 Mistress Pat
1937 Jane of Lantern Hill
1939 Anne of Ingleside
Short Story Collections
1920 Further Chronicles of Avonlea
1988 Akin to Anne: Tales of Other Orphans
1989 Along the Shore: Tales by the Sea
1990 Among the Shadows: Tales from the Darker Side
1991 After Many Days: Tales of Time Passed
1993 Against the Odds: Tales of Achievement
1994 At the Altar: Matrimonial Tales
1995 Across the Miles: Tales of Correspondence
1995 Christmas with Anne and Other Holiday Stories
Poetry
1916 The Watchman and Other Poems
1987 The Poetry of Lucy Maud Montgomery
Journals
1985 The Selected Journals of L.M. Montgomery Volume I: 1889-1910
1987 The Selected Journals of L.M. Montgomery Volume II: 1910-1921
1992 The Selected Journals of L.M. Montgomery Volume III:1921-1929
1998 The Selected Journals of L.M. Montgomery Volume IV:1929-1935
Soon The Selected Journals of L.M. Montgomery Volume V:1935-1942
Letters
1960 The Green Gables Letters: from L.M. Montgomery Ephraim Weber, 1905-1909
1990 My Dear Mr. M: Letters to G.B. MacMillan from L.M. Montgomery
2006 After Green Gables: L.M. Montgomerys Letters to Ephraim Weber, 1916-1941
Essays
Lyrics
Autobiography
1917 The Alpine Path: The Story of My Career
LM Montgomery’s Works on Stage and Film
Anne of Green Gables (1919) — motion picture (this film no longer exists)
Anne of Green Gables (1934) — motion picture
Anne of Windy Poplars (1940) — motion picture
Anne of Green Gables (1956) — TV--CBC
Anne of Green Gables: The Musical (1965) — Charlottetown, PEI
Anne of Green Gables (1972) — TV mini-series — BBC
Anne
of Avonlea (1975) — TV mini-series — BBC
Akage no An (50 episodes, 1979) — Japanese TV
I Know a Secret (1982) — based on a short story
Anne of Green Gables (1985) — TV — Kevin Sullivan (KS) production--TV
Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel (1987) — KS production shown on TV based on the books Anne of Avonlea, Anne of the Island and Anne of Windy Poplars
Lantern Hill (1990) — TV movie based on novel “Jane of Lantern Hill” –KS
Road
to Avonlea (91 episodes, 1990-1996), 
aka Avonlea in the USA and Tales from Avonlea (USA video title), based on the books, The Story Girl, The Golden Road, Chronicles of Avonlea and Further Chronicles of Avonlea
Anne of Green Gables: The Animated Series (2000) — TV series
Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story (2000) — TV movie — KS
Emily of New Moon (28 episodes, 1998-2002) — TV series
Anne and Gilbert: The Musical (2005) — PEI
Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning (2009) — TV (KS)
Highlights from the Life of L.M. Montgomery
(except publication history, see above)
1874 — Lucy Maud is born on Nov. 30 in Clifton, PEI (now New London)
1876 — Mother Clara MacNeill Montgomery dies of tuberculosis
* Is raised by grandparents, Alexander and Lucy MacNeill in Cavendish
1890-1891 — Travels to Prince Albert,
Saskatchewan to visit
father and new wife
1893-1894 — attends Prince of Wales College and earns teacher's license
1894-95 — Teaches in Bideford, PEI
1895-96 — Attends Dalhousie University in Halifax
1896-97 — Teaches in Belmont, PEI and becomes engaged to Edward Simpson
1897-98 — Teaches in Lower Bedeque, PEI — falls in love with Herman Leard — breaks engagement to Simpson. Then returns to Cavendish when Grandfather Macneill dies
1901-02 — Works at the Daily Echo in Halifax
1903 — Reverend Ewan Macdonald becomes Presbyterian minister in Cavendish
1906 — Secretly engaged to Macdonald
1910 — Travels to Boston to meet her future publisher, L.C. Page
1911 — Grandmother MacNeill dies, Maud marries Ewan Macdonald on July 5, honeymoons 3 months in Scotland and England and moves to Leaskdale, Ontario
1912 — Chester Cameron Macdonald is born
1914 — First World War begins — Maud is filled with anxiety and dread
1914 — Hugh Alexander Macdonald dies at birth
1915 — Ewan Stuart Macdonald is born
1917 — Votes for the first time
1918 — Suffers Spanish flu, then goes to Park Corner to nurse sick relatives
1919 — Ewan suffers nervous breakdown, Maud sells rights for Anne of Green Gables to L.C. Page who immediately sells movie rights
1920 — Further Chronicles of Avonlea published illegally, Maud begins 8-yr. lawsuit with Page Co.
1922 — Car accident — Ewan is sued
1923 — First Canadian woman to become Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts in Britain
1926 — Maud and Ewan move to Norval, Ontario
1929 — Stock market crash affects LMM’s finances
1934 — Becomes a grandmother to baby Luella, Chester and Luella’s daughter
1935 — Elected to Literary and Artistic Institute of France, moves to Toronto
1936 — Cavendish chosen as site for National Park on PEI
1937 — Green Gables site opens in Cavendish
1939 — Last visit to PEI
1942 — Dies on April 24 and is buried in Cavendish Cemetery
1943 — Ewan Macdonald is laid to rest beside her
Source: L.M. Montgomery Institute
Websites
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Prince Edward Island official site
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Last updated: July 12, 2010