The Golden Road (1913 novel)
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| The Golden Road | |
 Cover of Starfire 1989 edition, Paperback |
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| Author | Lucy Maud Montgomery |
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| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Children's novel |
| Publication date | 1913 |
| Media type | Print (Paperback, Hardcover) |
| ISBN | NA |
| Preceded by | The Story Girl |
The Golden Road is a 1913 novel by Canadian author L. M. Montgomery.
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[edit] Background
Asa child, Montgomery learned many stories from her great aunt Mary Lawson. She later used these in The Story Girl and The Golden Road. [1]
Montgomery married on July 5th 1911 and left Prince Edward Island. She arrived at Leaskdale, Ontario in October, where her husband served as the minister of St. Paul's Presbyterian Church. She began work on this novel on April 30th, 1912, and gave birth to her first son on July 7th. She finished the novel on May 21, 1913, saying "I have been too hurried and stinted for time. I have had to write it at high pressure, all the time nervously expecting some interruption". The book was published on September 1st.[2]It was dedicated to Mary Lawson.
[edit] Plot summary
Beverley remembers his childhood days with his brother Felix and friends and cousins Peter, Felicity, Cecily, Dan, Peter, Sara Ray, and Sara Stanley (the "Story Girl"). The children often played in their family's orchard and had many adventures, even creating their own newspaper, called Our Magazine.
Beverley's cousin Cecily dies of tuberculosis, and so never leaves the "golden road" of childhood.
[edit] References
- ^ Writing a Life: L.M. Montgomery (Canadian Biography Series), Mary Rubio, Elizabeth Waterston
- ^ Mary Rubio, Elizabeth Waterston, Selected Journals of L.M. Montgomery Volume II: 1910-1921, Oxford University Press, 2000, ISBN 978-0195418019, pp. 67, 81, 96, 100, 119, 134
[edit] External links
- The Golden Road by L. M. Montgomery Project Gutenberg
- The Golden Road LibriVox (free audiobooks of public domain)
- L.M. Montgomery's Personal Scrapbooks and Book Covers The Confederation Centre Art Gallery
- The Story Girl and The Golden Road An L.M. Montgomery Resource Page
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