Everyone knows and loves Anne--she’s funny, good-hearted, red-headed and endearing. What’s not to love? Yet L.M. Montgomery has another heroine that is dearer to my heart than Anne, because she’s not quite as perfect, nor is her life so charmed. She...
Pros: Vivid characterization Cons: Gets kind of wordy in descriptions
I belong to a mailing list that discusses the works of L.M. Montgomery. Everyone has a handle, and mine is The Emily Fanatic. The reason is, because I've found a soulmate in the character of Emily Byrd Starr.
Pros: those with literary aspirations will love this Cons: rather idealistic, but maybe that's from the jaded adult p.o.v.
I love "Emily of New Moon" because it's a book that celebrates alone-ness -- a very rare quality nowadays in today's (and even yesterday's) inherently "social" novels, in which the hero is considered a little queer and off-the-wall even as he voluntarily...
Emily Starr never knew what it was to be lonely - until her beloved father died. Now Emily's an orphan, and her mother's snobbish relatives are taking...More at HotBookSale
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