April 12, 2024
The Golden Road 1913 L M Montgomery / 1st Edition / The Story Girl Sequel
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The Golden Road. By L M Montgomery. 369 pages, 4 pages book catalog. Rare first edition - Stated First impression August 1913.Published 1913 by L C Page, Boston. Very good condition - bright cover, firm binding, strong hinges and clean text. Previous owner's name and very small 1913 gift inscription in neat hand on first blank fore page.As a child, Montgomery learned many stories from her great aunt Mary Lawson. She later used these in The Story Girl and The Golden Road .Montgomery married on July 5, 1911 and left Prince Edward Island. She arrived at Leaskdale, Ontario in October, where her husband served as the minister of a Presbyterian Church. She began work on this novel on April 30, 1912, and gave birth to her first son on July 7. 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 1. It was dedicated to Mary Lawson.Plot summaryThe plot is based around the character Beverley who remembers his childhood days with his brother Felix and friends and cousins Felicity, Cecily, Dan, Sara Stanley (the "Story Girl"), hired-boy Peter and neighbor Sara Ray. The children often played in their family's orchard and had many adventures, even creating their own newspaper,
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