Young Adult Montgomery, L. M.: Emily of New Moon. v1. 10 Mar 2026

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The “Emily” series focuses on Emily Byrd Starr through her school days and her climb up the symbolic "Alpine Path" to becoming a successful author. She is a heroine with a love for the beauty in nature and art, loyalty to her friends, a thirst for knowledge, and a passionate dedication to her writing.

This coming-of-age tale begins as Emily, an imaginative young orphan, is sent to live with her strict maternal relatives at New Moon Farm in Prince Edward Island. Emily deals with strict discipline, finds true friends (Teddy, Ilse, and Perry), and pursues her passion for writing in spite of obstacles, meanwhile coping with the death of her father.

(Includes first edition frontispiece.)

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Lucy Maud Montgomery was a prolific Canadian author, best known for a series of eight novels beginning with “Anne of Green Gables”, published in 1908. The title character, orphan Anne Shirley, made Montgomery famous in her lifetime and gave her an international following. Virtually all her writings remain in print today. Her writing is often categorized as “juvenile fiction”, but adults remain faithful readers.

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