Montgomery went on to publish twenty novels – including seven more as part of the Anne of Green Gables series – as well as around 500 short stories and poems. Now considered a classic of children's literature, the novel has now sold more than 50 million copies and been translated into twenty languages. In 1908, Montgomery published her most famous work: Anne of Green Gables. She worked long hours, often only finding the time and energy to do her own writing in the early mornings before work. Three years later, Montgomery took a position with the Halifax Chronicle’s evening edition, Daily Echo, as proof reader and writer. Four years later, she became a teacher, and in 1895 sold her first short story for five dollars. In 1889, at the age of fifteen, Montgomery had a poem published in the newspaper, the Patriot. A voracious reader, as a girl, Montgomery became enthralled by Hans Christian Andersen’s Fairy Tales, John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress (1678) and Charles Dickens’s Pickwick Papers (1836) Her upbringing was both idyllic and devoutly religious, and from the age of six she attended the Cavendish Schoolhouse. Lucy Maud Montgomery was born in Clifton (now New London), Prince Edward Island, Canada in 1874. Montgomery died in Toronto on 24th April 1942. It was an instant success, and following it up with several sequels, Montgomery became a regular on the best-seller list and an international household name. In 1908 Montgomery produced her first full-length novel, titled ‘Anne of Green Gables’.

Her mother, Clara Woolner (Macneil), died before Lucy reached the age of two and so she was raised by her maternal grandparents in a family of wealthy Scottish immigrants. Lucy Maud Montgomery was born on 30th November 1874, New London, in the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island. This early work by Lucy Maud Montgomery was originally published in 1919 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. Only the Blythes know of their loyalty and kindness and help them to see the error in their ways. The children cause mischief and scandal amongst the townsfolk. Anne Shirley has now been married to Gilbert Blythe for 15 years, and the couple have six children. Rainbow Valley’ is the seventh book in the ‘Anne of Green Gables’ series.

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