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What happens when a small lie feels easy, but kindness asks more of you?
In Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1896 to 1901, L. M. Montgomery brings you into farms, villages, church suppers and school days. These early tales follow young and older people through ordinary choices, where honesty meets pride and a generous act can reach someone who feels overlooked.
The collection explores small-town life, the pull of an easy lie and the warmth of unexpected kindness. Lonely, odd and proud characters give these concerns a human face. Read together, the stories also reveal a young writer finding the warm, watchful voice that readers of Anne of Green Gables come to know.
What you’ll discover
- Small towns, closely observed Step into rural Canadian life, with its school days, church suppers and long neighbourly talk.
- Honesty under quiet pressure Follow everyday choices where a small lie or an act of pride would be easy.
- Kindness for the overlooked Meet lonely and proud people who soften beneath a warm word or generous gesture.
- A voice taking shape Discover early stories that show Montgomery learning her craft and looking closely at ordinary lives.
- Gentle stories, human stakes Find the human heart in small moral choices, without dark tones or complex plots.
Who will love it
Readers who enjoy gentle village comedy, Christmas kindness, quiet love stories and a touch of the ghostly will feel at home here, as will fans of Anne of Green Gables who want her earliest voices.
What’s inside
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- Honesty Is Tested and Kindness Answers
- Small Gifts Mend Lonely Hearts
- Young Women Find Courage and Friends
- Love Begins in Quarrels and Mistakes
- Love Tangles With Duty and Pride
- Stubborn Pride Keeps People Apart
- Two Tales Carry a Shadow
- Honesty, Kindness and Class Run Through Everything
- Warm Voices and Sharp Details Carry the Tales
Who’s who
- Dan PhillipsA thirteen-year-old trout fisher who supports his mother and invalid sister and must decide whether to confess to Mr. Walters.
- Jean LawrenceAn orphan newspaper writer who leads her boardinghouse friends in giving a lonely neighbor a Christmas she will not forget.
- Miss CalistaA capable farm owner who needs a hired man and must decide what to do about a boy the village distrusts.
- Lilian MitchellA seventeen-year-old left poor by her father's death who turns her talent for cooking into a growing business.
- Theodosia BrookeA sweet-looking wife with the iron will of her ancestor, who refuses to leave her village for the West.
- Gussie AshleyA tall, capable girl who runs a farm and mills and argues with the city lawyer sent to help her.
- BeatriceA solitary child at Montressor Place who loves the Red Room and is drawn to her uncle's beautiful, restless wife.
- Young SiA silent mackerel fisherman who works from dawn to midnight, leaving a whole shore guessing about his past.
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Cuentos de Lucy Maud Montgomery, 1896 a 1901
A boy confesses to stealing trout, a girl bakes her way out of ruin, and a fisherman hides a secret by the sea.
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They are set in village kitchens, boardinghouses, fishing coves and a remote prairie town, where everyone knows your business. A basket of trout or a Christmas dinner can change a life.
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Honesty Is Tested and Kindness Answers
In A Case of Trespass, thirteen-year-old Dan Phillips sells trout from Carleton Pond to the hotels. His father is dead and his sister is an invalid, so Dan tries to earn. One noon he finds a notice forbidding fishing on the pond.
He decides he has been stealing. His mother tells him to go straight to Mr. Walters, the stern factory owner. Dan walks to the factory with his basket, frightened but willing.
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What is Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1896 to 1901 about?
It is a collection of twenty short stories, written when Montgomery was a young woman. They deal with honesty, kindness, pride and love in small villages, farms, schools and fishing coves, with a few ghostly tales among them.
Is this the author of Anne of Green Gables?
Yes, L. M. Montgomery wrote Anne of Green Gables. These stories come from her earlier years and show the humor, nature writing and warmth that readers later loved in her novels, though the characters here are new.
Are the stories connected to each other?
Each tale stands alone with its own characters and setting, so you can read them in any order. They share themes of honesty, generosity, pride and the pull of love, and many take place in small communities.
The author
L. M. Montgomery
1874–1942 · Canadian novelist
Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874–1942) was a Canadian writer born on Prince Edward Island. She later lived in Ontario, where she died in Toronto. She wrote novels, short stories and poems. Her novels include Anne of Green Gables (1908), Anne of Avonlea (1909) and The Blue Castle (1926).
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