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A violin draws a young teacher into an old orchard—and toward a girl who has never spoken.
Eric Marshall comes to Lindsay on Prince Edward Island expecting little from his teaching post. Then he hears music among the orchard trees and meets Kilmeny Gordon. Beautiful, gentle and sheltered from the world, she expresses herself through her violin. As Eric grows close to her, the plans he brings to the island begin to change.
But the Gordon household guards more than Kilmeny's quiet life. Her aunt Janet and uncle Thomas live with an old family sorrow, while Neil Gordon, raised in their home, has long loved her and sees Eric as a threat. In this short romance, L. M. Montgomery explores love, isolation and the silences that shape a family.
What you’ll discover
- Music among the trees Follow Eric toward the violin music that turns an ordinary teaching post into something unexpected.
- A heroine beyond words Meet Kilmeny, whose violin expresses feelings she cannot share through speech.
- An island closely observed Step into orchards, fields and a small, watchful community on Prince Edward Island.
- Love under watchful eyes Feel the tension as Eric's growing attachment meets Neil's long-held love for Kilmeny.
- The weight of silence Explore a household where old sorrow shapes lives as deeply as unspoken feelings.
Who will love it
For readers who love gentle, old-fashioned romance, island scenery and a heroine who is far from ordinary. It is also a good first step into Montgomery beyond Anne.
What’s inside
The key ideas, in the 15-minute summary
- A young teacher comes to Lindsay
- A violin calls him into the orchard
- A household built around a secret
- Neil Gordon stands in the way
- What the story is really about
- How Montgomery tells it
Who’s who
- Eric MarshallA young, educated teacher new to Lindsay who follows a violin into an orchard and begins to change his plans.
- Kilmeny GordonA beautiful, gentle girl who has never spoken, expresses herself through the violin, and lives sheltered in the orchard house.
- Neil GordonAn orphan raised by the Gordons, moody and intense, who has long loved her and sees Eric as a threat.
- Janet GordonKilmeny's stern, watchful aunt, who guards the household and its old sorrow.
- Margaret GordonKilmeny's late mother, remembered as proud and bitter, whose old quarrel still shapes the family.
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Kilmeny del Huerto
by L. M. Montgomery · 1910
Eric Marshall follows a violin into an orchard, where love draws him toward a girl whose family guards a painful secret.
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Kilmeny of the Orchard is a short romance by L. M.
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A young teacher comes to Lindsay
Eric Marshall is a college-educated young man from a comfortable background. He comes to Prince Edward Island to teach in the school at Lindsay, and he treats the job as a short stop on the way to something better. He has the easy confidence of someone who has never had to worry much about his future. Montgomery shows him as likeable, a little proud and used to getting his own way.
Lindsay is a small community where everyone knows everyone. Farms stretch along the roads, and neighbors watch each other's comings and goings. Eric stays among people who have their own settled views about who belongs and who does not. In such a place, a newcomer is noticed at once, and so is anything that is kept out of sight.
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What is Kilmeny of the Orchard about?
It tells of Eric Marshall, a young teacher on Prince Edward Island who meets Kilmeny Gordon, a girl who has never spoken, after hearing her play the violin in an orchard. Their love is challenged by her family and by a jealous young man in her household.
When was Kilmeny of the Orchard written?
L. M. Montgomery published it in 1910, a couple of years after Anne of Green Gables. It is a short novel set on Prince Edward Island, and it is invented fiction rather than a true story.
Is Kilmeny of the Orchard connected to Anne of Green Gables?
No. It is a separate romance with its own characters. It shares the author, the Prince Edward Island setting and Montgomery's love of nature, but the tone is quieter and more like a fairy tale.
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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