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I've been reading Anne of Green Gables this weekend. I always thought it was a fairly standard Children's Classic[TM]. Imagine my surprise when I discovered that L.M. Montgomery was one of the early-20th-Century reformist authors, like Upton Sinclair. As Mr. Sinclair's The Jungle depicted the horrors of the contemporary meatpacking industry, so too is Ms. Montgomery's work a plea for the improved distribution of Ritalin to the isolated, agrarian areas of Canada. You go, Lucy!

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[kannaophelia.livejournal.com]

Ilse was a darling. If I can't have Emily/Dean, I'd settle very happily for Emily/Ilse. The way Ilse's father's neglect and abuse of her is justified by the text really bothers me, though, and it's a recurring theme in Montgomery.

Perry was about my favourite character... and Aunt Elizabeth and whatshername, the Priest aunt. Montgomery had a real way with elderly and middle-aged female characters.

The Montgomery I really passionate rec if you haven't read it, and should reread if you have, is "A Tangled Web".