BOOK
CultureCanadian
Date1921
Dimensions19.1 x 13 x 4 cm (7 1/2 x 5 1/8 x 1 9/16 in.)
Object numberHF.2022.11.15
DescriptionA hardcover book with 370 pages and a blue cloth cover written by Lucy Maud Montgomery. The front cover has an image on the front cover of a woman wearing a white dress and pink jackets sitting on the ground holding something to her chest surrounded by trees. The image is bordered by yellow, dandelion-like flowers with the title, "Rilla of Ingleside" across the top center and the author's name "L.M. Montgomery" at the bottom center. The spine has the title and author's last name as well as the publisher's name, "McClelland / & Stewart" at the bottom.Narrative
"Rilla of Ingleside" is the eighth book in Lucy Maud Montgomery's "Anne of Green Gables" series. Set during the First World War, the story focuses on Anne and Gilbert's youngest daughter, Bertha Marilla "Rilla" Blythe as many of her peers set off for the war. It is considered one of the few Canadian novels to tell the story of the First World War from a woman's point of view.
Lucy Maud Montgomery was born on November 30, 1874, to Hugh John Montgomery and Clara Woolner Macneill. After the death of her mother, her father relocated to Saskatchewan and Montgomery was raised by her maternal grandparents, Alexander and Lucy Woolner Macneill of Cavendish, PEI. She began writing poetry at the age of nine and had her first poem published in Island newspaper, "The Patriot", when she was 17. From 1893-1894, Montgomery studied education at Prince of Wales College in Charlottetown. Montgomery taught at three Island schools - Bideford, Belmont, and Lower Bedeque, before going to study English literature at Dalhousie University. She wrote her first novel, "Anne of Green Gables" in 1905. Despite the books immediate popularity upon publication in 1908, it took three years of rejections before the manuscript was accepted by a publisher. The character of Anne Shirley launched Montgomery's successful career as an author.
