Twice upon a Time
Selected Stories, 1898-1939
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Initial publish date
- Jun 2022
- Category
- Canadian, Women Authors, Women
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781487544126
- Publish Date
- Jun 2022
- List Price
- $29.95
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9781487544157
- Publish Date
- Jun 2022
- List Price
- $90.00
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781487544133
- Publish Date
- Mar 2022
- List Price
- $29.95
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Description
Although L.M. Montgomery (1874–1942) is best remembered for the twenty-two book-length works of fiction that she published in her lifetime, from Anne of Green Gables (1908) to Anne of Ingleside (1939), she also contributed some five hundred short stories and serials to a wide range of North American and British periodicals from 1895 to 1940. While most of these stories demonstrate her ability to produce material that would fit the mainstream periodical fiction market as it evolved across almost half a century, many of them also contain early incarnations of characters, storylines, conversations, and settings that she would rework for inclusion in her novels and collections of linked short stories.
In Twice upon a Time, the third volume in The L.M. Montgomery Library, Benjamin Lefebvre collects and discusses over two dozen stories from across Montgomery’s career as a short fiction writer, many of them available in book form for the first time. The volume offers a rare glimpse into Montgomery’s creative process in adapting her periodical work for her books, which continue to fascinate readers all over the world.
About the authors
Lucy Maud Montgomery had her first poem published at the age of 15 and after completing college she worked for a short time as a journalist before becoming a teacher. In 1908 Anne of Green Gables was published to huge acclaim with Anne of Avonlea coming soon after. Many successful novels followed but by late 1930s, due to personal troubles, illness and depression, she stopped writing. Lucy Maud Montgomery died in 1942 and was buried on her beloved Prince Edward Island.
L.M. Montgomery's profile page
Benjamin Lefebvre editor of The L.M. Montgomery Library, is director of L.M. Montgomery Online. His publications include an edition of Montgomery’s rediscovered final book, The Blythes Are Quoted, and the three-volume critical anthology The L.M. Montgomery Reader, which won the 2016 PROSE Award for Literature from the Association of American Publishers. He lives in Kitchener, Ontario.
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The Complete Novel, Featuring the Characters' Letters and Mementos, Written and Folded by Hand
The Anne of Green Gables Treasury: Deluxe 4-Volume Box Set Edition
Anne of Green Gables
Anne of Avonlea
Anne of the Island
Anne's House of Dreams
Anne of Windy Poplars
Anne of Ingleside
Rilla of Ingleside
