Jane of Lantern Hill Published by Bantam Books by L.M. Montgomery
on 1937
Genres: Fiction, Historical, Classics, YA, Children's
Pages: 217
Source: Purchased
Format: Paperback
Reading Challenges: Beat the Backlist 2020, Summer 2020 Reading Assignment
Also by this author: Anne of Green Gables, Emily of New Moon , Emily Climbs , The Golden Road , Emily's Quest, The Blue Castle, Pat of Silver Bush , Mistress Pat , A Tangled Web, Magic for Marigold, Twice upon a Time: Selected Stories, 1898–1939
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ISBN: 055328049X
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For as long as she could remember, Jane Stuart and her mother lived with her grandmother in a dreary mansion in Toronto. Jane always believed her father was dead until she accidentally learned he was alive and well and living on Prince Edward Island. When Jane spends the summer at his cottage on Lantern Hill, doing all the wonderful things Grandmother deems unladylike, she dares to dream that there could be such a house back in Toronto...a house where she, Mother, and Father could live together without Grandmother directing their lives -- a house that could be called home.
Probably one of my absolute favorites of Montgomery’s works–Jane of Lantern Hill is just a perfect picture of Montgomery’s genius.
Jane is a sad little girl who lives with her mother and grandmother in Toronto. And even as a child, Jane knows that no one at 60 Gay Street is happy. Not her horrid grandmother, who doesn’t even really try to pretend to love Jane. Not Jane’s mother, who puts on a brave face, pretty gowns, and fake smiles. And definitely not Jane who is absolutely stifled at home.
And then she learns that her father isn’t dead. And he sends for her, to come and stay with him on Prince Edward Island for one glorious summer.
At this point, the descriptions are magic and you can clearly feel Montgomery’s love for her home island. And poor, suffocated Jane begins to flourish. She thrives on P.E.I. with a father who loves her and new friends who challenge her.
Jane is an amazing heroine. She has an innate ability to read people, and therefore, isn’t fooled by façades or pretense.
After going home when the summer is over, Jane is changed. And everyone can feel it. This is probably one of my favorite parts of this book. Seeing Jane blossom in a silent and respectful challenge to her grandmother.
With Jane’s change, comes many more changes to the characters. This is a heartwarming and lovely story of what it means to find your true home, and how it’s never too late for love and forgiveness.
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About L.M. Montgomery
The author of the famous Canadian novel Anne of Green Gables, Lucy Maud Montgomery, was born at Clifton, Prince Edward Island, Nov. 30, 1874. She came to live at Leaskdale, north of Uxbridge Ontario, in 1911 after her wedding with Rev. Ewen Macdonald on July 11, 1911 in Prince Edward Island. Her three children were born at Leaskdale, and she wrote close to a dozen books while she was living in the Leaskdale Manse before the Macdonald family moved to Norval, Ontario in 1926.
Maud died in Toronto April 24, 1942 and was buried at Cavendish, Prince Edward Island.
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Aw, this sounds like such a sweet story. I love how much you’re enjoying her books. ^_^
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