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Anne of Green Gables
The Road to Yesterday
For Anne and Gilbert Blythe, life in a small village is never dull because of all the entertaining gossip, and what strange and funny tales they hear: about the mischievous twins whose dearest wish comes true when they meet up with a bored and haunted millionaire; or clever Penelope Craig, who considers herself an expert on children -- until she adopts a boy of her own; or Timothy Randebush, a man so eager to keep his brother out of the clutches of a dangerous woman that he spirits her away -- only to fall prey to her charms himself. Filled with unexpected surprises, laughter, and tears, here are fourteen of the Blythes' favorite tales.
Cover art by Ben Stahl.
Cover art by Ben Stahl.
403 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 1974
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L.M. Montgomery
1,863 books13.2k followersLucy Maud Montgomery was a Canadian author, best known for a series of novels beginning with Anne of Green Gables, published in 1908.
Montgomery was born at Clifton, Prince Edward Island, Nov. 30, 1874. She came to live at Leaskdale, north of Uxbridge Ontario, after her wedding with Rev. Ewen Macdonald on July 11, 1911. She had three children and wrote close to a dozen books while she was living in the Leaskdale Manse before the family moved to Norval, Ontario in 1926. She died in Toronto April 24, 1942 and was buried at Cavendish, Prince Edward Island.
Montgomery was born at Clifton, Prince Edward Island, Nov. 30, 1874. She came to live at Leaskdale, north of Uxbridge Ontario, after her wedding with Rev. Ewen Macdonald on July 11, 1911. She had three children and wrote close to a dozen books while she was living in the Leaskdale Manse before the family moved to Norval, Ontario in 1926. She died in Toronto April 24, 1942 and was buried at Cavendish, Prince Edward Island.
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January 22, 2024
As an older teenager (in 1985), when I first had the opportunity to read L.M. Montgomery’s short story collection The Road to Yesterday (which was published in 1974 and thus over thirty years after her, after Montgomery’s death), albeit that I did in fact and generally enjoy the diverse stories presented (and in particular the sweet message of An Afternoon with Mr. Jenkins and the delightful creepiness of Fools’ Errand) I also do have to admit that the constant matchmaking attempts by Anne Shirley and the never-ceasing instances of gossiping by almost everyone but in particular by Anne and Gilbert Blythe’s horribly annoying and nastily opinionated housekeeper Susan Baker really did manage to consistently distract me and to certainly rather lower my potential for reading joy (and that yes indeed, some of the featured tales of The Road to Yesterday also did tend to feel quite incomplete and often majorly choppy to my teenaged self and as such very much different and not really en par with what I was used to text-wise from L.M. Montgomery’s pen).
But yes, there obviously is a very good and also a very problematic and frustrating reason for in particular the above mentioned feeling of narrational incompleteness with regard to The Road to Yesterday. For in 2009, it was discovered that The Road to Yesterday is in fact a highly abridged and shortened version of L.M. Montgomery’s very last Anne of Green Gables novel, of The Blythes are Quoted (which was supposedly sent as a manuscript to the publisher on the day of L.M. Montgomery’s death but was then never published in its entirety) and that indeed The Road to Yesterday is therefore but a very very pale reflection of The Blythes are Quoted, consisting of massively abridged tales, with none of the poetry sections included and with the in my opinion best story of The Blyhes are Quoted, with Some Fools and a Saint also having been left out for some silly and personally incomprehensible reason. And while as a teenager (and of course like basically everyone being unaware that The Road to Yesterday is an abridgement) I would most likely have rated The Road to Yesterday with a solid and high three stars (my issues with Anne Shirley as matchmaker and Susan Baker as ridiculous and very unlikeable gossip notwithstanding), after reading The Blythes are Quoted and realising just how much is missing from the text of The Road to Yesterday, just how much has been removed and altered (and therefore, also how much more superior narrative wise The Blythes are Quoted truly is in absolutely every way), I can and will now only rate The Road to Yesterday with but two stars and to ONLY recommend it to readers who are in fact somehow unable to obtain The Blythes are Quoted.
But yes, there obviously is a very good and also a very problematic and frustrating reason for in particular the above mentioned feeling of narrational incompleteness with regard to The Road to Yesterday. For in 2009, it was discovered that The Road to Yesterday is in fact a highly abridged and shortened version of L.M. Montgomery’s very last Anne of Green Gables novel, of The Blythes are Quoted (which was supposedly sent as a manuscript to the publisher on the day of L.M. Montgomery’s death but was then never published in its entirety) and that indeed The Road to Yesterday is therefore but a very very pale reflection of The Blythes are Quoted, consisting of massively abridged tales, with none of the poetry sections included and with the in my opinion best story of The Blyhes are Quoted, with Some Fools and a Saint also having been left out for some silly and personally incomprehensible reason. And while as a teenager (and of course like basically everyone being unaware that The Road to Yesterday is an abridgement) I would most likely have rated The Road to Yesterday with a solid and high three stars (my issues with Anne Shirley as matchmaker and Susan Baker as ridiculous and very unlikeable gossip notwithstanding), after reading The Blythes are Quoted and realising just how much is missing from the text of The Road to Yesterday, just how much has been removed and altered (and therefore, also how much more superior narrative wise The Blythes are Quoted truly is in absolutely every way), I can and will now only rate The Road to Yesterday with but two stars and to ONLY recommend it to readers who are in fact somehow unable to obtain The Blythes are Quoted.
May 29, 2025
کتاب شامل ۱۳ داستان از شخصیت های دور و نزدیک مجموعه آنه شرلیه.پس اگه میخواید بخونیدش اول باید مجموعه آنه رو بخونید تا بفهمید بعضی حرفارو و یا با خودتون بگه عه این همون فلانیه که.
من قلم مونتگمری رو همیشه ستایش کردم و ستایش
خواهم کرد و عاشق کتابای بلندی که نوشته هستم و حتی بین همین داستان کوتاها چندتا رو خیلی دوست داشتم و اکوری پکوری بودن،اما خب داستان کوتاها خیلی اون ژرفایی رو که داستان های بلند مونتگمری داره رو نداشت و یه کوچولو کمتر دوست داشتمشون. اها راستی!حضور آنی و گیلبرت هم خیلی پررنگ نیست☹️ پس بنظرم ۳/۵ستاره میتونه امتیاز درستی باشه😉
من قلم مونتگمری رو همیشه ستایش کردم و ستایش
خواهم کرد و عاشق کتابای بلندی که نوشته هستم و حتی بین همین داستان کوتاها چندتا رو خیلی دوست داشتم و اکوری پکوری بودن،اما خب داستان کوتاها خیلی اون ژرفایی رو که داستان های بلند مونتگمری داره رو نداشت و یه کوچولو کمتر دوست داشتمشون. اها راستی!حضور آنی و گیلبرت هم خیلی پررنگ نیست☹️ پس بنظرم ۳/۵ستاره میتونه امتیاز درستی باشه😉
February 17, 2022
پنج ستارهی نقرهای به ال ام مونتگمری عزیزم🤌⭐
هیچکس نمیتونه مثل مونتگمری شما رو ببره تو قلب زندگی روستایی و جزیرهی پرنس ادوارد و طعم عشقهای جوان و زندگیهای زیست شده رو براتون توصیف کنه🥲👒
بهترین داستان کوتاههایی بود که خوندم مخصوصا اینکه حسابی دلم برای دنیای انشرلی تنگ شده بود و الان دلم میخواد مجموعشو از اول بخونم😭✨
*این کتاب مثلا برای ادامهی کسانیه که مجموعهی انشرلی رو خوندن اما اگر هم نخونده باشن مشکلی پیش نمیاد و با خوندنش سیزده تا داستان کوتاه زیبا و دوست داشتنی که تمام روحتونو میبره تو دنیای آروم اما غیرکسلکنندهی اونجا رو از دست میدین:")🏡🏞
هیچکس نمیتونه مثل مونتگمری شما رو ببره تو قلب زندگی روستایی و جزیرهی پرنس ادوارد و طعم عشقهای جوان و زندگیهای زیست شده رو براتون توصیف کنه🥲👒
بهترین داستان کوتاههایی بود که خوندم مخصوصا اینکه حسابی دلم برای دنیای انشرلی تنگ شده بود و الان دلم میخواد مجموعشو از اول بخونم😭✨
*این کتاب مثلا برای ادامهی کسانیه که مجموعهی انشرلی رو خوندن اما اگر هم نخونده باشن مشکلی پیش نمیاد و با خوندنش سیزده تا داستان کوتاه زیبا و دوست داشتنی که تمام روحتونو میبره تو دنیای آروم اما غیرکسلکنندهی اونجا رو از دست میدین:")🏡🏞
July 21, 2016
I love most of Montgomery's novels, but I have a harder time with her short stories. There's a bit of sameness to them which grates after a while when reading them in a collection. There's even a kind of unpleasantness, which I don't think is as present in her novels:
-Older single women are sad and laughable creatures, the word "poisonous" is even used about them (this usually comes from the other characters more than the narrative, but the narrative pushback is very mild for the most part, except for the very last story in this book).
-The men in her stories really really like to bang the "isn't that just like a silly weak woman" drum.
-There is a lot of deception between couples--there are multiple stories about characters who lie to their girlfriend/boyfriend about their name or occupation or class or some other vital piece of information. And the deception is usually carried on for quite a while.
-There's a story where an older married man has been in love with someone other than his wife for his whole marriage--he ends up in a scrape with the object of his affection and realizes the error of his ways. When he gets back to his frantic wife, his wife rails against him for all of two minutes before having to COMFORT him over his lost dreams, massage his back, feed him and tuck him into bed.
-More than one man tells his girlfriend they're getting married; doesn't ask her, tells her. And even says maybe he'll just force her to the altar.
-One man actually KIDNAPS a woman and takes her to an island and locks her in the house there for several days. But it's all fine and they get married, because it turns out she liked him before that and there was another door that was unlocked so she could have gotten out at any time. Which totally negates his KIDNAPPING her.
-And finally there is a hero-worship of the Blythes that absolutely borders on sycophantic in this series. There are only about three stories or so where the Blythes are actually present characters, otherwise they are just talked about incessantly by others in every single story. Many of the characters quote or think about the Blythes extensively. The majority of the characters are very devoted admirers of the Blythes; the very few characters who start out disliking the Blythes usually end up deciding they aren't so bad after all by the end. As much as I love Anne&co, by the end of this book I was heartily sick of them.
-Older single women are sad and laughable creatures, the word "poisonous" is even used about them (this usually comes from the other characters more than the narrative, but the narrative pushback is very mild for the most part, except for the very last story in this book).
-The men in her stories really really like to bang the "isn't that just like a silly weak woman" drum.
-There is a lot of deception between couples--there are multiple stories about characters who lie to their girlfriend/boyfriend about their name or occupation or class or some other vital piece of information. And the deception is usually carried on for quite a while.
-There's a story where an older married man has been in love with someone other than his wife for his whole marriage--he ends up in a scrape with the object of his affection and realizes the error of his ways. When he gets back to his frantic wife, his wife rails against him for all of two minutes before having to COMFORT him over his lost dreams, massage his back, feed him and tuck him into bed.
-More than one man tells his girlfriend they're getting married; doesn't ask her, tells her. And even says maybe he'll just force her to the altar.
-One man actually KIDNAPS a woman and takes her to an island and locks her in the house there for several days. But it's all fine and they get married, because it turns out she liked him before that and there was another door that was unlocked so she could have gotten out at any time. Which totally negates his KIDNAPPING her.
-And finally there is a hero-worship of the Blythes that absolutely borders on sycophantic in this series. There are only about three stories or so where the Blythes are actually present characters, otherwise they are just talked about incessantly by others in every single story. Many of the characters quote or think about the Blythes extensively. The majority of the characters are very devoted admirers of the Blythes; the very few characters who start out disliking the Blythes usually end up deciding they aren't so bad after all by the end. As much as I love Anne&co, by the end of this book I was heartily sick of them.
July 30, 2023
تو این روزهای پرهیاهو، خواندنش خیلی چسبید.
March 22, 2024
چقدر حال خوب کن و شیرین بود. بنظرم داستانهاش از خود مجموعه آنشرلی قشنگ و جالبتر بودن. و اکثرا صفحه آخر شوکه کننده میشد😁⚡️
▪︎_امروز میخواهی چه کار کنی؟
_میخواهم زندگی کنم. خیلی وقت است نتوانستهام یک روز از صبح تا شب زندگی کنم. ما توی اشبورن زندگی نمیکنیم فقط وجود داریم.
▪︎شاید از واقعیت خسته شوی ولی از رویا هرگز.
▪︎_امروز میخواهی چه کار کنی؟
_میخواهم زندگی کنم. خیلی وقت است نتوانستهام یک روز از صبح تا شب زندگی کنم. ما توی اشبورن زندگی نمیکنیم فقط وجود داریم.
▪︎شاید از واقعیت خسته شوی ولی از رویا هرگز.
May 22, 2021
خیلی قشنگ بود. فکر نمی کردم حتی به پای مجموعه آن شرلی برسه اما داستان های قشنگی داشت که در اون اشاره هایی به آن شرلی، گیلبرت و بچه هاشون می شد و همه داستان ها حس و حال خوب قلم مونتگمری رو داشتند و از خوندنش لذت بردم
هر داستان مستقله و درباره موضوع و شخصیت خاصیه اما پایان های جذاب و اتفاقات تلخ و شیرین زیادی داشت
کلا قلم مونتگمری و دنیای قشنگی که خلق کرده که حالمون رو خوب کنه رو دوست دارم
هر داستان مستقله و درباره موضوع و شخصیت خاصیه اما پایان های جذاب و اتفاقات تلخ و شیرین زیادی داشت
کلا قلم مونتگمری و دنیای قشنگی که خلق کرده که حالمون رو خوب کنه رو دوست دارم
October 3, 2020
چند سال پیش که کتاب قسمت رو خونده بودم با اینکه دوستش داشتم اما نتونستم چندان باهاش ارتباط برقرار کنم. حین خوندن مرتبا آن شرلی تو ذهنم تداعی میشد و تمام داستاناشون مشابه بود.
با اینکه این کتاب هم قسمتهای مشابهی با سه گانه امیلی داشت، اما به نسبت بهتر بود و عنصر مونتگومری بودن توش حفظ شد. دو یا سه تا داستان بودن که برام خسته کننده بودن و واضحا مونتگومری تو نوشتن داستانهای طولانی مهارت بیشتری داره، اما بازم نمیشد ازش دل کند و ادامه نداد.
وجود خانواده بلایت تو خیلی از داستانا اضافی بود و انگار اتصالشون به داستان رو به زور میخواست نگه داره که به نظرم غیرضروری بود. با همه اینا من باید سه تا ستاره بدم، ولی نمیتونم این کار رو بکنم، چون اون داستانای قشنگش خیلی ۱۰/۱۰ بودن به قولی و جبرانش کردن. :)))))
با اینکه این کتاب هم قسمتهای مشابهی با سه گانه امیلی داشت، اما به نسبت بهتر بود و عنصر مونتگومری بودن توش حفظ شد. دو یا سه تا داستان بودن که برام خسته کننده بودن و واضحا مونتگومری تو نوشتن داستانهای طولانی مهارت بیشتری داره، اما بازم نمیشد ازش دل کند و ادامه نداد.
وجود خانواده بلایت تو خیلی از داستانا اضافی بود و انگار اتصالشون به داستان رو به زور میخواست نگه داره که به نظرم غیرضروری بود. با همه اینا من باید سه تا ستاره بدم، ولی نمیتونم این کار رو بکنم، چون اون داستانای قشنگش خیلی ۱۰/۱۰ بودن به قولی و جبرانش کردن. :)))))
October 23, 2016
This collection of Montgomery's short stories is not really her best work in my opinion, but still well worth the read. All the stories are connected distantly to Gilbert and Anne Blythe, since characters in each story are vaguely acquainted with the Blythes, and their names are mentioned in passing, or they play bit parts in the story. After a while, this started to annoy me. It just distracted from the main story, by bringing in other characters from a separate story, who had no real business or impact in the main story.
A few of the short stories had some structural problems in the plots, I though, and a couple of times people in the story seemed to act out of character. But these places were very few and most of the stories are wonderful, and delightfully funny! A couple of them are melancholy and have a healthy dose of pathos mixed in too.
A few of the short stories had some structural problems in the plots, I though, and a couple of times people in the story seemed to act out of character. But these places were very few and most of the stories are wonderful, and delightfully funny! A couple of them are melancholy and have a healthy dose of pathos mixed in too.
August 30, 2023
مجموعه داستانهایی از اهالی جزیره پرنس ادوارد که لابه لای ماجراهاشون اشاره هایی به آنی و گیلبرت هم میشه. در مقایسه با مجموعه داستان ماجراهای اونلی، جاده ای به گذشته رو خیلی بیشتر دوست داشتم. داستان ها طولانی تر بودن و فرصت همذات پنداری با شخصیت ها رو داشتم و میتونستم بیشتر از خوندنشون لذت ببرم.
هرچند کلا داستان کوتاه های مونتگمری رو کمتر از داستان های بلندش می پسندم. ولی همچنان مطالعه ی این کتاب بسیار لذت بخش بود
هرچند کلا داستان کوتاه های مونتگمری رو کمتر از داستان های بلندش می پسندم. ولی همچنان مطالعه ی این کتاب بسیار لذت بخش بود
June 23, 2019
I found this too reminiscent of the short stories in Ingleside, like the one Walter overhears from behind the drapes, and also oddly dark for Montgomery... Weddings and funerals and difficulty with the children’s friends and lifelong grudges: those are all familiar. But murder - that’s less expected. And maybe the constant stream of these stories, which aren’t interspersed in a longer narrative, also makes them feel darker?
There are some exceptions: that hilarious will short story - felt right out of Jane of Lantern Hill, that one - and that surprisingly spooky ghost story. Those were great.
Maybe too many mentions of how fabulous the Blythes are, and too many people who decide to dislike them and then are compelled to change their minds. Because the Blythes are so fabulous. It’s a little heavy-handed.
There are some exceptions: that hilarious will short story - felt right out of Jane of Lantern Hill, that one - and that surprisingly spooky ghost story. Those were great.
Maybe too many mentions of how fabulous the Blythes are, and too many people who decide to dislike them and then are compelled to change their minds. Because the Blythes are so fabulous. It’s a little heavy-handed.
August 7, 2023
داستان عمه اورسلا واقعا غمانگیز بود:)
از اون داستانایی که هیچکس ازش خبر نداره...
و هیچکس هم درکش نمیکنه:)
عشق به شخصی که رسیدنشون به هم ناممکنه...
کتاب واقعا یسری داستانهاش قشنگ بود!
ولی به اندازه آنهشرلی نبود خب قطعا:)
چون قلمِ مونتگمری بود دوستش داشتممم...
و حقیقتا، یسری داستاناش قلبمو به درد آورد،
یسری داستاناش عجیب و خیالانگیز بود،
یسری هم...
از اون داستانایی که هیچکس ازش خبر نداره...
و هیچکس هم درکش نمیکنه:)
عشق به شخصی که رسیدنشون به هم ناممکنه...
کتاب واقعا یسری داستانهاش قشنگ بود!
ولی به اندازه آنهشرلی نبود خب قطعا:)
چون قلمِ مونتگمری بود دوستش داشتممم...
و حقیقتا، یسری داستاناش قلبمو به درد آورد،
یسری داستاناش عجیب و خیالانگیز بود،
یسری هم...
November 21, 2023
5/5⭐
Este es un libro de relatos que no sabía de su existencia, pero que ahora me alegro de haberlo descubierto. Me ha encantado ver cómo la autora estiraba un poco más el mundo de Avonlea con otros personajes que, en doce relatos, te contaban su propia historia y aventura en este libro. Me he quedado hasta con ganas de más relatos y que no acabase tan rápido, algo que me pasó con todos los libros de la saga principal, que se me hicieron demasiado cortos.
La trama me ha fascinado y es que hay tanta variedad en este libro que no he podido dejar de sentir y sonreír con todo lo que pasaba. Obviamente también han habido momentos donde he sentido rabia e impotencia por los personajes, ya que hay ciertas injusticias que no me parecían bien, pero que la autora maneja muy bien tomando en cuenta la época de estos y las complicaciones que, a diferencia de ahora, había para hacer según qué cosas. Ojalá hubieran durado más y que tuviera más relatos para no tener que despedirme ya de la historia del todo, porque personalmente me ha encantado.
Los personajes han sido una auténtica maravilla, si ya la saga principal es perfecta, aquí vemos una variedad de personajes que no conoces en esa saga, pero sí le dan algo de prioridad aquí. Vemos en una serie de doce relatos como cada personaje te cuenta su historia, ya sea de desamor, de amor, de amistad, de pérdida o mil cosas más que hacen que conectes con cada personaje de una manera preciosa. Además que algo que me encanta de esta autora es su capacidad para hacer sus historias como si fuesen un cuento, lo que te sumerge todavía más en el libro.
La pluma de la autora me ha encantado como en todos los libros y siento que cada historia que leo de ella y de este mundo más me encanta. Tiene una forma de plasmar las emociones muy cercana y soñadora, permitiéndote imaginar todo a la perfección y conectar con cada personaje, incluso aunque lleven una página en el libro solamente.
En resumen, "Historias de Avonlea" es un libro de relatos que me ha sorprendido muy gratamente. La verdad es que le tenía algo de respeto a este libro porque no sabía si iba a conectar de la misma forma con un libro que cada capítulo iba a ser la historia de un personaje. Después de todo, sentía que un solo capítulo no daba para conectar bien con ellos. Bueno, pues la autora me ha cerrado la boca y me ha demostrado que sí se puede si eres capaz de dedicar todo tu cariño y amor a un libro. La trama es increíble y es que algo que me hace admirar más a la autora es que ha podido plasmar muy bien las emociones de cada personaje teniendo solo un capítulo para hacerlo con cada uno. He sentido miles de emociones diferentes y los mensajes que deja la historia tomando en cuenta la época y la situación de la historia me ha parecido muy acertada y perfecta. Ojalá poder leer más relatos con esta capacidad y que consigan dejarme tan sonriente y enternecida o llorosa como esta autora lo consigue siempre. Los personajes me han encantado de la misma forma y es que, vuelvo a recalcarlo, esta autora tenía un don para hacer que te encariñases de un personaje en un solo capítulo. Me daba mucha pena cada vez que se acababa un capítulo de un personaje porque sabía que ya no habría más de ellos y yo quería saber más, más de su día a día y de lo que les depararía. Aun así ha sido perfecto y lo bien que se han visto reflejados sus sentimientos ha ayudado más todavía a que conectase mejor con ellos y todo lo que estaban sintiendo. La pluma de la autora siempre va a ser una de mis favoritas de la época. Tiene un completo don para transmitir emociones y hacerte sentir en casa con cada personaje, incluso con los que menos llegas a conocer en sus libros y solo puedo decir que: ojalá esta serie jamás se hubiese terminado para seguir viviendo la aventura de esta saga que se ha convertido en una de mis favoritas de la vida y para siempre.
Este es un libro de relatos que no sabía de su existencia, pero que ahora me alegro de haberlo descubierto. Me ha encantado ver cómo la autora estiraba un poco más el mundo de Avonlea con otros personajes que, en doce relatos, te contaban su propia historia y aventura en este libro. Me he quedado hasta con ganas de más relatos y que no acabase tan rápido, algo que me pasó con todos los libros de la saga principal, que se me hicieron demasiado cortos.
La trama me ha fascinado y es que hay tanta variedad en este libro que no he podido dejar de sentir y sonreír con todo lo que pasaba. Obviamente también han habido momentos donde he sentido rabia e impotencia por los personajes, ya que hay ciertas injusticias que no me parecían bien, pero que la autora maneja muy bien tomando en cuenta la época de estos y las complicaciones que, a diferencia de ahora, había para hacer según qué cosas. Ojalá hubieran durado más y que tuviera más relatos para no tener que despedirme ya de la historia del todo, porque personalmente me ha encantado.
Los personajes han sido una auténtica maravilla, si ya la saga principal es perfecta, aquí vemos una variedad de personajes que no conoces en esa saga, pero sí le dan algo de prioridad aquí. Vemos en una serie de doce relatos como cada personaje te cuenta su historia, ya sea de desamor, de amor, de amistad, de pérdida o mil cosas más que hacen que conectes con cada personaje de una manera preciosa. Además que algo que me encanta de esta autora es su capacidad para hacer sus historias como si fuesen un cuento, lo que te sumerge todavía más en el libro.
La pluma de la autora me ha encantado como en todos los libros y siento que cada historia que leo de ella y de este mundo más me encanta. Tiene una forma de plasmar las emociones muy cercana y soñadora, permitiéndote imaginar todo a la perfección y conectar con cada personaje, incluso aunque lleven una página en el libro solamente.
En resumen, "Historias de Avonlea" es un libro de relatos que me ha sorprendido muy gratamente. La verdad es que le tenía algo de respeto a este libro porque no sabía si iba a conectar de la misma forma con un libro que cada capítulo iba a ser la historia de un personaje. Después de todo, sentía que un solo capítulo no daba para conectar bien con ellos. Bueno, pues la autora me ha cerrado la boca y me ha demostrado que sí se puede si eres capaz de dedicar todo tu cariño y amor a un libro. La trama es increíble y es que algo que me hace admirar más a la autora es que ha podido plasmar muy bien las emociones de cada personaje teniendo solo un capítulo para hacerlo con cada uno. He sentido miles de emociones diferentes y los mensajes que deja la historia tomando en cuenta la época y la situación de la historia me ha parecido muy acertada y perfecta. Ojalá poder leer más relatos con esta capacidad y que consigan dejarme tan sonriente y enternecida o llorosa como esta autora lo consigue siempre. Los personajes me han encantado de la misma forma y es que, vuelvo a recalcarlo, esta autora tenía un don para hacer que te encariñases de un personaje en un solo capítulo. Me daba mucha pena cada vez que se acababa un capítulo de un personaje porque sabía que ya no habría más de ellos y yo quería saber más, más de su día a día y de lo que les depararía. Aun así ha sido perfecto y lo bien que se han visto reflejados sus sentimientos ha ayudado más todavía a que conectase mejor con ellos y todo lo que estaban sintiendo. La pluma de la autora siempre va a ser una de mis favoritas de la época. Tiene un completo don para transmitir emociones y hacerte sentir en casa con cada personaje, incluso con los que menos llegas a conocer en sus libros y solo puedo decir que: ojalá esta serie jamás se hubiese terminado para seguir viviendo la aventura de esta saga que se ha convertido en una de mis favoritas de la vida y para siempre.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
January 31, 2018
Review to come.
March 11, 2024
I love this book for so many reasons. Stories are beautiful, specially love stories. Stories reminds you of some part of the Anne series and this can be a great thing for you. Long story short, great book.
September 2, 2025
This was cute little anthology from the Anne of Green Gables universe. All the stories took place in the same town and all mentioned the Blythe family in one way or another. I will say, though, it was getting a little annoying how often everyone in these stories was talking about how great the Blythes are and how well-behaved the children are, yada yada yada. All in all, fun, quick read!
August 6, 2022
Me encantó volver a la Isla del Príncipe Eduardo, a pesar de que Anne no estuviera en estas historias. Sólo es mencionaba a veces, de lejos, y me divirtió ver como todos los personajes tenían en algún punto envidia de la familia Blythe jajaj. En fin, entretenido, y les va a gustar si ya leyeron toda la saga (hay spoilers incluso de "Rilla la de Ingleside"), se sienten nostálgicos y quieren algo más.
↠4 estrellas
(Nota: No sabía que este libro era una versión más corta de "The Blythes are Quoted". ¡Que lío hicieron los editores! (todo porque es una obra póstuma). Es una versión tan acortada que parecen ser libros distintos, pero como "The Blythes are Quoted" no está publicado en español quizás prefieran leer este).
↠4 estrellas
(Nota: No sabía que este libro era una versión más corta de "The Blythes are Quoted". ¡Que lío hicieron los editores! (todo porque es una obra póstuma). Es una versión tan acortada que parecen ser libros distintos, pero como "The Blythes are Quoted" no está publicado en español quizás prefieran leer este).
November 21, 2018
What delightful stories of love and plot twists always ending in the orphan getting the Home he wanted and the right match being made. The Blythes are always everybody’s favorite family, and it’s fun to read about them in the short mentions of them in each different story. My favorite story is the man who was afraid his brother was going to propose to a certain woman so he kidnaps her and puts her up in a house on an island, and in taking care of her he falls in love with her himself!! 😂❤️
March 26, 2017
3.5 stars
I liked most of the stories but some were rather weak and sometimes the connection to the Blythes felt forced.
I will have to purchase The Blythes Are Quoted and I hope I will like that unedited and unabridged version better.
An Afternoon with Mr. Jenkins
5 stars
An unselfish father. Very sweet
Retribution
2 stars
A bitter old woman calling a man names on his deathbed. Really creepy...
The Twins Pretend
4 stars
Sweet but it really is a repetitive and kind of odd theme of misunderstandings between lovers and years and years of separation.
Fancy's Fool
3.5 stars
A garden of shadows and ghosts. Interesting but kind of odd and a tad creepy.
A Dream Come True
2.5
As a nightmare. An old love turns out to be a lunatic and the desired adventurous life not so desirable.
Penelope Struts Her Theories
2.5
The concept is nice but somehow I didn't like the story itself.
Reconciliation
2
Ooookeeeey. A slap to be remembered?
The Cheated Child
4
A sweet happy ending.
Fool's Errand
3.5
Someone finally kept his promise. Sweet.
The Pot and the Kettle
4
Nice and cute and predictable except for that last sentence.
Here comes the Bride
4
The many perspectives of a wedding
Brother Beware
3.5
An interesting kidnapping.
The Road to Yesterday
4
You are not Dick! Identical looking cousins seem to be common.
A Commonplace Woman
4
An old maid who is on her deathbed recollects her life.
I liked most of the stories but some were rather weak and sometimes the connection to the Blythes felt forced.
I will have to purchase The Blythes Are Quoted and I hope I will like that unedited and unabridged version better.
An Afternoon with Mr. Jenkins
5 stars
An unselfish father. Very sweet
Retribution
2 stars
A bitter old woman calling a man names on his deathbed. Really creepy...
The Twins Pretend
4 stars
Sweet but it really is a repetitive and kind of odd theme of misunderstandings between lovers and years and years of separation.
Fancy's Fool
3.5 stars
A garden of shadows and ghosts. Interesting but kind of odd and a tad creepy.
A Dream Come True
2.5
As a nightmare. An old love turns out to be a lunatic and the desired adventurous life not so desirable.
Penelope Struts Her Theories
2.5
The concept is nice but somehow I didn't like the story itself.
Reconciliation
2
Ooookeeeey. A slap to be remembered?
The Cheated Child
4
A sweet happy ending.
Fool's Errand
3.5
Someone finally kept his promise. Sweet.
The Pot and the Kettle
4
Nice and cute and predictable except for that last sentence.
Here comes the Bride
4
The many perspectives of a wedding
Brother Beware
3.5
An interesting kidnapping.
The Road to Yesterday
4
You are not Dick! Identical looking cousins seem to be common.
A Commonplace Woman
4
An old maid who is on her deathbed recollects her life.
January 8, 2013
What a delightful trip back to Prince Edward Island! One must be familiar with the Blythes'/Ingleside's history in order to fully appreciate these stories; they did indeed provide good moments of poignancy and laughter. To see Rilla of Ingleside's story taking place in the background was quite a touch.
July 2, 2019
I like Montgomary and I can't rate 4 or 3 stars!
January 18, 2020
Sadly, these short stories really didn't hold up from what I remembered of them. Montgomery was definitely better at full-length novels than short stories.
May 26, 2020
همچنان قلم گیرایی دارد. جوری توصیف می کند که انگار تو نیز ساکن روستای گلن هستی. منسجم می نویسد و نمی گذارد که از سرگذشت شخصیتهای داستانش بیخبر بمانی. اما اگر تو هم مثل من، گرفتار سراب نام شده ای، باید بدانی که اینجا، خبری از خاطرات خانواده بلایت در جاده ای که به گذشته راه می برد، نیست. صادقانه بگویم، همه هستند، همه جریان دارند چون رودی که همواره در حرکت است اما گاهی وقتها در مسیر خود به سنگی میرسد که سد راهش نمیشود اما مسیرش را کمی دستخوش تغییر می سازد. سنگ، مصداق بلایتهاست.
کتاب از سیزده داستان کوتاه تشکیل شده که آنچنان راضی ام نکرده است. (نام داستانهایی که دوست داشتم را در انتهای مطلب درج می کنم.)
خواندنش اینگونه است:
تصور کن کودکی، با مادرت راهی بازار شده ای. ناگهان عجایب زیبای پشت ویترین متوقفت میکند. هرآنچه که دوست داری مال تو باشد، پشت آن ویترین نشسته است. میخواهیشان، اما مادرت می گوید نه. فقط می توانی از دور نظاره گر باشی. دیدن خانواده ی بلایت در این کتاب، چنین حسی دارد. قصههایی که اتفاق می افتند حکم همان شیشه ی حایل را دارند، مانعی که نمی گذارد به خانواده بلایت دسترسی کامل داشته باشی.
ناگفته نماند که فضای بیشتر داستانها، در باب ازدواج است و بلایتها اینگونه پایشان به داستان میشود که پدرشان دکتر روستای گلن است و خانم بلایت، خانم تحصیل کرده و راحت بگیری که خانمهای دیگر داستان به ندرت شیفته اش می شوند و نسبت به او حسادت می ورزند.
با این حال اگر بخواهم فضا و قلم مونتگمری را حساب کنم امتیاز 5 شایسته است. اما در ��ورد داستانها 3 کفایت میکند.
داستانهایی که دوست داشتم:
- مقدمه: وصیت عمو استیون
- یک بعد از ظهر با آقای جنکینز
- تصورات دوقلوها
- دیوانه خیال
کتاب از سیزده داستان کوتاه تشکیل شده که آنچنان راضی ام نکرده است. (نام داستانهایی که دوست داشتم را در انتهای مطلب درج می کنم.)
خواندنش اینگونه است:
تصور کن کودکی، با مادرت راهی بازار شده ای. ناگهان عجایب زیبای پشت ویترین متوقفت میکند. هرآنچه که دوست داری مال تو باشد، پشت آن ویترین نشسته است. میخواهیشان، اما مادرت می گوید نه. فقط می توانی از دور نظاره گر باشی. دیدن خانواده ی بلایت در این کتاب، چنین حسی دارد. قصههایی که اتفاق می افتند حکم همان شیشه ی حایل را دارند، مانعی که نمی گذارد به خانواده بلایت دسترسی کامل داشته باشی.
ناگفته نماند که فضای بیشتر داستانها، در باب ازدواج است و بلایتها اینگونه پایشان به داستان میشود که پدرشان دکتر روستای گلن است و خانم بلایت، خانم تحصیل کرده و راحت بگیری که خانمهای دیگر داستان به ندرت شیفته اش می شوند و نسبت به او حسادت می ورزند.
با این حال اگر بخواهم فضا و قلم مونتگمری را حساب کنم امتیاز 5 شایسته است. اما در ��ورد داستانها 3 کفایت میکند.
داستانهایی که دوست داشتم:
- مقدمه: وصیت عمو استیون
- یک بعد از ظهر با آقای جنکینز
- تصورات دوقلوها
- دیوانه خیال
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March 15, 2018
Not quite in the league of the Anne-of-Green-Gables books, but this is a rather enjoyable collection of shorter stories of Prince Edward Island people loosely connected with the Blythe family. Who hardly appear themselves, sadly. But L. M. Montgomery is one good storyteller.
August 12, 2017
A collection of short stories set in and around Glen St. Mary. (Note: I see the Goodreads record conflates The Road to Yesterday and The Blythes are Quoted -- I read the former.) The Blythes are never the focal point of these stories, but they appear or are mentioned in all of them. The tales run chronologically from about the time of Anne of Ingleside up to the Second World War.
I thought that I had read most of Montgomery's short stories long ago, but I seem to have missed this collection. Though I didn't absolutely love any of them, I found some of the stories enjoyable, some mediocre, and some I outright disliked. In particular, there's one story where a middle-aged man kidnaps a woman and strands her in a house on an island because he doesn't want his life upset by his brother proposing to her. Of course, he ends up falling in love with her himself, but I was super creeped out by the whole thing, and I'm pretty sure that wasn't the author's intention. In general, I find that some aspects of Montgomery's writing have not aged well, and this is most obvious in short stories, where the plot is less complex and I'm less likely to be attached to the characters. If you're a Montgomery completist, read it -- if not, this is an okay book to skip.
I thought that I had read most of Montgomery's short stories long ago, but I seem to have missed this collection. Though I didn't absolutely love any of them, I found some of the stories enjoyable, some mediocre, and some I outright disliked. In particular, there's one story where a middle-aged man kidnaps a woman and strands her in a house on an island because he doesn't want his life upset by his brother proposing to her. Of course, he ends up falling in love with her himself, but I was super creeped out by the whole thing, and I'm pretty sure that wasn't the author's intention. In general, I find that some aspects of Montgomery's writing have not aged well, and this is most obvious in short stories, where the plot is less complex and I'm less likely to be attached to the characters. If you're a Montgomery completist, read it -- if not, this is an okay book to skip.
February 3, 2011
I enjoyed most of these short stories. There was only the one written from the point of view of the guests at a wedding that was hard to read. It was rather annoying reading people's thoughts, which were mostly very superficial and judgmental. The other stories were vey nice, if perhaps a bit predictable. ;)
I never thought I'd say this, though, but it did get very annoying how Mrs. Dr. Blythe was refered to as such a wonderful person in every story, but she wasn't a character in any of them. Please, now! Was there NO ONE ELSE these people looked up to? That was a little too much even for an Anne fan like myself.
I never thought I'd say this, though, but it did get very annoying how Mrs. Dr. Blythe was refered to as such a wonderful person in every story, but she wasn't a character in any of them. Please, now! Was there NO ONE ELSE these people looked up to? That was a little too much even for an Anne fan like myself.
March 29, 2023
جزیره ی پرنس ادوارد و خانواده ی شرلی_بلایت و همایه هاشون.اگر خونده باشین مجموعه ی انی رو که چه بهتر ولی اگر نخوندین هم مشکلی پیش نمیاد.
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August 8, 2009
Montgomery really can do no wrong in my eyes. These stories are her typical fair with perhaps a bit more scandal than in the Anne books. Four or five of the stories were absolutely beautiful. Plus, she gives little glimpses into the lives of Anne and her family beyond the eighth novel - worth reading if only to find out what happened after the Great War!
June 18, 2020
This book is the same as "The Blythe are Quoted". And they certainly were! It was a bit ridiculous how many times they were mentioned (except for poor Shirley.. even I forgot about him 
) They are the most "perfect family, the most attractive, the most loving, the slenderest, the most loyal", etc, etc. They were even mentioned by people living outside of Glen St. Mary! And characters in the stories were also among the lines of "if you mention the Blythe/Susan Baker one more time I'll smash your head!". But I love them dearly, and since each story happens between Anne of Ingleside and Rilla of Ingleside it was like watching the kids grow and settle down (the last story even mentions Anne's grandson, who may go to war... Anne as a grandma! 
She will always be a skinny redhead young girl in my mind).
So in that sense, I think only fans, real fans of Anne, should read this collection of stories. In my case, I love them all. Two stories were vividly in my mind even after years of reading this book for the first time, and that are "The pot and the kettle" and "Here comes the bride".
I've read this for the first time many years ago when I found this gem in a second-hand bookstore, back when we didn't have e-books and I didn't know the existence of Amazon. So it has a double reason to love it as much as I do <3
) They are the most "perfect family, the most attractive, the most loving, the slenderest, the most loyal", etc, etc. They were even mentioned by people living outside of Glen St. Mary! And characters in the stories were also among the lines of "if you mention the Blythe/Susan Baker one more time I'll smash your head!". But I love them dearly, and since each story happens between Anne of Ingleside and Rilla of Ingleside it was like watching the kids grow and settle down (the last story even mentions Anne's grandson, who may go to war... Anne as a grandma! She will always be a skinny redhead young girl in my mind).So in that sense, I think only fans, real fans of Anne, should read this collection of stories. In my case, I love them all. Two stories were vividly in my mind even after years of reading this book for the first time, and that are "The pot and the kettle" and "Here comes the bride".
I've read this for the first time many years ago when I found this gem in a second-hand bookstore, back when we didn't have e-books and I didn't know the existence of Amazon. So it has a double reason to love it as much as I do <3
December 12, 2020
Historias de Avonlea es una colección de relatos, inspirados en los mismos lugares y algunas personas que están presentes en los libros de Ana de las tejas verdes, y aunque se menciona una que otra vez a este personaje, no es protagonista de ninguna de las historias.
Aunque no tiene el mismo nivel que logran los libros de Anne, si puedo recomendarlo porque lleva el sello de la escritora, pasajes hermosos, historias sencillas, personajes entrañable.
Disfrute mucho leyéndole, no le doy mas calificación porque sentí que faltaron mas historias y mas diversidad de temas, pero quede muy satisfecha.
Aunque no tiene el mismo nivel que logran los libros de Anne, si puedo recomendarlo porque lleva el sello de la escritora, pasajes hermosos, historias sencillas, personajes entrañable.
Disfrute mucho leyéndole, no le doy mas calificación porque sentí que faltaron mas historias y mas diversidad de temas, pero quede muy satisfecha.
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