Emily of New Moon (Emily, #1) in Never too Late to Read Classics

Oct 05, 2017 Nancy rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: children, orphans, canadian-challenge

I love the Anne of Green Gables books, and I was happy to learn about the Emily books. Anne is still my favorite, but Emily is an interesting character. Emily also looks at the beauty in the world, as well as seeing people in unique ways, for a child. She has keen insights into the various people in her life. Emily comes out with what she thinks, which gets her into trouble many times. Aunt Elizabeth is pretty strict with Emily. Emily has a great need to write, and finds any paper she can write ...more

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Dec 27, 2023 Kara rated it it was amazing

Another wonderful story from L.M. Montgomery! Young Emily Start finds herself orphaned at a young age and placed into the custody of her mother’s rather snobbish family for upbringing. At first, she resents her circumstances and pines for her old life. But through her love of writing and the processing of her emotions by way of letters to her deceased father, Emily grows to love her new home and even the people therein.

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Sep 17, 2019 Annette rated it it was amazing

Shelves: youth, library, books-by-women, 2019

I read all of the Anne of Green Gables books as a girl. How did I miss Emily of New Moon? (And lucky me, the story continues!) Loved the characters, Emily’s writing and the dialogue. And the spelling was best of all!

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Sep 18, 2017 Janet rated it really liked it · review of another edition

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This is a charming, classic, coming of age book. This ebook version, however, contains many pages that were not edited or proofread, and have glaring spelling errors.

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