L.M. Montgomery (1874–1942) is best known for her novels Anne of Green Gables (1908) and Emily of New Moon (1923), both of which have been adapted numerous times for stage and screen. But her creative output consists of twenty-three additional books, including the rediscovered sequel The Blythes Are Quoted (2009), as well as over one thousand shorter works (short stories, poems, and miscellaneous pieces), hundreds of photographs, and over a dozen published volumes of journals and letters.
Today, more than seven decades after Montgomery’s death, readers all over the world continue to find meaning in all aspects of her work, including adaptations and extensions in print, on screen, on stage, and as part of commodity culture. Researchers and scholars continue to examine this larger body of work in terms of gender and genre, performance and resistance, parody and allusion, space and place, as well as international appeal and reception.
L.M. Montgomery Online has been tracing—and contributing to—this international conversation since 2007. It continues to cover all aspects of L.M. Montgomery’s cultural reach in print, on screen, and among her worldwide community of readers.
The Basics
Biography
Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874–1942) is known throughout the world for putting Prince Edward Island on the literary map. But did you know she spent her married life in Ontario, as the wife of a Presbyterian minister?
Books
Montgomery is best known for Anne of Green Gables and its sequels. But did you know she published twenty-four books throughout her lifetime and completed a twenty-fifth shortly before her death?
Shorter Works
Besides her twenty-four books, Montgomery published over one thousand shorter works (short stories, poems, and miscellaneous pieces), most of which have not been reprinted since their appearance in periodicals a century ago—until now.
Life Writing
Since 1960, Montgomery’s legacy has shifted thanks to the publication of several volumes of her life writing, in the form of letters and journals. These publications are fascinating for the behind-the-scenes stories they tell about her books and for the complex woman they reveal.
L.M. Montgomery Online is the virtual companion to several books by Montgomery scholar Benjamin Lefebvre. He specializes in unearthing rare materials from archives and periodicals, and his work places those materials in the context of Montgomery’s life and times and in conversation with her best-known work.
Coming Soon
L.M. Montgomery’s “Anne of Green Gables” Through the Years: Texts, Covers, Readers
Toronto Public Library, 2025
Schooled with Briars: Collected Serials, 1903–1913 (The L.M. Montgomery Library)
University of Toronto Press, 2025
The Glory and the Dream: L.M. Montgomery’s Writing Life
Dundurn Press, 2026
Reimagining Anne: L.M. Montgomery’s Literary Icon on Screen
Dundurn Press, 2027
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Year in Review: 2025
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Bibliography
Even before Anne of Green Gables appeared in 1908, critics and reviewers started writing about L.M. Montgomery and her work. That conversation is still going strong, consisting now of academic and trade studies, abridged editions, biographies, and new creative works.
Editions
L.M. Montgomery’s books have appeared in a wide range of editions all over the world, particularly in the last three decades. Anne of Green Gables has been translated into forty languages, making it one of the most frequently translated books in Canadian history.
Screen
Since 1919, L.M. Montgomery’s books have appeared in a wide array of adaptations for film and television. Many of these adaptations continue to be highly popular with viewers all over the world, but several more are almost completely unknown today.
Hi! I’m Benjamin Lefebvre.
I’ve been writing about L.M. Montgomery’s life, work, and legacy for more than twenty-five years. I earned a master’s degree in English literature at the University of Guelph, home of one of the largest collections of Montgomery artifacts in the world, and from there, I completed a PhD in English at McMaster University and a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Alberta, where I studied ways to place Montgomery’s writing in the context of Canadian literature, children’s literature, and popular culture.
It’s always a privilege to meet fellow readers of Montgomery’s work and fellow viewers of adaptations of her work, and I have been proud to be part of a growing international community of readers and scholars to whom Montgomery’s books are so important.
Whether you are an academic, a student, or a life-long reader of Montgomery’s work, I hope this resource will prove useful to you. Join the discussion on the L.M. Montgomery Readathon. Follow this site on Facebook, Bluesky, and Instagram. Contact me with questions and findings.