Anne of Ingleside, L.M. Montgomery’s twenty-fourth book, was published in July 1939 by McClelland & Stewart and Frederick A. Stokes Company.
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About Anne of Ingleside Dedication Chapters Editions of Anne of Ingleside Reviews of Anne of Ingleside
About Anne of Ingleside
Anne of Ingleside is the tenth of eleven books to feature Montgomery’s protagonist Anne Shirley Blythe, preceded by Anne of Green Gables (1908), Anne of Avonlea (1909), Chronicles of Avonlea (1912), Anne of the Island (1915), Anne’s House of Dreams (1917), Rainbow Valley (1919), Further Chronicles of Avonlea (1920), Rilla of Ingleside (1921), and Anne of Windy Poplars (1936) and followed by The Blythes Are Quoted (2009). It is also the last of her books to be published in her lifetime.
This book backtracks to the gap between Anne’s House of Dreams and Rainbow Valley, focusing the period when Anne and Gilbert’s children are young. Although in many ways it is a lighthearted book, the chapters show adult and child characters being disillusioned by misunderstandings or by cruel or insensitive people around them. The novel was published just a few months before the start of the Second World War.
Dedication
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Chapters
The novel consists of forty-one untitled chapters. The UK edition of the text divides the chapters differently, for a total of forty-three untitled chapters.
Editions of Anne of Ingleside
McClelland and Stewart (Toronto) published the first Canadian edition of Anne of Ingleside in 1939, with a cover illustration by Charles V. John. Later McClelland and Stewart editions included a Cavendish Library edition in 1947, a Canadian Favourites edition in 1972, and a new edition in 1990.
Frederick A. Stokes Company (New York) published the first U.S. edition of Anne of Ingleside in 1939. It is identical to the first Canadian edition. Stokes licensed reprint editions to Grosset and Dunlap (New York).
George G. Harrap and Company (London) published the first UK edition of Anne of Ingleside in 1939.
Angus and Robertson (Sydney) published the first Australian edition of Anne of Ingleside in 1939.
Reviews of Anne of Ingleside
Reviews of Anne of Ingleside that have been located so far appeared in periodicals from Canada, New Zealand, South Africa, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
Volume 3 of The L.M. Montgomery Reader includes the full text of twelve reviews of Anne of Ingleside.
“This latest book by L.M. Montgomery shows the same imagination and understanding of human nature which brought recognition to Miss Montgomery, particularly in Anne of Green Gables.”
—The Winnipeg Tribune
“Old admirers of Anne will close this book still ready to read more about her when another shall appear.”
—The Salt Lake Tribune (Salt Lake City)
“Mrs. L.M. Montgomery’s readers will welcome the further adventures of Anne Shirley, married now and mother of a growing family. Anne of Ingleside retains all her old charm, and this new book is written in the characteristic vein that has made these stories so popular.”
—Times Literary Supplement (London)
“A delightful tale for those who appreciate simplicity.”
—The Buxton Advertiser (UK)
“They are the sort of family stories that grow out of actual experiences and are truly a part of almost every family life—mirrors in which, if we look closely, we see ourselves and the rest of the family folk.”
—The Calgary Herald