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New revelations and insights about the writing life of the internationally renowned author of Anne of Green Gables.
L.M. Montgomery is known around the globe for the many books she published during her career, beginning with Anne of Green Gables. But what is far less known are the circumstances under which she wrote and the challenges she faced as a bestselling author.
Montgomery scholar Benjamin Lefebvre offers a never-before-seen look at her writing life, encompassing everything from fans to lawsuits to her creative choices, including an unlikely source of inspiration that enabled her to continue writing about her native Prince Edward Island after she moved to Ontario and her controversial decision to downplay Anne’s own writing ambitions.
Drawing on Montgomery’s journals and letters as well as on a slew of heritage sources that have rarely been part of the conversation, this book includes new insights and fascinating revelations about an author whose work continues to be meaningful to readers all over the world.
L.M. Montgomery is known around the globe for the many books she published during her career, beginning with Anne of Green Gables. But what is far less known are the circumstances under which she wrote and the challenges she faced as a bestselling author.
Montgomery scholar Benjamin Lefebvre offers a never-before-seen look at her writing life, encompassing everything from fans to lawsuits to her creative choices, including an unlikely source of inspiration that enabled her to continue writing about her native Prince Edward Island after she moved to Ontario and her controversial decision to downplay Anne’s own writing ambitions.
Drawing on Montgomery’s journals and letters as well as on a slew of heritage sources that have rarely been part of the conversation, this book includes new insights and fascinating revelations about an author whose work continues to be meaningful to readers all over the world.
Price: $22.99
Pages: 264
Publisher: Dundurn Press
Imprint: Dundurn Press
Publication Date:
24 March 2026
Trim Size: 9.00 X 6.00 in
ISBN: 9781459755345
Format: Paperback
BISACs:
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary Figures, Biography: writers, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Writing / Authorship, LITERARY CRITICISM / Canadian, Biography: writers
A candid, poignant reflection on the success and sacrifices of one of the world’s most celebrated authors.
The Glory and the Dream illuminates both past and present mysteries about Montgomery in a wonderfully engaging and accessible way.
Like the consummate literary sleuth he is . . . Lefebvre reveals something new about Montgomery's life and about assessments of her writing within her own time and now.
The Glory and the Dream illuminates both past and present mysteries about Montgomery in a wonderfully engaging and accessible way.
Like the consummate literary sleuth he is . . . Lefebvre reveals something new about Montgomery's life and about assessments of her writing within her own time and now.
Benjamin Lefebvre is a writer whose previous books include the novel In the Key of Dale, an edition of L.M. Montgomery’s The Blythes Are Quoted, the three-volume critical anthology The L.M. Montgomery Reader, and the book series The L.M. Montgomery Library. He lives in Kitchener, Ontario.
- Introduction: The Glory and the Dream
- 1. Things Readers Want to Know
- 2. The Visionary Gleam
- 3. Such Simple Little Tales
- 4. In Lands Afar
- 5. The War at Home
- 6. With Hamlet Left Out
- 7. A Fiction Writer on Fiction Writing
- 8. A Writer and Her Critics
- 9. The Scarce Hints of Love
- 10. Returns to Anne
- Conclusion: After Life’s Fitful Fever
- Books by L.M. Montgomery