Lucy Maud Montgomery

Lucy Maud Montgomery OBE , publicly known as L.160M. Montgomery, was a Canadian author best known for a series of novels beginning in 1908 with Anne of Green Gables. The book was an immediate success. The central character, Anne Shirley, an orphaned girl, made Montgomery famous in her lifetime and gave her an international following. The first novel was followed by a series of sequels with Anne as the central character. Montgomery went on to publishnovels as well as 530 short stories, 500 poems, andessays. Most of the novels were set in Prince Edward Island, and locations within Canadas smallest province became a literary landmark and popular tourist sitenamely Green Gables farm, the genesis of Prince Edward Island National Park. She was made an officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1935.

Lucy Maud Montgomery was born in Clifton in Prince Edward Island on November 30, 1874. Her mother Clara Woolner Macneill Montgomery died of tuberculosis when Maud wasmonths old. Stricken with grief over his wifes death, Hugh John Montgomery gave custody to Montgomerys maternal grandparents. Later he moved to Prince Albert, NorthWest Territories when Montgomery was seven. She went to live with her maternal grandparents, Alexander Marquis Macneill and Lucy Woolner Macneill, in the nearby community of Cavendish and was raised by them in a strict and unforgiving manner. Montgomerys early life in Cavendish was very lonely. Despite having relatives nearby, much of her childhood was spent alone. Montgomery credits this time of her life, in which she created many imaginary friends and worlds to cope with her loneliness, with developing her creativity.

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