Rilla of Ingleside

<p>Rilla of Ingleside is the final book in the <em>Anne of Green Gables</em> series by Lucy Maud Montgomery but was the sixth of the eight Anne novels she wrote. This book draws the focus back onto a single character Anne and Gilbert's youngest daughter Bertha Marilla Rilla Blythe. It has a more serious tone as it takes place during World War I and the three Blythe boys - Jem Walter and Shirley- along with Rilla's sweetheart Ken Ford and playmates Jerry Meredith and Carl Meredith - end up fighting in Europe.</p><p>It is interesting to note that Rilla of Ingleside is the only Canadian novel written from a women's perspective about the First World War by a contemporary.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>About the author</strong></p><p>Lucy Maud Montgomery OBE (November 30 1874 - April 24 1942) published as L. M. Montgomery was a Canadian author best known for a collection of novels essays short stories and poetry beginning in 1908 with Anne of Green Gables. She published 20 novels as well as 530 short stories 500 poems and 30 essays. Anne of Green Gables was an immediate success; the title character orphan Anne Shirley made Montgomery famous in her lifetime and gave her an international following. Most of the novels were set in Prince Edward Island and those locations within Canada's smallest province became a literary landmark and popular tourist site - namely 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.</p><p> </p><p>Montgomery's work diaries and letters have been read and studied by scholars and readers worldwide. The L. M. Montgomery Institute University of Prince Edward Island is responsible for the scholarly inquiry into the life works culture and influence of L. M. Montgomery. (wikipedia.org)</p>