![]() Montgomery was a solitary child, sensitive, imaginative, and rather out of place in her grandparents' household. ![]() Montgomery's grief-stricken father sent her to live with her elderly, strict Presbyterian maternal grandparents at their isolated farmhouse in Cavendish, Prince Edward Island. Clara Montgomery died before her daughter, always known as Maud, was two years old. Her parents, Hugh Montgomery, a former sea captain turned merchant, and Clara Macneill Montgomery, came from large, long-established, and eminent Prince Edward Island families. Works in Biographical and Historical ContextĪ Child's Respite in Books and Writing Lucy Maud Montgomery was born on November 30, 1874, in Clifton, Prince Edward Island. Characterized by both realism and sentimentality, they document the conflicts and successes of heroines who are motherless or orphaned. While underscoring the importance of their Prince Edward Island settings. ![]() They emphasize the imaginative, emotional, and nostalgic aspects of childhood and adolescence Although she wrote many works for adults-romantic novels, short stories, poetry, an autobiography, and Courageous Women (1934), a collection of biographical sketches-her books for young readers are her most important achievement. M.) Montgomery MacDonald is considered one of Canada's best-known and most enduring authors of children's fiction. BORN: 1874, Clifton, Prince Edward Island, CanadaĪ popular and financially successful writer, Lucy Maud (or L. ![]()
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