A young April wind, as fresh and sweet as if it had been blowing over the fields ofmemory instead of through dingy streets, was purring in the tree-tops andwhipping the loose tendrils of the ivy network which covered the front of the mainbuilding. It was a wind that sang of many things, but what it sang to each listenerwas only what was in that listener's heart. To the college students who had justbeen capped and diplomad by "Old Charlie," the grave president of Queenslea, inthe presence of an admiring throng of parents and sisters, sweethearts and friends, it sang, perchance, of glad hope and shining success and high achievement. It sangof the dreams of youth that may never be quite fulfilled, but are well worth thedreaming for all that. God help the man who has never known such dreams-who, as he leaves his alma mater, is not already rich in aerial castles, the proprietor ofmany a spacious estate in Spain. He has missed his birthrigh
The young man, however, is fascinated by her beauty and loses no time in finding out how he can make her acquaintance ... This is the extended and annotated edition including an autobiographical annotation by the author herself.
The Young Woman, Her Secret Place, A College Man A sweet and moving romance from the author of the beloved Anne of Green Gables series!
An eligible bachelor visits Prince Edward Island and unexpectedly falls for a mute woman named Kilmeny Gordon. Kilmeny of the Orchard, by L.M. Montgomery, follows an unconventional romance that takes a town by surprise.
A young April wind, as fresh and sweet as if it had been blowing over the fields of memory instead of through dingy streets, was purring in the tree-tops and whipping the loose tendrils of the ivy network which covered the front of the main ...
Kilmeny of the Orchard is a novel by Lucy Maud Montgomery. It is the story of a young man named Eric Marshall who goes to teach a school on Prince Edward Island and meets Kilmeny, a mute girl who has perfect hearing.
Kilmeny of the Orchard is a novel by Lucy Maud Montgomery. It is the story of a young man named Eric Marshall who goes to teach a school on Prince Edward Island and meets Kilmeny, a mute girl who has perfect hearing.
The rattle of the beads on her mother's sleeves, as they swung on the arms of the reed chair, almost drove her crazy. Nothing else was worrying her; but all at once it seemed that she simply could not endure that thin, insistent rattle.
Kilmeny of The Orchard
A young April wind, as fresh and sweet as if it had been blowing over the fields of memory instead of through dingy streets, was purring in the tree-tops and whipping the loose tendrils of the ivy network which covered the front of the main ...
A collection of stories set on Anne Shirley's beloved Prince Edward Island features the tale of the man who is eager to keep his brother out of the clutches of a woman he considers dangerous and then falls for her himself. Reprint.