Anne's children were almost grown up, except for pretty, high-spirited Rilla. No one could resist her bright hazel eyes and dazzling smile. Rilla, almost fifteen, can't think any further ahead than going to her first dance at the Four Winds lighthouse and getting her first kiss from handsome Kenneth Ford. But undreamed-of challenges await the irrepressible Rilla when the world of Ingleside becomes endangered by a far-off war. Her brothers go off to fight, and Rilla brings home an orphaned newborn in a soup tureen. She is swept into a drama that tests her courage and leaves her changed forever.
Fifteen-year-old Rilla, the daughter of Anne Shirley Blythe, grows from a carefree, irresponsible girl into a strong and capable young woman during the war years, 1914-1918.
An artfully repackaged edition of the entry in the classic series dedicated to Anne and Gilbert's plucky youngest daughter follows her vigil at Ingleside as she cares for an orphaned baby and waits for loved ones to return from World War I. ...
Rilla of Ingleside' is the eighth book in the ‘Anne of Green Gables’ series.
Rilla of Ingleside Lucy Maud Montgomery - Anne's children were almost grown up, except for pretty, high-spirited Rilla.
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"I know as well as anyone, Miss Baker, that we must not violate the sacred proprieties of hospitality, but I assure you, Miss Baker, that I would let her have it straight." "/ could handle her if I did not know my place, Miss Dew.
In this, her last novel, Elizabeth Jolley explores issues of innocence and guilt, passion and possession, while carefully exposing the social mores of the time in restrained and sensuous prose.
"Rilla of Ingleside" is a touching and emotionally satisfying volume in Montgomery's popular and well-loved series. This edition is printed on premium acid-free paper.
Rilla of Ingleside by Lucy Maud Montgomery. Rilla of Ingleside (1921) is the eighth of nine books in the Anne of Green Gables series by Lucy Maud Montgomery, but was the sixth "Anne" novel in publication order.
Rilla of Ingleside (1921) is the eighth of nine books in the Anne of Green Gables series by Lucy Maud Montgomery, but was the sixth "Anne" novel in publication order.