Презентация на тему Lucy Maud Montgomery

for a series of novels beginning with Anne of

Green Gables, published in 1908.
Anne of Green Gables was an immediate success. The central character, Anne, an orphaned girl, made Montgomery famous in her lifetime. The first novel was followed by a series of sequels with Anne as the central character. Montgomery went on to publish 20 novels as well as 500 short stories and poems.
Montgomery's work, diaries and letters have been read and studied by scholars and readers worldwide.

friends, was born in 1884 in Clifton
 (now New London).
Her mother

died of tuberculosis when Lucy was 21 months old.
The girl went to live with her maternal grandparents.

Montgomery’s early life was very lonely. Despite having relations

nearby, much of her childhood was spent alone.
Montgomery completed her early education in Cavendish with the exception of one year (1890–1891) during which she was with her father and her step-mother. In November 1890 Montgomery had published her first poem in the paper The Daily Patriot.

she attended Prince of Wales College for a teacher's license. Completing

the two-year program in one year, she obtained her teaching certificate. In 1895 and 1896, she studied literature at Dalhousie UniversityIn 1893 she attended Prince of Wales College for a teacher's license. Completing the two-year program in one year, she obtained her teaching certificate. In 1895 and 1896, she studied literature at Dalhousie University in Halifax.

as a teacher in various schools. Montgomery did not

enjoy her teaching career; however, she was content because it afforded her time to write.

have her short stories published in various magazines and

newspapers. In 1908, Montgomery published her first book, Anne of Green Gables. It was an immediate success.

of St. Paul Church.
The Macdonalds had three sons, the

second of whom was stillborn. Montgomery underwent several periods of depression while trying to cope with the duties of motherhood and church life and with her husband’s attacks of religious melancholia: "For a woman who had given the world so much joy, life was mostly an unhappy one’.

was found beside her bed" "May God forgive me

and I hope everyone else will forgive me even if they cannot understand. My position is too awful to endure and nobody realizes it. I tried always to do my best."
It was reported that Montgomery died from coronary thrombosis. However, she suffered from depression and may have taken her own life via a drug overdose.