Lucy maud montgomery short biography
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The Life and Work of L.M. Montgomery
[Cover sheet]
Agreement
Between
L.M. Montgomery
and L.C. Page & Company
(incorporated)
For the publication of
Anne of Green Gables
April 22,
[LMM’s handwritten notes]
Royalties
Feb. $
Mar. $
Feb Regular
Sales . etc.
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[Body of contract]
Agreement made the twenty-second day of April between (Miss) L. M. Montgomery of Cavendish, P.E.I. and L. C. PAGE & COMPANY (Inc.), Publishers, having their usual place of business in the City of Boston, Mass.
1. [Copyright] Said L. M. Montgomery hereby grants, bargains, sells, and assigns to L. C. Page & Company (Inc.) a work, the title or subject or description of which is ANNE OF GREEN GABLES a juvenile story including all serial rights, dramatic rights, translations, abridgements, selections and rights therefor of said work, or parts thereof, and hereby grants and assigns to said L. C. Page & Company (Inc.) exclusive rights and power, in their own name, to take
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Person of significance: L.M. Montgomery
Who is L.M. Montgomery?
Born in in Clifton PEI, Maud Montgomery was raised in Cavendish by her Macneill grandparents after her mother’s death. She spent the majority of the first half of her life on the north shore of Prince Edward Island. The area’s farmsteads, shoreline, forest paths, and social community were obvious influences on Maud who was a bright, sensitive, and creative child. She grew up surrounded by books and listening to stories told by her storytelling relatives.
A writer from a young age, Montgomery’s first poem was published at age 15 and she was an accomplished writer of short stories and poems by the early s. It was in , however, that Montgomery’s fame become widespread with the publishing of her first book, Anne of Green Gables. While publishers were initially reluctant to publish it, the story was an instant hit.
At the time of her death in , Montgomery had published 20 novels and hundreds of short stories and
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Lucy Maud Montgomery
Canadian novelist (–)
Lucy Maud Montgomery OBE | |
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Montgomery, c.&#; | |
| Born | ()November 30, New London, Prince Edward Island, Canada |
| Died | April 24, () (aged&#;67) Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Occupation | Fiction writer |
| Education | Prince of Wales College, Dalhousie University |
| Period | – |
| Genre | Canadian literature, children's novels, short fiction, poetry |
| Notable works | |
| Spouse | Ewen MacDonald |
| Children | 3 |
Lucy Maud MontgomeryOBE (November 30, &#;– April 24, ), published as L. M. Montgomery, was a Canadian author best known for a collection of novels, essays, short stories, and poetry beginning in with Anne of Green Gables. She published 20 novels as well as short stories, 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.[1] Most of the novels were set on Prince Edward Isla