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Cargando... Akin to Anne: Tales of Other Orphans (1988)por L. M. Montgomery
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. L.M. Montgomery is a long time and all time favorite author of mine. She writes the perfect girls story with just the right mix of adventure, drama and happiness. I find her books a comfort to read and have re-read most of her works many times over the years. They are classics for a reason and that reason is they are great. These are true comfort books for me and books I enjoy re-reading again and again. Very sweet. The biggest problem with this collection was the repetitiveness - which wouldn't, of course, have been a problem in the original individual magazine publications. Reading them all together they feel rather Horatio Alger. The themes are very similar - the obvious one of "orphan finds home and/or family", but also "you look just like him/her" or "I recognize that name" as a means of identifying a lost or unknown family member. And (the most Alger-like aspect) - doing the right thing is the most likely trigger for recognition - admitting to a false name, a prank, or running away immediately gets you recognized as family. I can also see the proto-Anne in many of the orphans here - dreamers of various sorts. Still, each story was quite sweet, and many brought tears to my eyes. One story cuts off too soon - there seems to be a missing page or so on The Softening of Miss Cynthia, as it stops before the happy ending (though what the end will be is already obvious - it's not that we're left hanging). I'm glad I read it, but I don't think I need to reread. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
In this heartwarming collection of nineteen short stories L.M. Montgomery returns to the enchanting shores of beautiful Prince Edward Island to tell about orphans much like Anne of Green Gables -- vulnerable, sensitive, and full of hope and courage. There's the lonely young girl on a quest for a real-life mother, a budding artist who dreams of fame and fortune, and old family quilt that unites two sisters with a long-lost relative, an ancient Egyptian doll that invokes an unusual spell for a little girl yearning for a special friend. L.M. Montgomery brings to life a magical place and a circle of characters who will long be treasured and remembered. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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This is, as the title says, a collection of stories about orphans. The introduction says that these stories culminated in the making of LMM's most famous work, but actually, only *some* of these stories were published before Anne of Green Gables. There is a common thread to all, however: people longing for family. The orphans in this collection range in age from young children to grown adults. Almost all of them follow the same story arc: a poor orphan discovers long-lost blood relatives who welcome them with open arms, generally because they bear an uncanny resemblance to long-dead siblings.
My personal favorites are "The Running Away of Chester" (by far the longest story, with the best developed characters), "Charlotte's Quest," and "Freda's Adopted Grave."
If you're looking for variety, look elsewhere: this is all about the cozy feeling that these sorts of sentimental stories evoke. If you need or want a good dose of it, this is an excellent collection! ( )