When she is to be married, she insists on inviting him, to her mother’s annoyance. Rachel meets him by chance just once and establishes instant rapport. One such 20-year estrangement takes place in Her Father’s Daughter, where Isabella Spencer forbids her husband to resume his life as a sailor and when he does, she bans him from her home and her life, refusing to even discuss him with their daughter, Rachel. Montgomery’s books are full of feuds and disagreements that seem silly to outsiders. As a child, I read but was never quite as enthusiastic about Montgomery’s meandering tales of characters I had never heard of (I realize this is why I never cared for Sara Stanley, The Story Girl) but upon rereading, I realize there are several that are quite memorable. This is an uneven collection of stories and, apparently, Montgomery did not authorize their publication. She would go on to publish 20 novels and a number of short story collections (others were published after her death). My Impressions: Anne of Green Gables was published in 1908 and by 1920 Montgomery had published four sequels.
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