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Common themes in Montgomery's work include questions about maternity and motherhood, orphans, children abandoned by/separated from parents, children in the care of unloving relatives, absent mothers/childless women/"spinsters".
Common themes in Montgomery's work include questions about maternity and motherhood, orphans, children abandoned by/separated from parents, children in the care of unloving relatives, absent mothers/childless women/"spinsters".
#LainaReadsAnne These are things that Montgomery struggled with in her own life, both as a child and as a mother. She believed motherhood was crucial work for women, and that education of girls was very imporant, another theme in her work.
#LainaReadsAnne The best known of her work incorporates many of these themes and that is of course Anne of Green Gables.
Montgomery wrote the book in 1905 and sent it to several publishers where it was promptly rejected by all of them.
Then she put it in a hatbox for two years
Montgomery wrote the book in 1905 and sent it to several publishers where it was promptly rejected by all of them.
Then she put it in a hatbox for two years
