{"product_id":"the-blue-castle-the-annotated-edition-l-m-montgomerys-beloved-adult-novel-with-introduction-notes-readers-guide-9798950343940","title":"The Blue Castle: The Annotated Edition - L. M. Montgomery's Beloved Adult Novel, with Introduction, Notes \u0026 Reader's Guide","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe cozy classic a new generation is rediscovering - from the author of \u003cem\u003eAnne of Green Gables\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt twenty-nine, Valancy Stirling has never been loved, never been free, and never once spent a night away from the joyless house where her clan of aunts and uncles rules her life. Her only escape is a castle she has built inside her own mind. Then a single letter changes everything, and Valancy does the one thing no one who knows her could imagine: she begins to \u003cem\u003elive\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1926, \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Blue Castle\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e is L. M. Montgomery's radiant novel for adults - the only book she set entirely away from Prince Edward Island, in the pine-and-water wilderness of Ontario's Muskoka. Witty, tender, and quietly radical, it has become a treasured comfort read passed hand to hand by readers who grew up on Anne and were waiting, without knowing it, for this.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis Annotated Edition includes: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- The \u003cstrong\u003ecomplete 1926 novel\u003c\/strong\u003e, all forty-five chapters, freshly typeset\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- An original \u003cstrong\u003eintroduction\u003c\/strong\u003e on Montgomery's one great adult novel and its modern revival\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- \u003cstrong\u003eNotes on the Text\u003c\/strong\u003e decoding the real Muskoka places, period references, and fairy-tale allusions\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- A \u003cstrong\u003eReader's Guide\u003c\/strong\u003e with discussion questions for book clubs and solo readers\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- A concise \u003cstrong\u003eMontgomery timeline\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA short life lived fully, Valancy decides, is worth more than a long one spent obeying. Fall in love with the novel Montgomery wrote for herself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Carrier Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/20\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798950343940\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 268\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.69lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.61d","brand":"Montgomery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53024879542453,"sku":"9798950343940","price":14.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/9798950343940.jpg?v=1787668065","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-blue-castle-the-annotated-edition-l-m-montgomerys-beloved-adult-novel-with-introduction-notes-readers-guide-9798950343940","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}