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  • Published: 1 June 1993
  • ISBN: 9780553560688
  • Imprint: RHUS Children's Books
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 416
  • RRP: $17.99

The Road to Yesterday




For Anne and Gilbert Blythe, life in a small village is never dull because of all the entertaining gossip, and what strange and funny tales they hear: about the mischievous twins whose dearest wish comes true when they meet up with a bored and haunted millionaire; or clever Penelope Craig, who considers herself an expert on children -- until she adopts a boy of her own; or Timothy Randebush, a man so eager to keep his brother out of the clutches of a dangerous woman that he spirits her away -- only to fall prey to her charms himself. Filled with unexpected surprises, laughter, and tears, here are fourteen of the Blythes' favorite tales.

  • Published: 1 June 1993
  • ISBN: 9780553560688
  • Imprint: RHUS Children's Books
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 416
  • RRP: $17.99

About the author

L.M. Montgomery

Lucy Maud Montgomery was born in Clifton, Prince Edward Island in 1874. Her universally beloved Anne of Green Gables has been translate into 15 different languages and was made into a film. Ms. Montgomery died in Toronto on April 24, 1942 and was buried at Cavendish, Prince Edward Island.

Lucy Maude Montgomery (1874 - 1942) was born on Prince Edward Island, off the east coast of Canada. She spent her childhood there, living with her grandparents after her mother's death when she was only two. Many scenes in Anne of Green Gables are drawn from her happy memories of the island and the farmhouse where she was brought up. She was an avid reader and was always writing poems and short stories. Her first published work, a poem, appeared in the local paper when she was just fifteen. After school and university she became a teacher, always continuing with her writing.
When she was asked to contribute a short story to a magazine, she dusted off an idea for a plot she had jotted down when she was much younger, and turned it into Anne of Green Gables, one of the most popular books ever written. Lucy said about the book:
'I thought girls in their teens might like it. But grandparents, school and college boys, old pioneers in the Australian bush, girls in India, missionaries in China, monks in remote monasteries, premiers of Great Britain, and red-headed people all over the world have written to me, telling me how they loved Anne and her successors.'Lucy married a Presbyterian minister in 1911 and moved with him to Toronto. She continued to set her stories on 'the only island there is' and where her heart always remained.

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