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Note that this chronology includes both books written by L. M. Montgomery during her life
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| 1874 |
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November 30 — Lucy Maud Montgomery born in Clifton, Prince Edward Island (P.E.I.), Canada, to Hugh John Montgomery and Clara Woolner Macneill. |
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| 1876 |
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September 14 — Montgomery's mother dies of tuberculosis. Montgomery sent to live with her maternal grandparents (Alexander and Lucy Woolner Macneill) in Cavendish, P.E.I. |
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| 1884 |
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Montgomery's father settles permanently in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan.
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| 1887 |
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Montgomery's father marries his second wife, Mary Ann McRae in Ontario. The couple have at least four children: Kate (1888), David Bruce (1891), Hugh Carlyle (Carl) (1893), and Ila May (n.d.).
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| 1890-91 |
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August 16, 1890 - August 25, 1891 — Montgomery visits her father and stepmother in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, attending high school there.
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1893-94
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Attends Prince of Wales College in Charlottetown, P.E.I, gaining her teacher's license.
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| 1894-95 |
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Teaches in Bideford, P.E.I.
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| 1895-96 |
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Attends Dalhousie College in Halifax, Nova Scotia, taking “a selected course in English literature.”
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| 1896-97 |
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Teaches in Belmont, P.E.I.
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| 1897 |
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June 8 — Montgomery becomes engaged to Edwin Simpson of Belmont, a second cousin studying for the Baptist ministry. She breaks off the engagement in March 1898.
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| 1987-98 |
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Teaches in Lower Bedeque, P.E.I.
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| 1898 |
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Grandfather Macneill dies; Montgomery gives up teaching to stay with her grandmother. |
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| 1899 |
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June 30 — Herman Leard, a man Montgomery had fallen in love with while teaching in Lower Bedeque and boarding with his family, dies. |
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| 1900 |
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January 16 — Montgomery's father dies. |
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| 1901 |
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Montgomery goes to Halifax in the fall to work for the Daily Echo, the evening edition of the Chronicle, returning to Cavendish in June of 1902. |
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| 1903 |
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Montgomery meets the Rev. Ewan Macdonald, her future husband, when he becomes minister of the Cavendish Presbyterian church. |
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| 1906 |
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Montgomery becomes engaged to Macdonald, with the understanding that they will not be married until after her grandmother dies. |
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| 1908 |
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Anne of Green Gables [Read Anne of Green Gables online] |
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| 1909 |
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Anne of Avonlea [Read Anne of Avonlea online] |
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| 1910 |
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Kilmeny of the Orchard |
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| 1911 |
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The Story Girl
Grandmother Macneill dies. Montgomery marries Macdonald on July 5 and, after a tour of the British Isles, settles in Leaskdale, Ontario.
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| 1912 |
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The Chronicles of Avonlea
July 7 — Montgomery's first son, Chester Cameron, is born.
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| 1913 |
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The Golden Road |
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| 1914 |
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August 13 — Hugh Alexander is stillborn.
World War I ("The Great War") begins.
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| 1915 |
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Anne of the Island
October 7 — Ewan Stuart born.
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| 1916 |
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The Watchman and Other Poems |
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| 1917 |
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Anne's House of Dreams
The Alpine Path: The Story of My Career — published in installments in Everywoman's World magazine. [Read The Alpine Path online]
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| 1919 |
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Rainbow Valley
January 25 — Montgomery's cousin and dear friend “Frede” Campbell MacFarlane, dies of flu and pneumonia.
Treaty of Versailles signed, ending World War I.
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| 1920 |
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Rilla of Ingleside
Further Chronicles of Avonlea — an unauthorised publication by L. C. Page Co. (Boston) from manuscript materials in their vaults. [Read Further Chronicles online]
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| 1923 |
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Emily of New Moon
Montgomery selected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts of Great Britain — she was the first Canadian woman to be so honored. (Wiggins, p. 15)
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| 1925 |
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Emily Climbs
Macdonald family moves to Norval, Ontario.
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| 1926 |
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The Blue Castle |
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| 1927 |
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Emily's Quest |
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| 1929 |
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Magic for Marigold |
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| 1931 |
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A Tangled Web |
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| 1933 |
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Pat of Silver Bush
Son Chester reveals he has secretly married Luella Reid.
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| 1934 |
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Courageous Women — coauthored with Marian Keith and Mabel Burns McKinley
May 17 — birth of Montgomery's first grandchild, Luella.
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| 1935 |
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Mistress Pat
Montgomery and Macdonald move to “Journey's End” in the Swansea suburb of Toronto, Ontario.
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| 1936 |
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Anne of Windy Poplars
May 17 — birth of Montgomery's second grandchild, Cameron Stuart.
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| 1937 |
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Jane of Lantern Hill |
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| 1939 |
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Anne of Ingleside
Germany invades Poland, beginning World War II.
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| 1942 |
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April 24 — Montgomery dies. |
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| 1960 |
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The Green Gables Letters from L. M. Montgomery to Ephraim Weber, 1905-1909, edited by Wilfrid Eggleston |
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| 1974 |
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The Road to Yesterday — published posthumously
The Years Before ‘Anne’, edited by Francis W. P. Bolger
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| 1975 |
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The Alpine Path: The Story of My Career republished by Fitzhenry and Whiteside (Don Mills, ON). |
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| 1979 |
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The Doctor's Sweetheart and Other Stories, edited by Catherine McLay |
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| 1980 |
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My Dear Mr. M: Letters to G. B. MacMillan from L. M. Montgomery, edited by Francis W. P. Bolger and Elizabeth R. Epperly |
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| 1985 |
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The Selected Journals of L. M. Montgomery, Volume I: 1889-1910, edited by Mary Rubio and Elizabeth Waterston |
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| 1987 |
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The Poetry of Lucy Maud Montgomery, selected and introduced by John Ferns and Kevin McCabe
The Selected Journals of L. M. Montgomery, Volume II: 1910-1921, edited by Mary Rubio and Elizabeth Waterston
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| 1988 |
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Akin to Anne: Tales of Other Orphans, edited by Rea Wilmshurst |
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| 1989 |
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Along the Shore: Tales by the Sea, edited by Rea Wilmshurst |
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| 1990 |
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Among the Shadows: Tales from the Darker Side, edited by Rea Wilmshurst |
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| 1991 |
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After Many Days: Tales of Time Passed, edited by Rea Wilmshurst
The Years Before ‘Anne’, edited by Francis W. P. Bolger (republished)
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| 1992 |
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The Selected Journals of L. M. Montgomery, Volume III: 1921-1929, edited by Mary Rubio and Elizabeth Waterston
My Dear Mr. M: Letters to G. B. MacMillan from L. M. Montgomery, edited by Francis W. P. Bolger and Elizabeth R. Epperly (republished)
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| 1993 |
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Against the Odds: Tales of Achievement, edited by Rea Wilmshurst |
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| 1994 |
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At the Altar: Matrimonial Tales, edited by Rea Wilmshurst |
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| 1995 |
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Across the Miles: Tales of Correspondence, edited by Rea Wilmshurst
Christmas with Anne and Other Holiday Stories, edited by Rea Wilmshurst
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| 1996 |
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L. M. Montgomery Institute founded with a three-year grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Council of Canada, and continued with subsequent five-year funding from the Macdonald Stewart Foundation. The Institute is housed at the University of Prince Edward Island in Charlottetown. |
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| 1997 |
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The Annotated Anne of Green Gables, edited by Wendy E. Barry, Margaret Anne Doody, and Mary E. Doody Jones.
Mongomeri-Nikki: Ai, sono Hikari to Kage (The Selected Journals of L.M. Montgomery, 1897-1900: Love, Its Light and Shadow), translated by Yuko Katsura
The Alpine Path: The Story of My Career republished by Fitzhenry and Whiteside (Markham, ON).
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| 1998 |
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The Selected Journals of L. M. Montgomery, Volume IV: 1929-1935, edited by Mary Rubio and Elizabeth Waterston |
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| 1999 |
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The Poetry of Lucy Maud Montgomery, selected and introduced by John Ferns and Kevin McCabe (republished) |
