Lucy Maud

Montgomery

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Her childhood
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1. Her childhood
▣ She was born on November 30, 1874 in a village of
Clifton, P.E.I.
▣ She was the daughter of Clara Woolner Montgomery and
Hugh John.
▣ Clara, her mother dies when Lucy is only 21 months old
and his father leaves her, so she gets raised by her
grandparents.
▣ At the year of seven she moves to Prince Albert, and she
teaches herself how to read.
▣ She wrote her first poem when she was 9. 3
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Her early years
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1. Her early years
▣ She started doing writing contests when she was fifteen years
old.
▣ Lucy loved writing poems.
▣ When she is fifteen she also moves to his dad and later Lucy
moves back to P.E.I. in 1891, and studies for ten months in
Prince of Wales high school.
▣ She also was a teacher in Bideford
▣ She wanted to become a better writer and she woke up at 6 am
just to write.
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 3.
Her adult life
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1. Her adult life
▣ In 1895 Lucy went to Dalhousie University.
▣ One year later in 1896 she had to start teaching again due to a
lack of money.
▣ Two years later her grandfather dies and goes back to her
grandmother to help her for 13 years.
▣ Lucy’s father dies in 1900.
▣ In 1905 she got to know Ewan Mcdonald and they lived in 5
years of being engaged. They couldn’t get married , because
Lucy was destined to help her grandma.
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Anne Of Green Gables

One of her most known book is Anne

Of Green Gables. It was written for all
ages in 1908 and it’s set in the late 19
century.
The story’s main charachter is Anne , a
11-12 year old orphan girl who gets
adopted by accident. She becomes a
Shirley-Cuthbert.
This book also mentions feminism.
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2. Her adult life
▣ In 1911 her grandmother dies and she bearly coped.
▣ She also got married on the 11th of July in 1911 with Ewan,
after her grandma passed away.
▣ Their first son was born in 1912 , the second one was born in
1915. Unfortunately they would’ve had a third son in 1914 , but
he died after he was born. It was really devastating.
▣ They looked like a perfect family, but Ewan was actually
depressed and that was a bad influence on Lucy. She also had a
breakdown.
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 "Next to trying and winning, the

‘’ best thing is trying and failing."

-Lucy Maud Montgomery

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Thanks
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