The Alpine path : the story of my career

Summary: Lucy Maud Montgomery, the creator of Anne of Green, wrote this charming autobiographical memoir when she was in the middle of her career. It is the most complete account she ever published of her childhood and early years are a writer. It originally appeared as a series of magazine articles in 1917, and this new edition is its first republication in any form. L. M. Montgomery was born on November 30, 1874 in Chifton, Prince Edward Island. Her childhood was spent on the Island and her evocation of rural life there at the end of the 19th century is extraordinarily attractive, moving and frequently humourous. In describing her family and friends and surroundings she reveals the source of many of the people and places and incidents of her novels, and shows hou she cam to adapt them. "The Alpine Path" of the title refers to the long climb she had to achieve success as a writer. She began in childhood, and never wavered in her resolve. Hdr ambition was to become an accomplished professional writer and she never desired fame or greatness, and the remarkable success that came to her with the pbulication of Anne of Green Gables and its sequels, and her other books, was the consequence of many years of hard steady work.