Children’s Classic Read January
What PURE JOY it was to read about Emily. So very different from Anne of Green Gables. I found Emily to be much deeper, darker and more imaginative. Very realistic portrait of a young girl and the goings on in her world and mind. Emily is much more like me than Anne. I also compare it to a Bronte read. Anne being an Austen read and Emily a Bronte read. It is the purest way I can explain it. The following quotes are some of my favorites. What a wonderful adventure I went on this month.
“It had always seemed to Emily, ever since she could remember, that she was very, very near to a world of wonderful beauty. Between it and herself hung only a thin curtain; she could never draw the curtain aside– but sometimes, just for a moment, a wind fluttered it and then it was as if she caught a glimpse of the enchanting realm beyond– only a glimpse– and heard a note of unearthly music.”
“When I read that the flash came, and I took a sheet of paper. . .and I wrote on it: I, Emily Byrd Starr, do solemnly vow this day that I will climb the Alpine Path and write my name on the scroll of fame.”
“I read the story of Red Riding Hood today. I think the wolf was the most interesting character in it. Red Riding Hood was a stupid little thing so easily fooled.”
“She will love deeply, she will suffer terribly, she will have glorious moments to compensate.”
― “She asked me what made me do such a thing. That is an awkward question because I often can’t tell what makes me do things. Sometimes I do them just to find out what I feel like doing them. And sometimes I do them because I want to have some exciting things to tell my grandchildren.”
― L.M. Montgomery
