Jane of Lantern Hill: A Virago Modern Classic

by L. M. Montgomery

Overview

BY A REMARKABLE CANADIAN WRITER.

'The grandmother of the YA/adult crossover novel' JEAN HANNAH EDELSTEIN, GUARDIAN

'Genuinely delightful' INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY

Jane and her mother live in a gloomy old mansion, where their lives are ruled by her ovebearing grandmother. For most of her life Jane has believed that her father is dead. Then, one dull April morning, a letter comes. Not only is her father alive and well, but he wants Jane to spend the summer with him on Prince Edward Island.

For a blissful summer she lives at her father's cottage on Lantern Hill, making friends, having adventures and discovering that life can be wonderful after all. And she dares to dream that there could be such a house where she, Mother and Father could live together without Grandmother's disapproval - a house that could be called home.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780349004457
Publisher:	Little, Brown Book Group
Publication date:	06/05/2014
Series:	Virago Modern Classics , #284
Sold by:	Hachette Digital, Inc.
Format:	eBook
Sales rank:	532,039
File size:	1 MB
Age Range:	9 - 12 Years

About the Author

L. M. Montgomery was born in 1874 on Prince Edward Island, Canada, where she spent her childhood living with her grandparents in an old farmhouse. A prolific writer, she published many short stories, poems and novels, many of which were inspired by the years she spent on the beautiful Prince Edward Island. She is most famous for creating Anne of Green Gables, which has always been among the most popular of children's classics, and the wonderful Emily of New Moon series.