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Anne's House of Dreams
by L.M. Montgomery
29/03/09: I was sure that I read this book as a child but rereading it now I don't recognise anything!
However, I have so far found several wonderful quotes.
"We came to the comforting conclusion that the Creator probably knew how to run His universe quite as well as we do, and that, after all, there are no such things as 'wasted' lives, saving and except when am individual wilfully squanders and wastes his own life..." (Gilbert, page 114)
"He makes up the most remarkable yarns - and then his mother shuts him up in the closet for telling stories. And he sits down and makes up another one, and has it ready to relate to her when she lets him out. He had one for me when he came down tonight. 'Uncle Jim,' says he, solemn as a tombstone, 'I had a 'venture in the Glen today.' 'Yes, what was it?' says I, expecting something quite startling, but no-wise prepared for what I really got. 'I met a wolf in th street,' says he, 'a 'normous wolf with a big red mouf and awful long teeth, Uncle Jim.' 'I didn't know there was any wolves at the Glen,' says I. 'Oh, he comed there from far, far away,' says Joe, 'and I fought he was going to eat me up, Uncle Jim.' 'Were you scared?' says I. 'No, 'cause I had a gun,' says Joe, 'and I shot the wolf dead, Uncle Jim - solid dead - and then he went up to heaven and bit God,' says he.'" (Captain Jim, pages 128 - 129)
"Heretics are wicked, but they're mighty int'resting. It's jest that they've got sorter lost looking for God, being under the impression that He's hard to find - which He ain't never." (Captain Jim, page 145)
01/04/09: Okay, I don't think I actually read this as a child so it's going on my 2009 shelf. Have some more quotes to add later.
Overall, I didn't enjoy it as much as the previous four but it was still a great addition to the series. It read more like a novel, whereas the previous books read like collections of stories with a vague plot running through them. All of the new characters in this book were wonderful, and I wonder who we're going to meet in the sixth book! 8/10
However, I have so far found several wonderful quotes.
"We came to the comforting conclusion that the Creator probably knew how to run His universe quite as well as we do, and that, after all, there are no such things as 'wasted' lives, saving and except when am individual wilfully squanders and wastes his own life..." (Gilbert, page 114)
"He makes up the most remarkable yarns - and then his mother shuts him up in the closet for telling stories. And he sits down and makes up another one, and has it ready to relate to her when she lets him out. He had one for me when he came down tonight. 'Uncle Jim,' says he, solemn as a tombstone, 'I had a 'venture in the Glen today.' 'Yes, what was it?' says I, expecting something quite startling, but no-wise prepared for what I really got. 'I met a wolf in th street,' says he, 'a 'normous wolf with a big red mouf and awful long teeth, Uncle Jim.' 'I didn't know there was any wolves at the Glen,' says I. 'Oh, he comed there from far, far away,' says Joe, 'and I fought he was going to eat me up, Uncle Jim.' 'Were you scared?' says I. 'No, 'cause I had a gun,' says Joe, 'and I shot the wolf dead, Uncle Jim - solid dead - and then he went up to heaven and bit God,' says he.'" (Captain Jim, pages 128 - 129)
"Heretics are wicked, but they're mighty int'resting. It's jest that they've got sorter lost looking for God, being under the impression that He's hard to find - which He ain't never." (Captain Jim, page 145)
01/04/09: Okay, I don't think I actually read this as a child so it's going on my 2009 shelf. Have some more quotes to add later.
Overall, I didn't enjoy it as much as the previous four but it was still a great addition to the series. It read more like a novel, whereas the previous books read like collections of stories with a vague plot running through them. All of the new characters in this book were wonderful, and I wonder who we're going to meet in the sixth book! 8/10