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Rilla of Ingleside by L.M. Montgomery
5.0
Rilla of Ingleside has been my favorite Anne book since the day I read it. I relate to Rilla far more than I do to Anne, and I love how she is not as 'perfect' a character as Anne is.
I think L.M. Montgomery captured the sum of themes and ideas that were introduced in the other books. Anne’s imagination is brought to fulfillment in her son Walter, her love for life is fulfilled in Rilla. This book is brilliant because Montgomery’s readers would’ve just gone through the same things Rilla did. In writing a war novel, she likely brought back ideals and virtues they’d learned during WW1. Important dates brought readers back to what they were doing then, when they heard those life-changing pieces of news.
Montgomery discusses how the little things shape us through focusing on ordinary, day-to-day events. It also tackles subjects such as grief, war, and why love for creativity is so important. I think the book shows that simply living an ordinary life can be beautiful, and we don’t always have to have big dreams or plans.
Some of my favorite passages from the series are from this book, on the pages featured in this post. Walter tells Rilla about a vision he has for the future- a world that’s secure for everyone. The dreamers, workers, poets, writers, they’re all secured by fighting off the Aryan ideals of the time. He tells Rilla of the Idea that they are fighting for and urges her to continue fighting for it on the home front, with her children, friends, anyone she comes in contact with.
I don’t think that you have to have read the rest of the Anne books to read this, but I do think it’s a lovely conclusion to Montgomery’s most famous body of work.
I think L.M. Montgomery captured the sum of themes and ideas that were introduced in the other books. Anne’s imagination is brought to fulfillment in her son Walter, her love for life is fulfilled in Rilla. This book is brilliant because Montgomery’s readers would’ve just gone through the same things Rilla did. In writing a war novel, she likely brought back ideals and virtues they’d learned during WW1. Important dates brought readers back to what they were doing then, when they heard those life-changing pieces of news.
Montgomery discusses how the little things shape us through focusing on ordinary, day-to-day events. It also tackles subjects such as grief, war, and why love for creativity is so important. I think the book shows that simply living an ordinary life can be beautiful, and we don’t always have to have big dreams or plans.
Some of my favorite passages from the series are from this book, on the pages featured in this post. Walter tells Rilla about a vision he has for the future- a world that’s secure for everyone. The dreamers, workers, poets, writers, they’re all secured by fighting off the Aryan ideals of the time. He tells Rilla of the Idea that they are fighting for and urges her to continue fighting for it on the home front, with her children, friends, anyone she comes in contact with.
I don’t think that you have to have read the rest of the Anne books to read this, but I do think it’s a lovely conclusion to Montgomery’s most famous body of work.