"The ghosts of things that never happened are worse than the ghosts of things that did." - L.M. Montgomery, Emily's Quest
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This final book in the Emily Trilogy is my favourite. Although frustratingly full of misunderstandings and pride and some very daft marriage proposals, there was so much I connected with.
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The descriptions of Emily's loneliness and "white nights" ("Don't let a three-o'clock-at-night feeling fog your soul.") and the vague sense of life passing her by are gut-wrenching.
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Ilse still gets the funniest lines and the image of Cousin Jimmy's happy dance will stay with me for a long time. Montgomery's descriptions of trees (well anything really!) is magical.
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I have loved reading this series with @bookishbeerishcatish (although I've been a very slack reading buddy....sorry! 😘) I remember another BG'er...wish I could remember who...saying that the Anne series is to read in childhood, Emily is for grown ups, and I agree.
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Cute tree quote: "This afternoon I sat at my window and alternately wrote at my new serial and watched a couple of dear, amusing, youngish maple-trees at the foot of the garden. They whispered secrets to each other all the afternoon. They would bend together and talk earnestly for a few moments, then spring back to look at each other, throwing up their hands comically in horror and amazement over their mutual revelations. I wonder what new scandal is afoot in Treeland." - L.M. Montgomery, Emily's Quest.
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