L.M. Montgomery

L.M.

Montgomery (1874–1942) was a Canadian author best known for *Anne of Green Gables* (1908), which introduced the red-haired orphan Anne Shirley and launched a beloved series.

Her work, set largely in Prince Edward Island, shaped perceptions of Canadian maritime life and remains widely read: I grew up on L.M. Montgomery novels.

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Anne of Green Gables · red hair · braids · Green Gables · kindred spirits · bosom friend · imagination · orphan · Canadian · author · Matthew · Diana · Barry · puffed sleeves · slate · romance · novels · Emily

Opposites
literary tone and worldview

L.M. MontgomeryCormac McCarthy

Thomas Hardy · Fyodor Dostoevsky · Edgar Allan Poe · Franz Kafka · Samuel Beckett

genre and audience

L.M. MontgomeryMarquis de Sade

Writer whose name became perversion

Henry Miller · Charles Bukowski · erotica

setting and aesthetic

L.M. Montgomerycyberpunk

Dystopian tech-noir fiction

George Orwell · dystopian fiction · Charles Dickens · Upton Sinclair · William Gibson

Family

Montgomery, mount, mountain, mountainous, mountaineer, mountaineering

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Rated G