It also exposes the change in all those people who in one way or another have been affected by the war and how they have changed. In the course of the novel, the change in Rilla is clearly seen, the war and the context make her mature and create a charity. Her sisters are studying or collaborating as Red Cross nurses and Rilla is the only one who stays at home, alone, with her parents.

His parents, Anne and Gilbert, are concerned about this attitude.īut soon, all his dreams are cut short when the same day of the dance she receives the news that all his friends and brothers have to go to fight in the war. Rilla is a beautiful and flirtatious young woman whose only concern is to have fun and go to the dance at the lighthouse of the Four Winds.

In this contest, both Anne's children and those of her acquaintances have to come to fight. Ten years have passed and the story takes place during the First World War and has a more serious tone than the previous books in the series. In this episode of the series, the plot focuses on the youngest daughter of Anne and Gilbert: little Rilla Blythe, who is already 15 years old. It is the eighth book in the Anne of Green Gables series. Rilla of Ingleside is a book written by Lucy Maud Montgomery and published in 1921. (Summary by Wikipedia)įor further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording.įor more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit of Ingleside Book download in PDF, ePub & Mobi by Lucy Maud Montgomery It has a more serious tone, as it takes place during World War I and the three Blythe boys - Jem, Walter, and Shirley - along with Rilla's sweetheart Ken Ford, and playmates Jerry Meredith and Carl Meredith - end up fighting in Europe with the Canadian Expeditionary Force.

This book draws the focus back onto a single character, Anne and Gilbert's youngest daughter Bertha Marilla 'Rilla' Blythe. Rilla of Ingleside (1921) is the final book in the Anne of Green Gables series by Lucy Maud Montgomery, but was the sixth of the eight 'Anne' novels she wrote.

Read in English by Mary Anderson Anne Marie Monchamp Jeanni Hall S R Colon Elisabeth Sollog Spoken4 MarianneVictoria SCKaplan Lynne Thompson Kimberly Krause Samantha J Gubitz Sarahog Montgomery, quote from Rilla of Ingleside Before this war is over,' Walter said - or something said through his lips - 'every man and woman and child in Canada will feel it - you, Mary, will feel it - feel it to your heart's core. LibriVox recording of Rilla of Ingleside (version 2) by Lucy Maud Montgomery.

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