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Marilla of Green Gables 5 csillagozás
Plucky and ambitious, Marilla Cuthbert is thirteen years old when her world is turned upside down. Her beloved mother dies in childbirth, and Marilla suddenly must bear the responsibilities of a farm wife: cooking, sewing, keeping house, and overseeing the day-to-day life of Green Gables with her brother, Matthew, and father, Hugh.
In Avonlea—a small, tight-knit farming town on a remote island—life holds few options for farm girls. Her one connection to the wider world is Aunt Elizabeth “Izzy” Johnson, her mother’s sister, who managed to escape from Avonlea to the bustling city of St. Catharines. An opinionated spinster, Aunt Izzy’s talent as a seamstress has allowed her to build a thriving business and make her own way in the world.
Emboldened by her aunt, Marilla dares to venture beyond the safety of Green Gables and discovers new friends and new opportunities. Joining the Ladies Aid Society, she raises funds for an orphanage run by the Sisters of Charity in… (tovább)
Eredeti megjelenés éve: 2018
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Enciklopédia 12
Szereplők népszerűség szerint
Matthew Cuthbert · Marilla Cuthbert · Rachel Lynde · Lavendar Lewis · Clara Cuthbert · Elizabeth Johnson · Hugh Cuthbert · John Blythe · Katherine Blythe · Thomas Lynde
Helyszínek népszerűség szerint
Várólistára tette 7
Kívánságlistára tette 5
Kiemelt értékelések
Kicsit nehezen vergődtem át magam rajta. Nagyon kedves, szerethető szellemiségű könyv, de hiányzik belőle a szikra, ami Lucy Maud írásait áthatja. Nyilván. Ezt nem is vetem a szemére, sőt, valahol tisztelem is, hogy McCoy nem utánzást írt, hanem egy önálló interpretációt. Négyest adok neki, mert süt belőle a szeretet es az alázat az eredeti regények felé – akkor is, ha irodalmilag nem okoz komoly kielégülést. Kellemes olvasmány, és szerintem egész hiteles jellemrajza Marillának, Matthewnak és Rachelnekm, a maguk fiatalságában. Elegáns főhajtás Montgomery életműve előtt.
Felkeltette az érdeklődésemet Anne Shirley előtörténete, ezért vettem a kezembe ezt a könyvet. Mint az utószóból kiderül, a szerző igen alapos kutatásokat végzett L. M. Montgomery-ről, bejárta a Prince Edward-szigetet és figyelmesen tanulmányozta az Anne köteteket. Avonlea hangulatát nagyon hűségesen ragadta meg, Marilla történetét jól beillesztette a történelmi korba és összefüggésbe helyezte a későbbiekkel. Kellemes olvasmány egy hétvégére.
Népszerű idézetek
“If I’m not back in an hour, the wolves may have taken me.”
“There are no wolves on the island.” Hugh yawned.
“A guilty conscience can gnaw on a person is my point.”
“Near to fifteen years living in Avonlea, I trust you not to fall into the sea or be devoured by wild beasts.” He kissed her cheek and she set off.
XV. Rebellion
But tomorrow was a new day, with no memory or sentiments of yesterday. How wonderful, she thought. How tragic.
XXXIII. Fugitive Slave Hunt
Never mind today, she thought. There was no undoing the mistakes in it. But tomorrow was new with time aplenty to make things right.
XVIII. An Exam, a Letter, and Mayflower Regrets
“You want to study your geography? Come on, let’s go.”
She crossed her arms. “Go?”
“No better way to learn the land than to explore it.”
“The most exasperating individual—this is because you want to beat me in the scores, isn’t it?”
“Aw, you’ve figured out my villainous scheme. Villainous: V-I-double-L-A-I-N-O-U-S. We can practice our spelling along the way.”
He could charm the devil.
“Biology too, I suppose. Exercising the body does improve the mind,” she relented.
XVII. John Blythe Suggests a Walk
She’d meant to speak boldly not cruelly. Up until that moment, she hadn’t realized how similar the two could be.
XXV. Apologetic Unforgiveness
True to his word, Thomas Lynde had worked steadily until Rachel was eighteen and he had enough to buy a farm in Avonlea. There was a beautiful piece of property for sale at the end of the main road where most folks thought Hugh should’ve set his homestead but hadn’t. It was the more sociable choice. And so, on Rachel’s suggestion, Thomas purchased the acreage to the north of Green Gables, making the Lyndes and Cuthberts proper neighbors. It was a quick jaunt up the lane to arrive at Rachel’s front door.
XXVI. A Child Is Born
Izzy reached down and scooped up two pieces of sandy rose quartz from the yard.
“It isn’t Hope River, but it’ll do.” She closed her eyes a beat, then flung one of the rocks into the white pasture. It slid across the snow and stood like a dot of ink from a paused pen.
She handed Marilla the second stone. “Make a wish.”
Marilla took it, smoothing it between her fingers before finally speaking her heart aloud. She’d been silent too long.
“It would be nice to know the love of a child one day.”
Izzy kissed her cheek. “And so you shall.”
Then Marilla pitched the stone into the pasture with all her might.
XXXV. Morning Revelation
„Tell me about the red beaches…” Clara's eyelids fluttered on the edge of sleep.
Unlike the oyster shores of Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island was ringed red like the skin of a cut apple.
„I never knew our island was differend from the others.”
„Abegweit,” Clara murmured. „That's the native Micmac name. They say the god Glooscap made our island by mixing all the colors of the earth and stroking the ocean with his paintbrush. Abegweit means 'cradle in the waves.'”
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