The Blythes Are Quoted(2009)

L.M. MontgomeryJack D. Zipes

Contains 15 short stories set in and around the Blythes' Prince Edward Island community of Glen St. Mary. "Consists of an experimental blend of fifteen short stories, forty-one poems, and numerous vignettes featuring Anne and members of her family discussing her poetry. ... Short stories about residents of Glen St. Mary are interspersed with vignettes of Anne Shirley Blythe and her family discussing her poetry over a series of evenings. Before or after each of these vignettes, one or more of Anne's poems (and, later in the book, the poems of her son Walter) are presented in their entirety. The stories themselves are not primarily about Anne or her family, though Anne and her husband, Gilbert, are at least mentioned (and often quoted) by other characters in every single story. Other members of Anne's family are also discussed upon occasion. As well, Anne has a small supporting role in one story, and Gilbert similarly has a supporting role in another. Other than the connection through Anne, however, the short stories do not narratively tie in with the poems or vignettes in any way. The short stories, most of which were originally published in periodicals throughout the 1930s, focus on characters that live in or near Glen St. Mary, the village that Anne lives in as an adult. These previously published stories initially had no connection to Anne or to Glen St. Mary, but in compiling this volume, Montgomery rewrote the stories to change the settings and include mentions and appearances of Anne and her family, mostly in incidental roles."--Wikipedia, viewed April 1, 2020; as quoted in WorldCat

Contents: "The Piper" -- Some Fools and a Saint -- Twilight at Ingleside -- An Afternoon with Mr. Jenkins -- The Second Evening -- Retribution -- The Third Evening -- The Twins Pretend -- The Fourth Evening -- Fancy's Fool -- The Fifth Evening -- A Dream Comes True -- The Sixth Evening -- Penelope Struts Her Theories -- The Seventh Evening -- The Reconciliation -- The Cheated Child -- Fool's Errand -- The Pot and the Kettle -- Another Ingleside Twilight -- Brother Beware -- The Second Evening -- Here Comes the Bride -- The Third Evening -- A Commonplace Woman -- The Fourth Evening -- The Road to Yesterday -- Au Revoir.