Emily of New Moon Read-along

Join us every week as readers from around the world respond to a chapter from L.M. Montgomery's beloved novel.

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Welcome to the
Emily of New Moon
Read-along

Last year, the LMMI hosted the Anne of Green Gables Read-along to commemorate the 110th anniversary. It was such a success, that we are doing it again. Join us every Tuesday from May 7, 2019 to December 3, 2019 where readers will bring us their insights into the chapter of the week. Share and follow #LMMIReadalong.

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Chapter 24: A Different Kind of Happiness

For the first time since her father died, Emily of New Moon has a sense of freedom to be herself, she hasn’t really had living under Aunt Elizabeth’s roof.

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Chapter 25: She Couldn’t Have Done It

Chapter XXV, is not the only catalyst in Emily’s transition from childhood to girlhood (so adeptly introduced by Vappu Kannas in her blog about Chapter XXII), but it is a significant moment with long-lasting repercussions.

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Chapter 26: On the Bay Shore

In “Chapter XXVI: On the Bay Shore,” Emily of New Moon undergoes an adult invasion with the arrival of Dean “Jarback” Priest. 

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Chapter 27: The Vow of Emily

When Emily returns to New Moon after many weeks at Wyther Grange, Aunt Laura sees how much her niece has grown up, and it isn’t just her height.

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Chapter 28: A Weaving of Dreams

Here we meet Mr. Carpenter, the new school teacher, and L.M. Montgomery gives a beautifully detailed portrait, seen through the lens of Blair Water folk,…

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Chapter 29: Sacrilege

I have to start out confessing that I never read Emily before this and I’m grateful I was included in this read along so I did.

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Chapter 30: When the Curtain Lifted

In this penultimate chapter, L.M. Montgomery resolves a major plotline, opening a window into the uncanny in the process.

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Chapter 31: Emily’s Great Moment

What a joy it is to read this satisfying closing to Emily of Moon, a chapter that isn’t an ending at all, but a joyous beginning for Emily Byrd Starr.