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The Story Girl #2
The Golden Road
L. M. Montgomery is a Canadian author best known for her 1913 book The Golden Road. Beverley, a character in the story, recalls his younger years with his brother Felix and his cousins Felicity, Cecily, Dan, Sara Stanley (the "Story Girl"), hired kid Peter, and neighbor Sara Ray as well as friends and friends from their families. The kids had numerous adventures while playing in their family's orchard and even started their own newspaper, named Our Magazine. This book features more character development than its predecessor did, and the reader can watch the kids mature, especially as Sara Stanley leaves the Golden Road of youth for good. They can also see the beginnings of Peter and Felicity's relationship as their chemistry grows. It also appears that Beverley and Sara Stanley are attracted to one another, but this is left unexplored. Beverley also makes a strong suggestion that Peter and Felicity will wed. After Sara's father picks her up to give her a proper education, the story comes to an end, and their small group is never again whole.
304 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 1, 1913
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L.M. Montgomery
1,975 books13.3k followersLucy Maud Montgomery was a Canadian author, best known for a series of novels beginning with Anne of Green Gables, published in 1908.
Montgomery was born at Clifton, Prince Edward Island, Nov. 30, 1874. She came to live at Leaskdale, north of Uxbridge Ontario, after her wedding with Rev. Ewen Macdonald on July 11, 1911. She had three children and wrote close to a dozen books while she was living in the Leaskdale Manse before the family moved to Norval, Ontario in 1926. She died in Toronto April 24, 1942 and was buried at Cavendish, Prince Edward Island.
Montgomery was born at Clifton, Prince Edward Island, Nov. 30, 1874. She came to live at Leaskdale, north of Uxbridge Ontario, after her wedding with Rev. Ewen Macdonald on July 11, 1911. She had three children and wrote close to a dozen books while she was living in the Leaskdale Manse before the family moved to Norval, Ontario in 1926. She died in Toronto April 24, 1942 and was buried at Cavendish, Prince Edward Island.
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July 30, 2021
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August 6, 2025
خب قرار نیست همیشه بچه بمونیم.
پس یک روز هممون بزرگ میشیم و به دنبال اهدافمون میریم.
کمی این جلدش غمگین بود برام.
چون یکسری شخصیت ها تغییر میکنن و یا ترکمون میکنن
خوندن این دو جلد در اين روزهای گرم تابستانی لذت بخش بودن
البته خود کتاب با سریال کمی فرق داره.
پس یک روز هممون بزرگ میشیم و به دنبال اهدافمون میریم.
کمی این جلدش غمگین بود برام.
چون یکسری شخصیت ها تغییر میکنن و یا ترکمون میکنن
خوندن این دو جلد در اين روزهای گرم تابستانی لذت بخش بودن
البته خود کتاب با سریال کمی فرق داره.
August 11, 2019
Both deeply melancholy and often uproariously humorous (and always always entertainingly engaging), in the sequel to L.M. Montgomery's The Story Girl, in her The Golden Road, the author's created and presented characters (and in my humble opinion even considerably more so than in The Story Girl) are in many if not most ways living, breathing, individuals whom one would even very much love to meet in real life, to be friends, to share conversations and adventures with (but indeed with some of them to also want and desire to at least occasionally verbally box their proverbial ears, not so much if ever Cecily King perhaps, but Felicity King most definitely). And indeed, I do very much appreciate that L.M. Montgomery has made her literary creations into flesh-and-blood persons with both positive and negative personality traits, and not ever just paragons of virtue or conversely images of pure negativity (as even Felicity King with her vanity is also not simply and only defined by that and even demure and likely doomed sweet tempered Cecily King is shown within the pages of The Golden Road to be first and foremost a child, as a young tween girl with hopes, dreams, aspirations and even some minor peccadilloes and not just a ministering angel who will die young).
Now and in my opinion, in The Golden Road L.M. Montgomery actually uses just a trifle less episodicness than in The Story Girl (and therefore also a more clearly defined plot), with more depicted bona-fide occurrences and events both humorous and yes also sometimes sad or potentially so (and once again all narrated by Beverly King) and indeed thus also a little less storytelling by Sara Stanley (by the Story Girl), which I for one actually have very much enjoyed, as while I do with all my heart massively love and adore The Story Girl, I do believe and feel that The Golden Road is in fact a slightly more mature and nuanced novel, and a story that also features a more delicately and happily balanced combination of related and depicted, shown events and Sara's stories (and as such, The Golden Road has also always felt just a wee bit more real and relatable to and for me than The Story Girl, where at least sometimes it does tend to feel as though Sara Stanley and her told tales kind of overtake everything). Most highly recommended (but you should probably keep the tissues ready)!
And just to muse a bit. While I was recently rereading Louisa May Alcott's Little Women (which I do on a regular basis), I was also at the same time rereading both The Story Girl and The Golden Road. And having now re-completed all three novels, it does become rather obvious just how much both The Story Girl and The Golden Road do have in common with Little Women. Especially the character of Cecily King is very much akin to Beth March, both personality wise and her eventual fate (that she is also doomed to very likely die young just like Beth does). Now please note that I am NOT in any manner saying or even insinuating that Montgomery plagiarised from Alcott, and Cecily is also not ever an exact replica of Beth March either (although the latter might well have served as a bit of a model for the former), but the similarities are (to and for me) striking enough to consider that Montgomery was in all likelihood rather influenced by Little Women when she wrote The Story Girl and The Golden Road (which becomes rather apparent when one realises that both the March family and the King family create their own magazines, and that both of these magazines are similar in style and content to a point, with the March girls' magazine being of perhaps somewhat more a literary bent, which does make sense though, as the March sisters hail from a literary and academic family, while the King family are basically mostly P.E.I. farmers).
Now and in my opinion, in The Golden Road L.M. Montgomery actually uses just a trifle less episodicness than in The Story Girl (and therefore also a more clearly defined plot), with more depicted bona-fide occurrences and events both humorous and yes also sometimes sad or potentially so (and once again all narrated by Beverly King) and indeed thus also a little less storytelling by Sara Stanley (by the Story Girl), which I for one actually have very much enjoyed, as while I do with all my heart massively love and adore The Story Girl, I do believe and feel that The Golden Road is in fact a slightly more mature and nuanced novel, and a story that also features a more delicately and happily balanced combination of related and depicted, shown events and Sara's stories (and as such, The Golden Road has also always felt just a wee bit more real and relatable to and for me than The Story Girl, where at least sometimes it does tend to feel as though Sara Stanley and her told tales kind of overtake everything). Most highly recommended (but you should probably keep the tissues ready)!
And just to muse a bit. While I was recently rereading Louisa May Alcott's Little Women (which I do on a regular basis), I was also at the same time rereading both The Story Girl and The Golden Road. And having now re-completed all three novels, it does become rather obvious just how much both The Story Girl and The Golden Road do have in common with Little Women. Especially the character of Cecily King is very much akin to Beth March, both personality wise and her eventual fate (that she is also doomed to very likely die young just like Beth does). Now please note that I am NOT in any manner saying or even insinuating that Montgomery plagiarised from Alcott, and Cecily is also not ever an exact replica of Beth March either (although the latter might well have served as a bit of a model for the former), but the similarities are (to and for me) striking enough to consider that Montgomery was in all likelihood rather influenced by Little Women when she wrote The Story Girl and The Golden Road (which becomes rather apparent when one realises that both the March family and the King family create their own magazines, and that both of these magazines are similar in style and content to a point, with the March girls' magazine being of perhaps somewhat more a literary bent, which does make sense though, as the March sisters hail from a literary and academic family, while the King family are basically mostly P.E.I. farmers).
October 6, 2021
وقتی یه نویسنده انقدر عاشق محل زندگیشه و بهش عشق می ورزه، دست آخر اینجوری پیش میره که دلت میخواد تو هم همونجا نفس بکشی، روی همون خاک قدم بزنی و همونجا ریشه کنی.
فکر کنم تا دنیا دنیاست و صحرا نفسش برقراره، قدم زدن توی سرزمین مونتگمری، براش قشنگ ترین آرزو باشه.
خوندن قصه های جزیره برام تازگی داشت. میدونین، با اینکه اون اوایل احساس میکردم باید توی سن پایین تری میخوندمش ولی هرچقدر که جلو رفتم، فهمیدم که اینجا هم یه دلیل دیگه برای ادامه دادن هست: جاذبه ی توصیف از طبیعت در برابر شیفتگی و علاقمندی به یه شخصیت خاص. کتاب دوم رو به مراتب بیشتر از کتاب اول دوست داشتم. ماجراهای بچه هایی که روزها و شبهاشون رو برای مدت یکسال در کنار هم طی میکنن منو عمیقا به گذشته ها میبرد. به همون روزهای خوب بچگی وقتی کنار عمه زاده ها و عمو زاده ها اوقات میگذروندم و تمام دنیا زیر پاهای کوچیکم بود.
دلتون برای جزیره پرینس ادورد تنگ شده؟
قصه های جزیره اینجاست تا شما رو دوباره به ماجراجویی دعوت کنه!
چندتا نکته پراکنده هم توی ذهنم دارم که نمیدونم به چه ترتیبی باید بنویسمشون ولی به طور خلاصه اینان:
• بین کتابهای ترجمه شده از مونتگمری، این اولین بار بود که داستان از زبون راوی مذکر بیان می شد. اوایلش برام غریب بود ولی بهش عادت کردم.
• به طرز عجیبی، فصلهای انتهایی هر دو کتاب به ماه اکتبر می رسیدن و با توجه به این که الآن هم توی همین ماهیم، هیجانم اون اواخر شدت پیدا میکرد.( پیدا کردن نقطه مشترک>>> )
• شخصیتهای مورد علاقه ام سارا استنلی، پدرش، پیتر کریگ و جسپر دیل (مرد خجالتی داستان که سرنوشتش زمین تا آسمون با نسخه سریال فرق داشت) بودن.
• خیلی خیلی پاییزی بودTT خوندنش واقعا حس خوبی داشت و میتونستم باهاش به اعماق دره تخیلات پا بذارم.
همین دیگه. ری ویو به عجیب ترین حالت ممکن به پایان خودش رسید!
پی نوشت:
آه... سیسیلی، سیسیلی عزیز من
فکر کنم تا دنیا دنیاست و صحرا نفسش برقراره، قدم زدن توی سرزمین مونتگمری، براش قشنگ ترین آرزو باشه.
خوندن قصه های جزیره برام تازگی داشت. میدونین، با اینکه اون اوایل احساس میکردم باید توی سن پایین تری میخوندمش ولی هرچقدر که جلو رفتم، فهمیدم که اینجا هم یه دلیل دیگه برای ادامه دادن هست: جاذبه ی توصیف از طبیعت در برابر شیفتگی و علاقمندی به یه شخصیت خاص. کتاب دوم رو به مراتب بیشتر از کتاب اول دوست داشتم. ماجراهای بچه هایی که روزها و شبهاشون رو برای مدت یکسال در کنار هم طی میکنن منو عمیقا به گذشته ها میبرد. به همون روزهای خوب بچگی وقتی کنار عمه زاده ها و عمو زاده ها اوقات میگذروندم و تمام دنیا زیر پاهای کوچیکم بود.
دلتون برای جزیره پرینس ادورد تنگ شده؟
قصه های جزیره اینجاست تا شما رو دوباره به ماجراجویی دعوت کنه!
چندتا نکته پراکنده هم توی ذهنم دارم که نمیدونم به چه ترتیبی باید بنویسمشون ولی به طور خلاصه اینان:
• بین کتابهای ترجمه شده از مونتگمری، این اولین بار بود که داستان از زبون راوی مذکر بیان می شد. اوایلش برام غریب بود ولی بهش عادت کردم.
• به طرز عجیبی، فصلهای انتهایی هر دو کتاب به ماه اکتبر می رسیدن و با توجه به این که الآن هم توی همین ماهیم، هیجانم اون اواخر شدت پیدا میکرد.( پیدا کردن نقطه مشترک>>> )
• شخصیتهای مورد علاقه ام سارا استنلی، پدرش، پیتر کریگ و جسپر دیل (مرد خجالتی داستان که سرنوشتش زمین تا آسمون با نسخه سریال فرق داشت) بودن.
• خیلی خیلی پاییزی بودTT خوندنش واقعا حس خوبی داشت و میتونستم باهاش به اعماق دره تخیلات پا بذارم.
همین دیگه. ری ویو به عجیب ترین حالت ممکن به پایان خودش رسید!
پی نوشت:
آه... سیسیلی، سیسیلی عزیز من
September 20, 2021
یک قانون نانوشتهای هست که میگه پایان تمام ماجراهای شاد و دلنشین باید جوری باشه که آدم بغض کنه. فقط هم مخصوص کتابها نیست، سیتکامها حرفم رو تایید میکنن.
خب الآن احساس میکنم دوستام رو از دست دادم؛ در نتیجه اصلا خوشحال نیستم. کاش طولانیتر بود.
من جلد دوم رو بیشتر دوست داشتم. احساس میکنم شخصیتها کاملتر و دوستداشتنیتر شدن. همین هم تموم شدنش رو غمانگیزتر کرد:( هعی:(((
خب الآن احساس میکنم دوستام رو از دست دادم؛ در نتیجه اصلا خوشحال نیستم. کاش طولانیتر بود.
من جلد دوم رو بیشتر دوست داشتم. احساس میکنم شخصیتها کاملتر و دوستداشتنیتر شدن. همین هم تموم شدنش رو غمانگیزتر کرد:( هعی:(((
May 19, 2025
يه بغض بزرگ تو گلومه بابت تموم شدنش.
آخرش مثل قسمت آخر ريپلاي ١٩٨٨ بود؛كاملا واقعي و يك شكنجه روحي كامل.
چندين بار ديگه اين كتابو خواهم خوند ولي ديگه هيچوقت چند فصل آخرشو نميخونم💔
زيبايي و معناي اين كتاب و جايي كه تو قلبم گرفت به هيچ عنوان قابل وصف نيست؛بزرگترين شانسم توي زندگيم كتابخوون بودنمه. بقيه آدما چجوري ميتونن بدون ورق زدن و زندگي كردن همچين كتابايي اين دنیا رو ترك كنن؟
اين قسمت ريويو براي آينده خودم كه ميام ريويو هامو مرور ميكنم نوشته شده و برام بار عاطفي داره نه ادبي:
يه مطلبي خوندم كه ميگفت ذهن آدماي خيال پرداز ( ٩٩٪ كتابخونا) تو افتراق خيال و واقعيت ضعيف عمل ميكنه.
به همين خاطره كه خواب هايي كه ميبينيم هم كل روز فكرمونو درگير ميكنه.
و به همين خاطره كه بعد تموم شدن كتابي كه دوستش داريم اينقدر احساس افسردگي ميكنيم.
براي من جدا شدن بچه هاي كارلايل از هم ياداور دور شدن دردناك خودم از هم بازي هاي بچگيم بود.
ميگن يه روز براي آخرين بار كنار هم جمع ميشيم بدون اينكه بدونيم اين آخرين باره.
براي ماهم همينطور بود.
بعد فوت مام بزرگم ديگه ماجراجويي هاي ماهم توي خونه بزرگ و باغ هاي اطراف روستا تموم شد.
وقتي به گذشته نگاه ميكنم كلي خاطره دل انگيز ميبينم ولي نميتونم همزمان بابت تموم شدنشون غمگين نشم.
امروز خيلي به اين موضوع فكر كردم.
عمو بلير موقع ناراحتي بچه ها واسه جداشدنشون از هم ميگه: عدن پشت سرمان است و بهشت پيش رويمان.
واقعا هم همينه.
اگر آدم بخواد براي هميشه تو اون شادي هاي بچگيش محبوس بمونه، نميتونه موقع تجربه شادي هاي جديد لذت كافي رو ببره.
تصميم دارم از اين به بعد شادتر زندگي كنم.
بيشتر ماجراجويي كنم و خاطره بسازم.
از اين ٧سال اونقدري كه دلم ميخواست، خاطره قشنگ ندارم.
آدماي زيادي رو از دست دادم؛ صحنه هاي خيلي بدي رو توي بيمارستان ديدم؛ تروماهاي روحي زيادي رو تجربه كردم اما از اينجا به بعد ميخوام زندگيمو جوري بنويسم تا همونطور كه تو ٢٥ سالگي با ياداوري خاطرات ١٢-١٣ سالگيم غرق شادي ميشم، تو ٥٠ سالگي هم با ياداوري اين خاطرات لبخند روي لبم بشينه✨
آخرش مثل قسمت آخر ريپلاي ١٩٨٨ بود؛كاملا واقعي و يك شكنجه روحي كامل.
چندين بار ديگه اين كتابو خواهم خوند ولي ديگه هيچوقت چند فصل آخرشو نميخونم💔
زيبايي و معناي اين كتاب و جايي كه تو قلبم گرفت به هيچ عنوان قابل وصف نيست؛بزرگترين شانسم توي زندگيم كتابخوون بودنمه. بقيه آدما چجوري ميتونن بدون ورق زدن و زندگي كردن همچين كتابايي اين دنیا رو ترك كنن؟
اين قسمت ريويو براي آينده خودم كه ميام ريويو هامو مرور ميكنم نوشته شده و برام بار عاطفي داره نه ادبي:
يه مطلبي خوندم كه ميگفت ذهن آدماي خيال پرداز ( ٩٩٪ كتابخونا) تو افتراق خيال و واقعيت ضعيف عمل ميكنه.
به همين خاطره كه خواب هايي كه ميبينيم هم كل روز فكرمونو درگير ميكنه.
و به همين خاطره كه بعد تموم شدن كتابي كه دوستش داريم اينقدر احساس افسردگي ميكنيم.
براي من جدا شدن بچه هاي كارلايل از هم ياداور دور شدن دردناك خودم از هم بازي هاي بچگيم بود.
ميگن يه روز براي آخرين بار كنار هم جمع ميشيم بدون اينكه بدونيم اين آخرين باره.
براي ماهم همينطور بود.
بعد فوت مام بزرگم ديگه ماجراجويي هاي ماهم توي خونه بزرگ و باغ هاي اطراف روستا تموم شد.
وقتي به گذشته نگاه ميكنم كلي خاطره دل انگيز ميبينم ولي نميتونم همزمان بابت تموم شدنشون غمگين نشم.
امروز خيلي به اين موضوع فكر كردم.
عمو بلير موقع ناراحتي بچه ها واسه جداشدنشون از هم ميگه: عدن پشت سرمان است و بهشت پيش رويمان.
واقعا هم همينه.
اگر آدم بخواد براي هميشه تو اون شادي هاي بچگيش محبوس بمونه، نميتونه موقع تجربه شادي هاي جديد لذت كافي رو ببره.
تصميم دارم از اين به بعد شادتر زندگي كنم.
بيشتر ماجراجويي كنم و خاطره بسازم.
از اين ٧سال اونقدري كه دلم ميخواست، خاطره قشنگ ندارم.
آدماي زيادي رو از دست دادم؛ صحنه هاي خيلي بدي رو توي بيمارستان ديدم؛ تروماهاي روحي زيادي رو تجربه كردم اما از اينجا به بعد ميخوام زندگيمو جوري بنويسم تا همونطور كه تو ٢٥ سالگي با ياداوري خاطرات ١٢-١٣ سالگيم غرق شادي ميشم، تو ٥٠ سالگي هم با ياداوري اين خاطرات لبخند روي لبم بشينه✨
September 14, 2023
به عنوان کسی که خاطرات کودکی زیادی در روستای اجدادی خودش داره این کتاب منو پرت میکنه به دلتنگی کوچههای تنگ و باغ های سبز تابستونیِ اونجا:') هیچوقت گروه دوستایی به شیرینی اینها نداشتم اما چقدر دوستشون دارم و چقدر باهاشون همینجا زندگی کردم و دلم براشون تنگ میشه...🌳🌾🐝
مونتگمری واقعا تنها کسیه که میتونه یه شخص ۲۰ ساله و حتی ۲۰ به بالا رو سر این داستانهاش بنشونه بدون اینکه ذرهای حوصلت سر بره...خیلی خیلی شیرینه و از دهان هرکدوم از این کرکترهای دوست داشتنی داستانهای به یادموندنی و فوقالعادهای میشنوی که مستقیم تو دل میشینه...
یکی دو تا کتاب بیشتر از مونتگمری نمونده که نخونده باشم، واقعا یکی از نویسندههاییه که تو کودکی و نوجوونی و جوونیم نقش بزرگ و مهمی داشته :"♥️
مونتگمری واقعا تنها کسیه که میتونه یه شخص ۲۰ ساله و حتی ۲۰ به بالا رو سر این داستانهاش بنشونه بدون اینکه ذرهای حوصلت سر بره...خیلی خیلی شیرینه و از دهان هرکدوم از این کرکترهای دوست داشتنی داستانهای به یادموندنی و فوقالعادهای میشنوی که مستقیم تو دل میشینه...
یکی دو تا کتاب بیشتر از مونتگمری نمونده که نخونده باشم، واقعا یکی از نویسندههاییه که تو کودکی و نوجوونی و جوونیم نقش بزرگ و مهمی داشته :"♥️
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March 27, 2007I like the Story Girl, but the theme of The Golden Road is so great. Montgomery called childhood "the golden road", and in this, Bev the grown-up narrator was able to pinpoint the time when they were all just about to leave the golden road. The children only had a small hint at the time that something was about to change, but the adult, looking back, knows.
It's one of those Montgomery books that strikes you while you're reading it as a child, but really reaches you when you read it as an adult. And the part with the Story Girl's predictions for the future is so great...
It's one of those Montgomery books that strikes you while you're reading it as a child, but really reaches you when you read it as an adult. And the part with the Story Girl's predictions for the future is so great...
November 28, 2023
مثل یک پیکنیکِ گرم و پاییزی بود(:
April 29, 2020
طرزی که نویسنده آدمو میبره به آخر داستان شگفت انگیزه، انگار خودت نشستی یه گوشه و تغییر زندگی و بزرگ شدن بچه هاتو میبینی
October 21, 2020
Once more a story of lyrical beauty filled with memories that Beverly shares with humour between siblings and friends. The newspaper they wrote was comical and sweet. The descriptions of nature captures all the feelings I've felt when viewing the world. It was sad to see the end of those days in the Golden Road but like all good things, they're held in memory ❤️
May 9, 2020
So beautiful and bittersweet saying goodbye to these lovable characters! As always, the writing is rich and lovely. I loved it so much!
“Nothing is ever really lost to us as long as we remember it.”
“Nothing is ever really lost to us as long as we remember it.”
September 25, 2025
9/2025 reread:
The humor and comradeship in this one delighted me again, and as always I felt an ache from the beauty and theme of fleeting childhood. I found myself wishing for more stories from the Story Girl. The Awkward Man's love story and the issues of Our Magazine remain my favorite parts.
***
June 2021 reread:
No LMM book makes me ache like this one--ache with homesickness for the "Golden Road." I love it even more than its predecessor. I have a used copy with some sections that broke loose from the binding the first time I read it. I can't bear to replace it with a new one, though. As the Story Girl says, books that have been read have meaning and value that new ones don't.
How did LMM create such amazing characters and stories? Uncle Roger, for instance, is a minor character, but he is hilarious and seems real. I don't know that I'd like him in real life, however. My favorite character thread is still the Awkward Man's love story, but my favorite part is the evening in Peg Bowen's house. So cozy and mysterious. Although of course Peg isn't a witch, she certainly has a mysterious way of knowing things, and believing that she is one is fun.
Can I get a lifetime subscription to Our Magazine?
I hope that LMM is looking down from heaven and smiling over my enjoyment of her books. In heaven, after I've caught up with my family and friends I'm making a beeline for LMM. I have so much to say to and ask of her.
***
Oh, Maud, your characters live and breathe, beautiful and funny. They stay with me like no others.
Gorgeous descriptions as usual, and I really love all the little stories woven into the children's adventures, which are all both hilarious and poignant. The children bicker a lot, but it's obvious they are all fond of each other. I was touched by Felicity's sorrow at the Story Girl's departure.
I particularly like the love story of the Awkward Man, and the characters Peg Bowen and Uncle Blair. These three adults are so mysterious I feel childlike wonder at them just like the King bunch.
One thing is that I do feel sorry for Sara Ray, who is described as a nobody, a 'colourless little nonentity'. But I think that LMM shows sympathy for such people in Sara's ever-present character.
There are overtones of melancholy, but they only add to the beauty of the book. It's funny how LMM's books are classified as children's books, because I think children don't quite pick up on the subtle humor and beauty of them. The Golden Road is especially powerful for those who have left the golden road, and LMM's preface is addressed to them.
The Golden Road doesn't have quite the same magic as The Story Girl, but it is still outstanding and a favorite. The children in it are so real to me.
The humor and comradeship in this one delighted me again, and as always I felt an ache from the beauty and theme of fleeting childhood. I found myself wishing for more stories from the Story Girl. The Awkward Man's love story and the issues of Our Magazine remain my favorite parts.
***
June 2021 reread:
No LMM book makes me ache like this one--ache with homesickness for the "Golden Road." I love it even more than its predecessor. I have a used copy with some sections that broke loose from the binding the first time I read it. I can't bear to replace it with a new one, though. As the Story Girl says, books that have been read have meaning and value that new ones don't.
How did LMM create such amazing characters and stories? Uncle Roger, for instance, is a minor character, but he is hilarious and seems real. I don't know that I'd like him in real life, however. My favorite character thread is still the Awkward Man's love story, but my favorite part is the evening in Peg Bowen's house. So cozy and mysterious. Although of course Peg isn't a witch, she certainly has a mysterious way of knowing things, and believing that she is one is fun.
Can I get a lifetime subscription to Our Magazine?
I hope that LMM is looking down from heaven and smiling over my enjoyment of her books. In heaven, after I've caught up with my family and friends I'm making a beeline for LMM. I have so much to say to and ask of her.
***
Oh, Maud, your characters live and breathe, beautiful and funny. They stay with me like no others.
Gorgeous descriptions as usual, and I really love all the little stories woven into the children's adventures, which are all both hilarious and poignant. The children bicker a lot, but it's obvious they are all fond of each other. I was touched by Felicity's sorrow at the Story Girl's departure.
I particularly like the love story of the Awkward Man, and the characters Peg Bowen and Uncle Blair. These three adults are so mysterious I feel childlike wonder at them just like the King bunch.
One thing is that I do feel sorry for Sara Ray, who is described as a nobody, a 'colourless little nonentity'. But I think that LMM shows sympathy for such people in Sara's ever-present character.
There are overtones of melancholy, but they only add to the beauty of the book. It's funny how LMM's books are classified as children's books, because I think children don't quite pick up on the subtle humor and beauty of them. The Golden Road is especially powerful for those who have left the golden road, and LMM's preface is addressed to them.
The Golden Road doesn't have quite the same magic as The Story Girl, but it is still outstanding and a favorite. The children in it are so real to me.
December 11, 2021
فقط میتونم بگم با تموم شدن هر داستانی که لوسی مونتگمری نوشته فکر میکنم یک مرحله جذاب از زندگی خودم به اتمام رسیده و واقعا واقعا سنگینی لحظه خداحافظی رو روی قلبم حس میکنم و بنظرم خداحافظی با این داستان دو جلدی کمی غم انگیز تر از مجموعه آنشرلی و امیلی بود.
حس میکنم قلبم ترک خورده 🥺😭💔
هم دوست دارم تمام کتابهایی که لوسی عزیزم نوشته بخونم هم دوست ندارم اون غمی که با تموم شدن آخرین کتابش به وجود میاد رو تجربه کنم....
الان با تموم شدن هر داستان امید دارم به کتاب بعدی!
حس میکنم قلبم ترک خورده 🥺😭💔
هم دوست دارم تمام کتابهایی که لوسی عزیزم نوشته بخونم هم دوست ندارم اون غمی که با تموم شدن آخرین کتابش به وجود میاد رو تجربه کنم....
الان با تموم شدن هر داستان امید دارم به کتاب بعدی!
August 1, 2022
من این دو جلد کتاب رو دفتر خاطرات چندتا نوجوون میدونم که با قلم جادویی لوسی مونتگمری نوشته شده. نمیدونم اگر شاهکارش یعنی آنه شرلی رو ننوشته بود الان نظرم چی بود ولی طبیعتا هر کدوم از کارهاش رو که می خونم با آنه مقایسه میکنم و با توجه به اون امتیاز میدم. به همین دلیل هم این یکی سه ستاره از من گرفت ولی باید ثبت کنم که مثل همیشه قلم لوسی برام روان و زندگی بخش بود و خوشحالم که وقت گذاشتم و این دو تا جلد رو هم خوندم
June 11, 2018
I think I enjoyed this as much as I did the first one :) Very much a light read and not something you have to focus too hard on while reading which can be nice at times...
It's been a month since I read this so I know I procrastinated on writing another review on time lol XD I liked reading more about the characters, but not my favorite L.M. Montgomery book or anything...
It's been a month since I read this so I know I procrastinated on writing another review on time lol XD I liked reading more about the characters, but not my favorite L.M. Montgomery book or anything...
October 26, 2018
L.M. Montgomery’s writing , has a magic to it that would never fail to affect me deep down from my heart.
June 1, 2023
Another slay by Lucy Maud Montgomery
December 13, 2016
Such a beautiful, beautiful, beautiful book :-)
This book, more than "The Story Girl" (number one), makes me achingly nostalgic for the "Prince Edward Island childhood" that I never had. I spent a lot of time there in my mind though as I read LMM's books during that period of my life.
Of course, Lucy Maud herself understands all this perfectly-- as do her fans, I'm sure :-)
From the Foreword of "The Golden Road" by L.M. Montgomery:
“Once upon a time we all walked on the golden road. It was a fair highway, through the Land of Lost Delight; shadow and sunshine were blessedly mingled, and every turn and dip revealed a fresh charm and a new loveliness to eager hearts and unspoiled eyes.
On that road we heard the song of morning stars; we drank in fragrances aerial and sweet as a May mist; we were rich in gossamer fancies and iris hopes; our hearts sought and found the boon of dreams; the years waited beyond and they were very fair; life was a rose-lipped comrade with purple flowers dripping from her fingers.
We may long have left the golden road behind, but its memories are the dearest of our eternal possessions; and those who cherish them as such may haply find a pleasure in the pages of this book, whose people are pilgrims on the golden road of youth.”
This book, more than "The Story Girl" (number one), makes me achingly nostalgic for the "Prince Edward Island childhood" that I never had. I spent a lot of time there in my mind though as I read LMM's books during that period of my life.
Of course, Lucy Maud herself understands all this perfectly-- as do her fans, I'm sure :-)
From the Foreword of "The Golden Road" by L.M. Montgomery:
“Once upon a time we all walked on the golden road. It was a fair highway, through the Land of Lost Delight; shadow and sunshine were blessedly mingled, and every turn and dip revealed a fresh charm and a new loveliness to eager hearts and unspoiled eyes.
On that road we heard the song of morning stars; we drank in fragrances aerial and sweet as a May mist; we were rich in gossamer fancies and iris hopes; our hearts sought and found the boon of dreams; the years waited beyond and they were very fair; life was a rose-lipped comrade with purple flowers dripping from her fingers.
We may long have left the golden road behind, but its memories are the dearest of our eternal possessions; and those who cherish them as such may haply find a pleasure in the pages of this book, whose people are pilgrims on the golden road of youth.”
January 18, 2020
"Once upon a time we all walked on the golden road", begins Montgomery in her foreword, and all those who retain some appreciation for the enchantment of childhood, who can still recall walking the "golden road" themselves, are sure to love this lyrical sequel to
The Story Girl
. Like its predecessor, it relates the adventures and misadventures of a group of young children on Prince Eward Island, and is by turns poignant and hilarious.
Narrated by Bev King, looking back from his adulthood, The Golden Road returns readers to the village of Carlisle, where Bev and his brother Felix are staying with their King cousins, Felicity, Dan and Cecily. Together with hired boy Peter Craig, neighbor girl Sara Ray, and Sara Stanley - another cousin, whose extraordinary gifts as a storyteller have earned her the moniker, "The Story Girl" - the children form a close-knit community of their own, sharing in the joy and sorrow of growing up.
Whether they're entertaining "Great Aunt Eliza" (who turns out to be the governor's wife), or sheltering with the old "witch," Peg Bowen, during a terrible winter storm, the children seem always to be together. Their earnest work on their home-produced Our Magazine reminded me of the March girls' "newspaper" in Little Women , just as the foreshadowing of Cecily's early death (never depicted in the book), seemed to recall Alcott's depiction of Beth March. I wasn't sure whether to lay this at the door of conscious imitation on Montgomery's part, or to simply attribute it to the conventions of a genre that both authors mastered.
However that may be, the similarity was not unwelcome, and I found that these echoes of another beloved classic, whether humorous or melancholy, only added to my appreciation. Montgomery's understanding of the magic of youth, her own gifts as a storyteller, and her beautiful prose, all combine to make The Golden Road (together with its predecessor), one of those classics that truly speak for childhood.
Narrated by Bev King, looking back from his adulthood, The Golden Road returns readers to the village of Carlisle, where Bev and his brother Felix are staying with their King cousins, Felicity, Dan and Cecily. Together with hired boy Peter Craig, neighbor girl Sara Ray, and Sara Stanley - another cousin, whose extraordinary gifts as a storyteller have earned her the moniker, "The Story Girl" - the children form a close-knit community of their own, sharing in the joy and sorrow of growing up.
Whether they're entertaining "Great Aunt Eliza" (who turns out to be the governor's wife), or sheltering with the old "witch," Peg Bowen, during a terrible winter storm, the children seem always to be together. Their earnest work on their home-produced Our Magazine reminded me of the March girls' "newspaper" in Little Women , just as the foreshadowing of Cecily's early death (never depicted in the book), seemed to recall Alcott's depiction of Beth March. I wasn't sure whether to lay this at the door of conscious imitation on Montgomery's part, or to simply attribute it to the conventions of a genre that both authors mastered.
However that may be, the similarity was not unwelcome, and I found that these echoes of another beloved classic, whether humorous or melancholy, only added to my appreciation. Montgomery's understanding of the magic of youth, her own gifts as a storyteller, and her beautiful prose, all combine to make The Golden Road (together with its predecessor), one of those classics that truly speak for childhood.
September 7, 2024
I really didn't remember anything from my first read-through of this duology, so it was like reading a Montgomery novel for the first time--something I haven't gotten to do in ages!
It was really fun to see Montgomery revisiting and remixing some classic Anne episodes: hair treatment gone awry, baking errors/container mixups , sitting with a detested boy classmate, and more. What Montgomery did with it felt fresh, but it made me wonder if these episodes were drawn a bit from life rather than just imagination, which might be why she mixed it up a bit.
This book was everything cozy and wistful and perfect for the end of summer. It covers 10 months but Montgomery seems to be racing to summer in the first few chapters. It was extremely funny in places, too, and had some poignant moments. Not as many memorable Story Girl stories as the first volume, though. I'm a diehard Anne fan, but that series can be uneven after book 5, and I have to say this duology is among Montgomery's best. These novels have joined my list of "Montgomery novels to re-read for the rest of my life."
It was really fun to see Montgomery revisiting and remixing some classic Anne episodes: hair treatment gone awry, baking errors/container mixups , sitting with a detested boy classmate, and more. What Montgomery did with it felt fresh, but it made me wonder if these episodes were drawn a bit from life rather than just imagination, which might be why she mixed it up a bit.
This book was everything cozy and wistful and perfect for the end of summer. It covers 10 months but Montgomery seems to be racing to summer in the first few chapters. It was extremely funny in places, too, and had some poignant moments. Not as many memorable Story Girl stories as the first volume, though. I'm a diehard Anne fan, but that series can be uneven after book 5, and I have to say this duology is among Montgomery's best. These novels have joined my list of "Montgomery novels to re-read for the rest of my life."
July 28, 2020
The Golden Road picks up where The Story Girl left off; they feel like they could have been one book. It contains the same characters (though with a few new ones) and the same cozy atmosphere (though touched with a bit more wistfulness and melancholy). The kids are growing up and changing, after all. The humor is fun, the characters are individuals, and the poetic scenery descriptions give me so much joy.
August 30, 2023
قشنگه واقعا ولی سریال تلویزیونیاش یه چیز دیگه است.
"کسی اگر شوخطبع نباشد مثل رنگین کمانی است که رنگ زرد نداشته باشد. اول بنظر زیبا میرسد ولی بعد نه."
"کسی اگر شوخطبع نباشد مثل رنگین کمانی است که رنگ زرد نداشته باشد. اول بنظر زیبا میرسد ولی بعد نه."
January 30, 2022
3.5 stars
"But he who accepts human love must bind it to his soul with pain, and she is not lost to me. Nothing is ever really lost to us as long as we remember it."
With a more clearly defined plot, I found The Golden Road much more enjoyable than the rambling narrative of The Story Girl . It still has the lyrical qualities ever-present in L.M. Montgomery's work, but there's a sense of direction that was lacking in The Story Girl . The newspaper entries were a little long at times, but the rest of the book was enjoyable and perfectly captured that feeling of the end of childhood. So while the Story Girl series may not be my favourite of Montgomery's, I still found these books to be beautifully written and highly nostalgic.
Review originally posted here on Britt's Book Blurbs.
"But he who accepts human love must bind it to his soul with pain, and she is not lost to me. Nothing is ever really lost to us as long as we remember it."
With a more clearly defined plot, I found The Golden Road much more enjoyable than the rambling narrative of The Story Girl . It still has the lyrical qualities ever-present in L.M. Montgomery's work, but there's a sense of direction that was lacking in The Story Girl . The newspaper entries were a little long at times, but the rest of the book was enjoyable and perfectly captured that feeling of the end of childhood. So while the Story Girl series may not be my favourite of Montgomery's, I still found these books to be beautifully written and highly nostalgic.
Review originally posted here on Britt's Book Blurbs.
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December 18, 2023
Another lovely book of stories woven together in a larger story. I think I enjoyed this one even more than The Story Girl.
July 8, 2024
5+ stars (7/10 hearts). Oh my heart, this sequel is absolute PERFECTION. It’s hard to think of something better than the first book, but this one follows up so well, it almost blends in. The two just fit perfectly together. I don’t even have words for it.
The characters are still themselves, except perhaps a few months wiser in the case of Sara and Bev, and a little weaker physically in the case of Cecily. Sara Ray is more infuriating than ever—I’m thankful she doesn’t really take part!—but the others are just as delightful… including Uncle Blair. Actually, the story focusses more on their growth and ties in several things from the first book, resolving them. As before there’s a handful of things I don’t quite approve of but nothing crazy, except the continuing storyline of Peg being a witch, which isn’t disproved.
My favourite part, next to the delicious humour and the old-fashioned family love, is how the story breaks up the perfect year. Book 1 starts in spring, and book 2 ends in spring, so a whole year goes by in between. It’s idyllic—and I love it—but the break up is a beautiful reminder that all things change and though change hurts, it also brings good. And I love how the kids are a little more mature and some older themes are woven in… it’s very much like a reminiscence on golden childhood, and I’m just a sucker for that. I adore the beautiful nature descriptions and the simple, wholesome frolics.
In short, it’s beautiful and perfect and I adore it. <3
The characters are still themselves, except perhaps a few months wiser in the case of Sara and Bev, and a little weaker physically in the case of Cecily. Sara Ray is more infuriating than ever—I’m thankful she doesn’t really take part!—but the others are just as delightful… including Uncle Blair. Actually, the story focusses more on their growth and ties in several things from the first book, resolving them. As before there’s a handful of things I don’t quite approve of but nothing crazy, except the continuing storyline of Peg being a witch, which isn’t disproved.
My favourite part, next to the delicious humour and the old-fashioned family love, is how the story breaks up the perfect year. Book 1 starts in spring, and book 2 ends in spring, so a whole year goes by in between. It’s idyllic—and I love it—but the break up is a beautiful reminder that all things change and though change hurts, it also brings good. And I love how the kids are a little more mature and some older themes are woven in… it’s very much like a reminiscence on golden childhood, and I’m just a sucker for that. I adore the beautiful nature descriptions and the simple, wholesome frolics.
In short, it’s beautiful and perfect and I adore it. <3
October 21, 2012
The Golden Road is even more episodic than The Story Girl, perhaps, and maybe that's why I took a fairly long time reading it, returning to it every now and then when I felt like this kind of reading. I loved it, nevertheless, the stories that were at times heartwarming, at times wistful or even scary, but always have that combination of life and beauty which is characteristic of Montgomery. There's a bittersweet air of the end of childhood, with the narrator Beverley looking back to those years from a time when he knows "The Golden Road" is already past him and his friends, but knows what meaning that time had and delights in every memory of it.
The last few chapters of the book, especially, have an enchanting beauty to them, like a colourful, crisp autumn morning when you already know that the summer is fading and making place to winter, but it is ending even more beautifully than it blossomed.
The last few chapters of the book, especially, have an enchanting beauty to them, like a colourful, crisp autumn morning when you already know that the summer is fading and making place to winter, but it is ending even more beautifully than it blossomed.
November 30, 2007
I liked this sequel better than "The Story Girl."
July 18, 2022
《راستش خواهر جنت ، مهتاب اثر سکر آوری دارد. مثل شرابی نقره ای رنگ و افسانه ای است که فرشته ها در ضیافت هایشان می نوشند بی آنکه ضرری برایشان داشته باشد》
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