The Jest that Failed

by L.M. Montgomery

A Case of Trespass A Christmas Inspiration A Christmas Mistake A Strayed Allegiance An Invitation Given on Impulse Detected by the Camera In Spite of Myself Kismet Lillian's Business Venture Miriam's Lover Miss Calista's Peppermint Bottle The Jest that Failed The Pennington's Girl The Red Room The Setness of Theodosia The Story of An Invitation The Touch of Fate The Waking of Helen The Way of Winning Anne Young Si

229 pages, Kindle Edition

Published September 30, 2017

About the author

Lucy 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.

Reviews

[Alayne · Rating 5 out of 5]

A plot by nasty, spiteful girls is foiled by the lovely characters of the two it was played on. Very enjoyable.

[Katja Labonté · Rating 4 out of 5]

4 stars. This is a small but sweet story with such a good ending. A couple of mean college girls decide to “snub” a classmate because she dresses poorly and boards herself, and hit upon the brilliant plan of embarrassing her by sending her a prom invitation by the handsomest, richest young man in college… and the ending is such as nobody suspects.

I loved Grace! She’s such a bright, plucky, inspirational thing. Sidney was a perfect gentleman, and his family was just lovely. I rather wish Edna & Co. had got a better lesson, though. But the open ending is perfect…