Gather The Blue Castle By L.M. Montgomery Shown As Textbook

book made me cry, And it is very rare when a story makes me cry,

This is one of Montgomerys lesser know stories in The States, It got a reprint Stateside during the “Anne Mania” after PBS broadcasted the Canadian mini series,

And the premis of the story goes like this, Possible Spoilers,

If you were told you only had a year to live, what would you do And the main character crams in many things during that year.
Which makes this book a fabulous adventure,

Even though it has its sad parts, this book can help inspire one to do great things.
I had no idea this book would be so charming, It reminds me of The Ladies of Missalonghi by Colleen McCullough, I wonder if McCullough meant her book as a sort of tribute to Montgomery

There's a quite a bit in The Blue Castle that is early feminism.
A young woman under constant criticism for not getting a husband and shackled to a narrow existence at home by family disapproval of female independence, breaks free of convention in the pursuit of happiness.
I remember my grandmother telling me that in the lates her family considered her an old maid because she was still single at twentyfour.
There was no thought in her parent's heads that she might like to strike out on her own it was unthinkable that a well brought up girl would do such a thing.
The Blue Castle perfectly portrays the cultural and family disapproval young women of the time faced when they went against social norms.
Montgomery presents the ideas that thinking for yourself, choosing your own destiny and living life on your own terms are not improper, selfish, and undutiful, but perfectly normal and healthy.
Valancy Stirling does nothing immoral or unchristian, yet she is punished as though she's been dancing the cancan in the street without underpants.
Love and approval can be weaponized if you withhold them from your children doing so is cruel and manipulative and should be beneath any decent parent.
Sadly, I know many people who have experienced a manipulative, selfish mother like Mrs Stirling, a nasty woman who thinks nothing of using this ugly method to control her child.
It angers me to know that many young women today are still up against the same obstacles that this book from the lates portrays.
Altogether very entertaining and informative without being preachy or sappy, When I came across The Blue Castle a few years ago, I thought it was merely a young adult romance.
I don't read romance novels now, I've read them enough for a lifetime when I was a young adult myself, : But recently when it came to my notice again, I thought I'll give it a try, I told myself that I would endure it because it was a work of L, M. Montgomery and because my bookshelf is in want of Canadian literature, The first few chapters, however, were enough to set me straight, This wasn't a romance novel, Of course, it has romance but the story goes deeper than that, I was pleasantly surprised and a tad bit annoyed for judging a book too hastily by its cover.


The Blue Castle is a story of courage, of finding one's inner strength to fight fear, of standing up to family bullying and oppression, of finding life and living it on one's own terms, and finally of healing with the help of nature and love.
The story is simple, perhaps too simple, but that didn't in any way impede the strong message of hope that is conveyed.
In the present trying times, there are moments that our courage fails us when we lose hope that there could be better times ahead for us.
In these moments of despair, Valancy Sterling

gives us hope to journey through life amidst many adversaries.


What this simple story with its powerful message did to me is beyond the power of any word.
I both laughed and cried over it, It is very rare in a book to arouse emotions of opposite poles, It also transported me away from this burdensome reality, and away from this mundane life and the claustrophobic surroundings into the magical realm of nature with its breathtaking lake views, the wilderness of the woods, and the pleasant atmosphere of peace and quiet and oneness.
Sometimes books have the healing power which none other has, It uplifts your spirits and makes you more optimistic, The Blue Castle falls into that lot, Perhaps it is my present mood that makes me feel so strongly about this book, but honestly, I loved it.
I feel I read it at the right moment when I needed to be reminded that despite the present chaos around you there is hope yet for better and happier times.
به به چه کتابی انقد خوب بود که یه روزه تمومش کردم و واقعا لذت بردم مثل "آنی شرلی" دوست داشتنی و صمیمی بود البته من فقط "آنی شرلی" رو در قالب تصویر دیدم کتابش رو نخوندم ای کاش فیلم اینم ساخته میشد هر چی تصور میکنم خیلی کار عالی ای از آب در میومد عجیبه که تا الان نساختنش: معمولا همه با خوندن آنشرلی شروع به خوندن کتابای مونتگمری میکنند اما قصر آبی همیشه بیشتر برای من دلبری میکرد برای همین اومدم سراغ این بزرگوار. به شدت زیبا دوست داشتنیگوگولی بامزه و روون بود!
من اهل خوندن توصیفات نیستم معمولا هم دقتی نمیکنم اما مهارت نویسنده توی توصیفات به چشمم اومد. واقعا فضاسازی کتاب خوبه و حس قشنگی رو منتقل میکنه.
همراهی با شخصیتها حتی اونایی که یکم روی مخ آدم پیاده روی میکنند لذتبخشه و آدم دوست داره بیشتر ازشون بخونه. از همینجا سلام میکنم به دوتا از شخصیتهای موردعلاقهم ولنسی و بارنی عزیز. آقا خیلی چاکریم.
از همهی توصیفات و شخصیتپردازی و اینا بگذریم کتاب داستان خیلی جذابی داره و آدم رو مشتاق میکنه تا به خوندن ادامه بده و ببینه چه اتفاقهایی در راهه.
کتاب رو هردو نشر قدیانی و افق منتشر کردند و من نمیدونم کدوم واقعا ترجمهی بهتری داره. فقط اینجا یه مشکلی هست. خلاصهی پشت کتاب افق به اندازهای که باید آدم رو جذب نمیکنه از طرفی خلاصهی پشت کتاب قدیانی زیادی از داستان میگه. نظر من اینه که چشم بسته کتاب رو بخرید و بخونید.
نمیخوام حرفهای اضافه بزنم و وقتتون رو بگیرم. خلاصه و سر راست بهتون میگم داستان جذاب شخصیتهای بامزه و دوستداشتنی و فضازسازی زیبا خوندن این کتاب رو واجب میکنه و همچنین فکر میکنم اگر قصد دارید وارد دنیای کلاسیک بشید این کتاب میتونه انتخاب مناسبی باشه.
امیدوارم لذت ببرید.
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