Fans of Anne Shirley, Avonlea and Green Gables might be excited to hear that after over three decades since the publication of the last Green Gables book, The Road to Yesterday, a final volume in the series has been discovered. L.M. Montgomery is said to have submitted the final instalment just before her death - now thought a suicide - in 1942.
While fans may see the new material as cause for celebration, the darker, bleaker mood of the last book may leave a bitter taste in the mouths of some. While the Green Gables books began as hopeful, positive and love-filled, even in difficult times, the series did see more despair as the stories went on, possibly in reflection of Montgomery’s own life.
The book, called The Blythes are Quoted, is due for release tomorrow, October 27th.
