tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4051826042602269061.post6032067820060392392..comments2024-03-25T09:01:20.997-07:00Comments on Diary of an Autodidact: Rilla of Ingleside by L. M. MontgomeryDiary of an Autodidacthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11849157548643091986noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4051826042602269061.post-31552213639490903012013-02-11T14:03:58.983-08:002013-02-11T14:03:58.983-08:00I totally forgot about the war orphan that Rilla r...I totally forgot about the war orphan that Rilla raised "by the book"! <br /><br />I think you are also write about Montgomery being able to write children's literature so well because she loved childhood but not so much adulthood. (It was met with so many disappointments, as you have listed here.)<br /><br />I, too, was thinking about why it is that I love Anne the other day. I have a blog post brewing in my head to answer the question. I surprised myself a bit, I think.Carriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08772667430500306088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4051826042602269061.post-37537299209300332992013-01-24T08:56:33.495-08:002013-01-24T08:56:33.495-08:00I think you are mostly right about Montgomery'...I think you are mostly right about Montgomery's difficulty with writing well-rounded adults. (Really, Jane Austen has a similar problem--almost all the middle-aged are dull or idiots). I can think of a few in her other works, but you're right, mostly they are "characters" and misfits. It is a weakness of the later Anne books that Anne herself recedes. I do enjoy her children's adventures, though.Queen of Carrotshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03193758647591339890noreply@blogger.com