I love short stories and these are some of the best.

Usually I don't care for short stories. These all had a somewhat similar theme, that it got to be a bit much by the end.

Although I do not enjoy (and actually have never liked) all of the presented stories featured in L.M. Montgomery's Akin to Anne: Tales of Other Orphans equally, I do always love, love, love rereading especially this very collection of sweet and tenderly touching, sometimes perhaps even verging a bit on the maudlin orphan themed accounts (and often engage in a reread of Akin to Anne: Tales of Other Orphans when I am feeling down and need comforting and cheer).

Now while I personally simply and utterly adore Akin to Anne: Tales of Other Orphans (and also think that considering Lucy Maud Montgomery's own biography, she obviously also sees herself reflected in her featured protagonists), I can and do understand and even appreciate why some readers and indeed even diehard L.M. Montgomery fans would perhaps consider especially this very collection of tales as rather formulaic and repetitive. However, it should (no actually, it must) also be remembered that the stories encountered in Akin to Anne: Tales of Other Orphans were in fact originally published separately and at different times, in a variety of magazines and journals. Thus, L.M. Montgomery did not publish these tales together as a whole and they were collected and published as "tales of other orphans" (with a similar main theme) by editor Rea Wilmshurst, who I think has done an essential service and marvellous job, amassing and publishing eight distinct thematic L.M. Montgomery short story collections, all featuring not only the presented, collected tales themselves, but enlightening and erudite forewords and available publishing information (and this would likely have continued, had Ms. Wilmshurst not unfortunately died at an early age).

And really, the only minor caveat and advice I would tend to give to potential readers for Akin to Anne: Tales of Other Orphans (and this actually pertains to all eight books in the Rea Wilmshurst as editor series) is to make sure to read the foreword AFTER having perused the main text, the collected stories, if one wants to avoid possible spoilers (since Wilmshurst's introduction is basically a generally rather detailed literary analysis of the tales featured and does mention a lot of contents based details).

We have all hear of Anne and her adoption story in Green Gables. But did you know that L.M. Montgomery wrote about more then one orphan? This book contains several shorts stories all about different orphans and things they went through.

#50/50BookQuest categories= short stories, historical fiction, and female author

When taken individually, all of the stories in this book have their own charm. My favorite of the group was Charlotte's Quest. However as a collection, the stories get rather repetitive.
Did I like it? Some of it.
Would I reread it? Maybe individual stories, not all in one sitting.
Would I recommend it? Not sure.

“After all, it was nice to be loved than to be rich and admired and famous.”

I, alas, did not rate each story on its own. Each of these story had Montgomery's flowery writing style which I just adore. The main characters always quirky and adorable. I don't really care that Montgomery sometimes seems like she's recycling some character traits because the writing is beautiful. The stories were short and sweet. This book was a nice quick read.

A collection of sweet old fashioned stories involving people finding long lost families or at least a place to belong.

If you're a LM Montgomery enthusiast, then you will want to check this book out. If you've never read LM Montgomery, then avoid this book. Some of the stories are just not that good, and many have cheesy/happy endings. Some of the endings are so convenient and happy that you kind of want to gag. The collection is nothing special on its own, really. It's kinda like a collection of 'scribbles' from the mind of an author who came up with many good stories (Anne of Green Gables, Emily of New Moon, The Blue Castle, etc) It should only be read as part of the LM Montgomery collection - read Anne of Green Gables first. and if you've already read/are a fan of her works, then try this one. Just don't expect anything spectacular, this book is a fairly quick read.

I love all LM.Montgomery's collections of short stories, and am happy to add this to my collection. I will be reading this again.

This is a nice collection of sweet orphan tales by a consummate storyteller. The stories are a wee bit formulaic: orphan longs for family and/or a life dream; then a providential twist of fate brings them together with a new family--often discovering against all odds a long lost blood relative. Playfulness with the theme helps, and it is pretty astounding to read these with her completely different tales of orphan Anne and orphan Emily. Any one of these stories is quite good on its own, though they tend toward smiling moralism. I liked "The Running Away of Chester" the best, the "The Fraser Scholarship" includes a complex moral choice that is satisfying.

I would have liked it better if every short story was not solved by discovering a long lost half-brother or half-sister. Each story on it's own is a nice little story you'd like to read to your children, but 19 in a row is, shall we say, predictable. Ahem.

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