Me encantaron la mayoría de las historias!! El que fueran historias cortas hacen que uno quiera leerlas todas de una sentada!!

I love the Anne of Green Gables series so I wanted to read more work by LM Montgomery. I love the short stories in this collection.

Very cute, and a must read for my l m montgomery addict self... It was kinof funny to see the things she reused later in her novels

This was not my favorites of her short story collections. But it is always lovely coming back to Montgomery’s writing and Prince Edward Island.

The first time I read this lovely book was approximately 15 years ago. And the last time was around 5 years after that (the library at my school owns a copy). I have always wanted to buy it, so I could not believe my luck when I found an used copy in Amazon at USD 0.01 only! (although, with the shipping and all that, it cost me around USD 5.00).

Re-reading again was a pleasure; some stories were like I've read it yesterday instead of a decade ago. All of them -places, plot, characters- are Kindred Spirits. This is a collection worth of reading.

- "Kismet": a young woman re-encounters her husband in a horse race. It was a bit sad, but with a HFN ending.

- "Emily's Husband": an old grudge between Emily and her husband kept them apart for many years. The ending was a bit like Anne and The Island, when she realizes her feeling for Gilbert when he is almost dying.

- "The Girl and The Wild Race": Judith gets mad when her aunt keeps pestering about marriage. She gets so mad she promises to marry the first man who proposes to her, so two eager suitors race to arrive first. OOMF*.

- "The Promise of Lucy Ellen": this story is similar to the one of Rosemary and Mr. Meredith from Rainbow Valley.

- "The Parting of the Ways": a sad story, a woman who wants to make what is right for the boy who admires her so much. I pitied the woman at the end.

- "The Doctor's Sweetheart": the narrator -an old woman- and the Doctor are waiting for Marcella, while the town pities the Doctor, not believing she would come back. Marcella was too young in my opinion, but there is no age in love, isn't it?

- "By the Grace of Julius Cesar": two women are trapped in the roof of the house of a man, not wanting to get down until the dog is away. But the man won't keep the dog away until one of the women agrees to be his wife. It's funny, and a bit sarcastic I think. OOMF*.

- "Akin to Love": a woman who has been rejecting his suitor's proposal for years has to help him with his sick sister. Also funny.

- "A Finished Story": another bittersweet story; a woman who had lost her love and never knew if he loved her back or not.

- "My Lady Jane": a man masquerades as his cousin, and re-encounters his old love.

- "Abel and His Great Adventure": my least favorite, only because I did not understand the plot. It was almost like an old man sharing his thoughts with the narrator, a bit like Captain Jim.

- "The Garden of Spices": I loved this one mainly because the MC is a boy, and LMM knew how to write from a kid's POV. It is also one of the sweetest, with a HEA. OOMF*.

- "The Bride is Waiting": Susan has to redecorate the house of her dreams for her old suitor and his new bride, Juanita. This kind of story is so LMM style, funny and romantic. OOMF.

- "I Know A Secret": if you are a big fan of LMM works, this title alone has to sound familiar to you. It is a "recycled" story of Nan in Anne of Ingleside.

(*OOMF = One of my favorites)

3 stars
Most of these stories can be found on Project Gutenberg under the name "Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories" where they're sorted by year.
1. Kismet (1899)- dull
2. Emily's Husband (1903)- good
3. The Girl and the Wild Race (1904)- good
4. The Promise of Lucy Ellen (1904)- ok
5. The Parting of Ways (1907)- ok
6. The Doctor's Sweetheart (1908)- dull
7. By Grace of Julius Caesar (1908)- ok
8. Akin to Love (1909)- dull
9. The Finished Story (1912)- loved
10. My Lady Jane (1915)- good
11. Abel and His Great Adventure (1917)- very good
12. The Garden of Spices (1918)- loved
13. The Bride is Waiting (1932)- good
14. I Know a Secret (1935)- loved

My copy is The Doctor's Sweetheart and other stories. More short stories by L.M. Montgomery, and these are of the romantic kind. So sweet and fun to read. I really liked it ~ no surprise there!

8/10

This book is full of L.M.M short story’s. They are all well written and fun to read. 10/10 would recommend

i loved all the stories! so good!

Actual Rating: 4.2-4.4 / 5

Contains all the simple magic that you'd expect from the author of Anne of Green Gables, this time as a charming, leisurely read rather than a long-winded story about the life of one girl.

Some stories are charming, others comedic, and one or two just a mote corny, but nothing unreadable, to be sure.

All in all, it's a good afternoon read with a cup of tea and, for myself, acceptably explored in the month of June.

What can one say? It's L.M. Montgomery!! I think my favorites were, The Bride Waits, (ohhh I loved that one!), My Lady Jane, and Akin to Love.:)