نمی‌دونم چرا از این کتاب مثل بقیه‌ی نوشته‌های مونتگمری لذت نبردم؟
داستان‌ها خیلی آبکی و لوس بودن. قابل پیش‌بینی و دوست‌نداشتنی، با روندهای یکسان و نوشتاری که شبیه به همیشه‌ی مونتگمری نبود.
داستان آخر رو به نسبت از بقیه بیشتر دوست داشتم اما درکل این کتاب رو پیشنهاد نمی‌کنم.

Kirja sisältää Anna ja Walter Blythen "kirjoittamia" runoja, sekä novelleja Blythejen elämänpiiriin kuuluvista henkilöistä. Novelleissa toistuu keskenään samantapaiset teemat (romantiikka, katkeruus, kuolema, lapsuus), ja ne ovatkin aika ennalta-arvattavia. Mielenkiintoinen kokonaisuus kaiken kaikkiaan.

These stories are different than many of LMM’s other short story collections & were published posthumously. They are actually part of a larger work that includes dialogue between the Blythes and poetry written by Anne & Walter, titled The Blythes are Quoted (published more recently). In this version, though, the stories are published out of order, and the final story, “A Commonplace Woman,” does have a dark turn. For readers of the occasional murder mystery it would not be a shock, but in her day, I imagine it would have caused quite a stir. Infidelity, revenge, murder — not the usual fare for an LMM romance. However, most of the other stories included are about romances, with the characters quoting or commenting about our favorite Ingleside family. Since I know what happens in Rilla, this held no surprises for me, only amusement or thoughtful sorrow, though some of these stories do take place after those events and might give something away. If you’re not afraid of one major spoiler for Rilla of Ingleside (which was hinted at in both Rainbow Valley & Anne of Ingleside concerning WWI) then I suggest reading this immediately after Rainbow Valley. So many folks are mentioned and happenings alluded to that it seems to make sense. And most do end satisfactorily in a proposal or a marriage. I found her depiction of provincial town life quite insightful, on the level of Jane Austen. Most of the events depicts take place around Glen St. Mary, not in beloved Avonlea, but certainly show interaction between those who live year-round and those who only came to visit their “summer home” and the depiction of class and society are quite ahead of her time. I appreciated how the romantic interests always demonstrated some kind of pride or mistaken identity or folly, so that the endings were always refreshing, even though I had read all of them many years ago. A book that’s worth reading more than once is a keeper on my shelf. I recommend this for fans of the Blythe family, but I am curious now to read the more updated version that included her original poetry and other framing devices. I gave it 4 stars because of the arrangement (I could never quite figure out how/when it related to Ingleside characters) and because of that last story, which seems to connect the idea of “really living” with a brief affair and revenge enacted, which goes against all the other characters that seem to prefer a simple, faithful life to one of glory or indulgence (though many more characters are surprisingly wealthy than in other LMM works).

Some stories were stronger than others. Not into the whole “silly woman” that the men say all the time, especially the loved by all doctor. Still some had that special moment that put a smile on my face.

I really love all of this authors books, especially the short stories. I think this book just feels a little unfinished and some of the stories don't feel like they were her best work, though some of them i really loved and might be my favorite!

What delightful stories of love and plot twists always ending in the orphan getting the Home he wanted and the right match being made. The Blythes are always everybody’s favorite family, and it’s fun to read about them in the short mentions of them in each different story. My favorite story is the man who was afraid his brother was going to propose to a certain woman so he kidnaps her and puts her up in a house on an island, and in taking care of her he falls in love with her himself!!

کتابی که اصلا از وجودش خبر نداشتم وقتی که مجموعه ۸ جلدی آنه شرلی بعد از حدود ۶ ماه تموم شد واقعا تاثیر قلم مونتگمری رو فهمیدم که شب ها قبل خواب چطور من رو به یه سرزمین دیگه می برد برای همین وقتی فهمیدم یک جلد دیگه هم از آنشرلی هست واقعا خوشحال شدم
و همون اتفاق هم افتاد و دوباره شب ها با داستان های کوتاه مونتگمری خوابیدم
هر داستان این کتاب مستقله و حداقل یک بار در هر داستان اسمی از خانواده ی بلایت و اینگلساید و سوزان آورده میشه و حس خوبیه که شخصیت ها رو میشناسی اما قرار نیست که هیچ داستان مخصوصی درباره آنه بشنویم

داستان عمه اورسلا واقعا غم‌انگیز بود:)
از اون داستانایی که هیچ‌کس ازش خبر نداره...
و هیچ‌کس هم درکش نمی‌کنه:)
عشق به شخصی که رسیدنشون به هم ناممکنه...



کتاب واقعا یسری داستان‌هاش قشنگ بود!
ولی به اندازه آنه‌شرلی نبود خب قطعا:)
چون قلمِ مونتگمری بود دوستش داشتممم...
و حقیقتا، یسری داستاناش قلبمو به درد آورد،
یسری داستاناش عجیب و خیال‌انگیز بود،
یسری هم...

I was thrilled to come across the last "Anne" book. My first reaction upon reading it was "well this is different" but I ended up absolutely loving it the further I got into the novel. I really loved how L.M. Montgomery tied in Anne's family in each short story so it did indeed, made this book part of the Anne Of Green Gables series. By doing so, I found the gossip and the way the people thought of the Blythes very intriguing- but in the end the Blythe family seemed to be an inspiration to the nearby neighborhood. My top favorite stories included: "Here comes the Bride", "Brother Beware" and "The Pot and The Kettle" and finally "A Commonplace Woman" ( A perfect story to not only end the book but to end the series. Any fan of Anne of Green Gables and or any other of Lucy Maud Montgomery's stories will be happy to have picked up this rare and wonderful novel.

The Road to Yesterday - This is a collection of short stories connected to the Blythes or their small village. They are almost all romantic stories. The prose is lovely. Some are more delightful than others but overall a wonderful addition to the collection.

What a delightful trip back to Prince Edward Island! One must be familiar with the Blythes'/Ingleside's history in order to fully appreciate these stories; they did indeed provide good moments of poignancy and laughter. To see Rilla of Ingleside's story taking place in the background was quite a touch.

I love most of Montgomery's novels, but I have a harder time with her short stories. There's a bit of sameness to them which grates after a while when reading them in a collection. There's even a kind of unpleasantness, which I don't think is as present in her novels:
-Older single women are sad and laughable creatures, the word "poisonous" is even used about them (this usually comes from the other characters more than the narrative, but the narrative pushback is very mild for the most part, except for the very last story in this book).
-The men in her stories really really like to bang the "isn't that just like a silly weak woman" drum.
-There is a lot of deception between couples--there are multiple stories about characters who lie to their girlfriend/boyfriend about their name or occupation or class or some other vital piece of information. And the deception is usually carried on for quite a while.
-There's a story where an older married man has been in love with someone other than his wife for his whole marriage--he ends up in a scrape with the object of his affection and realizes the error of his ways. When he gets back to his frantic wife, his wife rails against him for all of two minutes before having to COMFORT him over his lost dreams, massage his back, feed him and tuck him into bed.
-More than one man tells his girlfriend they're getting married; doesn't ask her, tells her. And even says maybe he'll just force her to the altar.
-One man actually KIDNAPS a woman and takes her to an island and locks her in the house there for several days. But it's all fine and they get married, because it turns out she liked him before that and there was another door that was unlocked so she could have gotten out at any time. Which totally negates his KIDNAPPING her.
-And finally there is a hero-worship of the Blythes that absolutely borders on sycophantic in this series. There are only about three stories or so where the Blythes are actually present characters, otherwise they are just talked about incessantly by others in every single story. Many of the characters quote or think about the Blythes extensively. The majority of the characters are very devoted admirers of the Blythes; the very few characters who start out disliking the Blythes usually end up deciding they aren't so bad after all by the end. As much as I love Anne&co, by the end of this book I was heartily sick of them.