The Road to Yesterday by L.M. Montgomery
was published in 1974. L.M. Montgomery had originally penned this book under
the title The Blythes are Quoted, but the book was not published
during her lifetime. After L.M. Montgomery's death, her manuscript was
discovered by her son, Dr. Stuart MacDonald. The original manuscript for The
Blythes are Quoted was divided into two parts taking place before and after
World War I. Each part was composed of short stories interspersed with
narratives of evenings in Anne and Gilbert Blythe's household with the Blythe
family listening to Anne's poems.
In preparing The Road to Yesterday for publication, the
narrative sections were removed along with all but one of the poems. The
sequence of the short stories was reorganized. All of the stories included in
The Road to Yesterday mention members of the Blythe family.
The Road to Yesterday includes the poem "Canadian Twilight"
and 14 short stories, which are listed below:
"Canadian Twilight" (poem)
"An Afternoon with Mr. Jenkins"
"Retribution"
"The Twins Pretend"
"Fancy's Fool"
"A Dream Come True"
"Penelope Struts her Theories"
"The Reconciliation"
"The Cheated Child"
"Fool's Errand"
"The Pot and the Kettle"
"Here Comes the Bride"
"Brothers Beware"
"The Road to Yesterday"
"A Commonplace Woman"
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Created July 25, 2002. Re-posted online April 30, 2021. Last updated April 30, 2021.
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