Rilla Of Ingleside

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Summary: i'm lovin it
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I found this novel unbelievably trite and packed with propaganda- about how awful Germany was, how righteous Canada/England/Europe was, etc. The truth is that WWI came about by a series of dipomatic missteps- and unfortunate ones. Germany may have been 'more wrong' than England, but it was certainly not the great evil that L.M. Montgomery portrays it as.

The book IS useful to a historian or student of history who wishes to see how World War II affected those on the 'home front' in day to day life. It is also useful for the numerous little details LM Montgomery is a expert at supplying- the way food was prepared, the way children were raised- the way girls 'came of age' and had their debut at age 17 or so. It provides a tantalizing glimpse into a much simpler and vanished world, one where life did seem much more black and white. Now we know that war is not such a matter of good vs. evil- there are two sides to every story. World War II was a direct result of the conditions inflicted upon Germany after World War I- if only LM Mongomery could have known.

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Summary: i'm lovin it
Review: hi every1 my name is joanna neves and i love this book it just seemed so real. Rilla is such a cool name! Some people might think thatit is wrong to blame Germany for the war but the opinions of the characters are true to how people did feel in wartime. I love a book that makes you cry and laugh. This one plays on your emotions and is well worth reading.

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Summary: Saving the Best for Last
Review: I am unahamedly a devoted fan of all the Anne of Green Gables books. I can read each of them over and over again without feeling uniterested. In the final installment of the Anne books, we meet her youngest daughter, Rilla, who is a very normal fifteen year old girl, without caring for much of anything at all.
I am a huge history buff and love to have it woven into a story, so I love this book. The first chapter has Susan going over the newspaper, reading about some Arch Duke being killed. No one though anything of it, and that action tore their world apart.
Rilla's oldest brother, Jem, joins up immediatley as does Jerry, Nan's boyfriend. Rilla's favorite brother, and possibly the deepest character in all of Annedom, Walter, seems to understand the real horror of war and is terrified. He waits to join up,but when he does, he isn't afraid any more.
This book shows us how Rilla grows from a frivolous child into a capable woman who survives raising an orphan, falling in love and loosing one brother, possibly more in the most gruesome war that had ever happened to date.
It is very easy to relate to Rilla, and I must suggest this book as a must read to anyone and everyone.

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Summary: Anne should never be old!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Review: I LOVE the anne books, and loved the story in this one too. My only problem is that Anne and Gilbert are old! They always are referred to now as Mrs. Blythe and Dr. Blythe. It is a sweet story but it needed more Anne! If you've read the other seven, you have to read the book, but in my opinion L.M. Montgomery should have stopped at the fifth.

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Summary: Rilla of Ingleside
Review: I love this book, simply because it is an Anne book! But in my opinion, it was not a necessary book. The series probably could've been ended with the 6th book. At the end of Anne of Ingleside, all Anne & Gilbert's children have been born. 'Rainbow Valley' was interesting, because the Meredith children were introduced. But this book talks about the war and all the hard times that come with it. Rilla grows from a vain young girl to a sensible, reliable woman. Read it, it's a good book. One of the characters dies in this book, but I won't say who.

Anne of Green Gables and all the other books in the series are great!

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Summary: Magnificent
Review: I must say she did a fine job. Although it later has become clear to us that those fighting in World War I did so in vain if they thought they were fighting to make the world a better place, I learned much from this book. It was good to see actual world events figure into a Montgomery novel. I like Emily and Valancy personally, much better than Rilla. But I relate to her more and more as she grows older. It is interesting that of all Anne's children Walter is the one Montgomery chooses to have die. I like the irony there....because he is the one most reluctant to go to war. Life isn't a bed of roses and this books shows that. In that way it is much better than Anne of Ingleside, which in my opinion is a disaster. Don't put that on Maud. She wrote it at urging of her publisher.
Read the Emily series, but read this book also.
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Summary: If I could give it more stars, I would!!
Review: I think this was the BEST book in the series. I loved Rilla, and she IS like Anne in many ways. My favorite part was when Rilla took Jims home. And this isn't something the author just threw in the book; Rilla matures due to the war and taking care of Jims. She learns loss, maturity, and most important of all, love. I cried when Walter died, and I'm NOT a crier. I loved the end too, I cried there. I recommended these books to my sister and she loved them too. Lucy Maud Montgomery is a very talented writer. I just wish she had written more books!

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Summary: E*X*C*E*L*L*E*N*T** BOOK!!!
Review: Rilla of Inglesade is the last and 8th book of Ann series (the first one was Anne of the Green Gables), it's about one of the daugthers of Anne Shirley and Gilbert Blythe.
First, I tought that this book will not like me, because the main character is not Anne. But then, I really love it, but a little bit less than the ones that the main star is Anne.
Rilla-my-Rilla, it's how one of his brother and his teacher called her. When she was a little girl, she was a little bit frivolous. But then, in the middle of a war, she became an excellent woman; kind, beautifull, etc...
Unfortunatlly, in the war she sufferer a lot, because her brothers were in the middle of it...and one of them died. I cryed a lot when that happended. Like when one man (I don't want to told you his name, in case that you don't read the book), died in one of Anne's collection.
You HAVE TO read this book...but first, I recommend you to read Anne's book, so you could know all the story. That is better, no?
I know that if you read this collection you will love it!!!. I read all the books more than three times each one. So imagine how excellent they have to be.
After read them, please tell me what do you think about them!

Andrea (o_o)

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Summary: The Best Book I Have Read
Review: Rilla of Ingleside is without contest the best book I've ever read. LM Montgomery's talents include being able to describe emotions so vividly that the reader *feels* it. In this case, she shows us how Rilla, a frivolous, vain girl, transforms, through many hardships, into a patient, kind, humourous young woman. Also woven in are little details about the war that you will never find in a history textbook - mostly how the people back home felt about it.
Although she isn't one of the main characters, Faith Meredith is one of my favourites. She is brave enough to go off as a nurse, and stays strong even when her finacee is captured by the Germans. I'd love to actually BE Faith.
Another of the best characters are Susan and her cousin Sophia. Susan is so optimistic and Sophia is so pessimistic that their clashes are just plain funny.
Gertrude Oliver is the most intriguing. Her dreams tell the future and she has lots of superstitions.
The most lovable of the characters is Jims. He is a really sweet little baby and his role in Kenneth Ford's farewell call is cute.
From all points of view, Rilla of Ingleside is an engaging novel, a must-read for LM Montgomery fans, historical romance freaks, and WWI nuts alike. Also for those who enjoy a good story.

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Summary: I love it despite its faults
Review: The reviewer below is correct that, from a modern, educated perspecitive, Rilla of Ingleside contains a lot of propaganda and patriotic pap. I have to forgive LMM for this, though, as the novel was written very, very shortly after WWI, so very few people would have had any kind of perspective on the acts of the two sides of the conflict.

I first read Rilla when I was about 12, and I never noticed any of these factual issues. However, the book actually ended up inspiring a WWI interest in me, so now I see the things that are very dated about it. I can't keep from loving it though, with all of its florid language and religion and all.