The Blue Castle
Valancy Stirling is unmarried at 29. Frustrated by her loveless state and stifled by her moralistic family, for years she has been escaping into an imaginary life in her Blue Castle in Spain. Then unexpected news shocks her into asserting her independence and striking out against society's...
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Valancy Stirling is unmarried at 29. Frustrated by her loveless state and stifled by her moralistic family, for years she has been escaping into an imaginary life in her Blue Castle in Spain. Then unexpected news shocks her into asserting her independence and striking out against society's conventions. Her old fantasies seem irrelevant now - but dreams of the Blue Castle are not forgotten as she refocuses her energies on living her life on her own terms. Lucy Maud Montgomery, best known for 'Anne of Green Gables', has created a wonderfully sympathetic heroine in Valancy, engaging the reader fully in her trials and triumphs. A great love of the Canadian wilderness comes pouring out in beautifully evocative prose accompanied with sharp observation of the personalities and attitudes of her characters and the society they inhabit. This new Large Print edition is typeset in a very clear, well-spaced font (18 point Palatino Linotype).
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9788087830284 (8087830288)
Publish date: July 2nd 2013
Publisher: Important Books
Pages no: 124
Edition language: English
Valancy Stirling has been emotionally abused all her life, she is worn down into a shadow of a human, dependant on others (as many women were at the time), dealing with her wants and needs being neglected, she escapes in the works of John Foster, who writes about nature. She sometimes escapes to an ...
"And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years." ~Abraham Lincoln “That's all the freedom we can hope for - the freedom to choose our prison. [...]” ― L.M. Montgomery, The Blue Castle "We don't know where we're going, but isn't it fun to go?” ― L.M. Mont...
„-Każdy ma swój Błękitny Zamek, tak mi się wydaje – powiedziała Cissy cichutko. – Tylko, że każdy nazywa go inaczej.” Valancy Stirling żyje w samolubnej i egoistycznej rodzinie z surowymi zasadami i regułami. Apodyktyczna matka i inni członkowie rodziny od zawsze uważają Valancy za nudną, niezbyt ł...
Sometimes you stumble upon a book not so famous, not so well-known, but that turns out to be an absolute gem. Well ‘The Blue castle’ was one such book for me. I just picked this book not expecting much but it ended up being one of my most favorite book, which I am going to re-read in future for sure...
Młoda kobieta poszukująca swojego miejsca na Ziemi i swojej drugiej połówki. Dopiero wstrząs, zmienia nieodwracalnie jej żywot. Dochodzi do wniosku, że to nie jest prawdziwe życie, że jest to tylko egzystencja, działa według określonego schematu, czym zadowala tylko swoje otoczenie, a nie samą siebi...
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