The Blue Castle

"And this morning Valancy could not believe she had a Blue Castle. She would never be able to find it again. Twenty-nine, unmarried, undesired—what had she to do with the fairy-like chatelaine of the Blue Castle? She would cut such childish nonsense out of her life forever and face reality unflinchingly."

The Blue Castle (1926) exists only in 29-year-old Valancy’s imagination—a place full of handsome men she daydreams into—when the tedium of life with her constraining family becomes too much. But then comes the shocking diagnosis of a fatal heart condition. With little time left to live (apparently), Valancy decides to choose herself over the expectations of others.

One of the few adult novels by Anne of Green Gables’ L.M. Montgomery and her only work set entirely away from Prince Edward Island, this 1926 novel explores autonomy, social norms, and romance, following the protagonist’s life-altering shift. Eventually moving away from home, Valancy will discover love, heartache, and perhaps a real castle of her own.

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