Note: The Secret Life of Canada is hosted and written by Falen Johnson and Leah Simone Bowen and is a CBC original podcast independent of The Canadian Encyclopedia. Within her own life, especially with her mental health. The lesser-known story is that of the writer herself, who had many struggles
This episode of The Secret Life of Canada looks into the life of Lucy Maud (L.M.) Montgomery, creator of iconic characters like Anne of Green Gables and Emily of New Moon. The manuscript was rejected by every publisher she sent it to, so she gave up and kept it in a hat box until 1907, when she tried again and secured a publishing deal with L.C. It was inspired by such children’s books as Little Women and Alice in Wonderland, and by a newspaper story Montgomery had read about an English couple who had arranged She completed Anne of Green Gables, her first novel, in 1905. Montgomery taught in various Prince Edward Island village schools in the 1890s, but was soon earning enough from her writing that she spent the period between 18 living with her grandmother in Cavendish writing poems and stories for publication.
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