Rainbow Valley by Lucy Maud Montgomery
35 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 4 years ago - ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsIf you've read and loved Anne of Green Gables, you'd definitely like to add Rainbow Valley by Lucy Maud Montgomery to your collection.
Published in 1919, it is the seventh book in the series and follows the further life and adventures of Anne Shirley. At Ingleside, Anne is now happily married to her childhood friend the devoted Gilbert Blythe and have now been together blissfully for fifteen years. They have six children. The book opens with the return of Anne and Gilbert (who is now a brilliant doctor) from a sojourn in London, where they had gone to attend a big medical congress. They find a new minister ensconced in the old mansion. He is a widower with four wild, mischievous and unruly children who are always embroiled in one scrape or the other. However, they are at heart good and kind and they soon become friends with Anne's children.
The entire group plays in a quiet maple grove which they have named Rainbow Valley because of its beauty and atmosphere. They form a Good Conduct Club headed by Jem Blythe, the eldest. A cheeky, runaway orphan girl called Mary Vance joins them in Rainbow Valley. However, the rules of the club prove too severe for some of the younger children.
The Green Gables series consists of eight books published between 1908-21. They trace Anne Shirley/Blythe's life from the time we encounter Anne Shirley, a young 11 year old orphan who is sent to live with an elderly couple on a farm on Prince Edward Island. By the eighth book, Anne is a middle aged woman of fifty-two and the stories concern her children and their lives. The family is also mentioned in some other books written by Montgomery.
Rainbow Valley is exciting, interesting and a fun read. It has some very engaging side plots about the minister, John Meredith and how he finds romance with the lovely Rosemary West. It also provides a dark foreshadowing of the terrible war years that were to dawn in the near future. The note on the dedication page of Rainbow Valley is a tribute to three of Montgomery's friends who died in WWI. The last book in the Anne series Rilla of Ingleside is set against the backdrop of the war.
For enthusiasts of the series, Rainbow Valley is indeed a delightful glimpse into the continuing saga of this bestselling series of books that have provided so much entertainment to generations of children.
All books in this series:1 Anne of Green Gables2 Anne of Avonlea3 Anne of the Island5 Anne’s House of Dreams7 Rainbow Valley8 Rilla of Ingleside
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Episodes
Chapter 01 – Home Again
January 02, 2024 00:00 - 10 minutes - 3.81 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
Chapter 02 – Sheer Gossip
January 01, 2024 00:00 - 22 minutes - 9.54 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
Chapter 03 – The Ingleside Children
December 31, 2023 00:00 - 15 minutes - 6.68 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
Chapter 04 – The Manse Children
December 30, 2023 00:00 - 21 minutes - 9.54 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
Chapter 05 – The Advent of Mary Vance
December 29, 2023 00:00 - 27 minutes - 12.4 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
Chapter 06 – Mary Stays at the Manse
December 28, 2023 00:00 - 10 minutes - 4.77 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
Chapter 07 – A Fishy Episode
December 27, 2023 00:00 - 16 minutes - 7.63 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
Chapter 08 – Miss Cornelia Intervenes
December 26, 2023 00:00 - 15 minutes - 6.68 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
Chapter 09 – Una Intervenes
December 25, 2023 00:00 - 21 minutes - 9.54 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
Chapter 10 – The Manse Girls Clean House
December 24, 2023 00:00 - 14 minutes - 5.72 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
Chapter 11 – A Dreadful Discovery
December 23, 2023 00:00 - 8 minutes - 3.81 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
Chapter 12 – An Explanation and a Dare
December 22, 2023 00:00 - 17 minutes - 7.63 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
Chapter 13 – The House on the Hill
December 21, 2023 00:00 - 21 minutes - 9.54 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
Chapter 14 – Mrs. Alec Davis Makes a Call
December 20, 2023 00:00 - 21 minutes - 9.54 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
Chapter 15 – More Gossip
December 19, 2023 00:00 - 16 minutes - 6.68 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
Chapter 16 – Tit for Tat
December 18, 2023 00:00 - 26 minutes - 11.4 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
Chapter 17 – A Double Victory
December 17, 2023 00:00 - 20 minutes - 8.58 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
Chapter 18 – Mary Brings Evil Tidings
December 16, 2023 00:00 - 10 minutes - 4.77 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
Chapter 19 – Poor Adam!
December 15, 2023 00:00 - 8 minutes - 3.81 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
Chapter 20 – Faith Makes A Friend
December 14, 2023 00:00 - 11 minutes - 4.77 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
Chapter 21 – The Impossible Word
December 13, 2023 00:00 - 21 minutes - 9.54 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
Chapter 22 – St. George Knows All About It
December 12, 2023 00:00 - 12 minutes - 5.72 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
Chapter 23 – The Good-Conduct Club
December 11, 2023 00:00 - 21 minutes - 9.54 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
Chapter 24 – A Charitable Impulse
December 10, 2023 00:00 - 14 minutes - 6.68 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
Chapter 25 – Another Scandal and Another Explanation
December 09, 2023 00:00 - 15 minutes - 6.68 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
Chapter 26 – Miss Cornelia Gets A New Point Of View
December 08, 2023 00:00 - 14 minutes - 5.72 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
Chapter 27 – A Sacred Concert
December 07, 2023 00:00 - 8 minutes - 2.86 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
Chapter 28 – A Fast Day
December 06, 2023 00:00 - 9 minutes - 3.81 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
Chapter 29 – A Weird Tale
December 05, 2023 00:00 - 8 minutes - 2.86 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
Chapter 30 – The Ghost on the Dyke
December 04, 2023 00:00 - 10 minutes - 4.77 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
Chapter 31 – Carl Does Penance
December 03, 2023 00:00 - 10 minutes - 4.77 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
Chapter 32 – Two Stubborn People
December 02, 2023 00:00 - 13 minutes - 5.72 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
Chapter 33 – Carl Is — Not — Whipped
December 01, 2023 00:00 - 11 minutes - 4.77 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
Chapter 34 – Una Visits the Hill
November 30, 2023 00:00 - 12 minutes - 5.72 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
Chapter 35 – “Let the Piper Come”
November 29, 2023 00:00 - 7 minutes - 2.86 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com