Further Chronicles of Avonlea

By: L. M. Montgomery

Narrated by: Grace Conlin

Length: 7 hrs and 21 mins

Publisher's summary

Welcome, once again, to the charming byways of Avonlea and its people, as created by one of Canada's most beloved authors.

In this volume of heartwarming tales, a Persian cat plays an amazing role in a marriage proposal, a young girl risks losing her mother in her quest to find her father, and a foolish lie threatens to make an unattached woman the town's laughingstock.

These 15 short stories together present a piquant and fascinating picture of life in the villages and country surrounding Avonlea.

Public Domain (P)1996 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

I love the series!!

love the series! great narration. the stories are so good that I didn't want the book to end.

Nice Goodbye To The Series

And with that I have finished my journey in Avonlea and I have to say good bye to Green Gables
This book is another installment of the Chronicles of Avonlea series where it's basically short stories that happens in Avonlea, Anne does star in one of the stories but she is not a main character .. what I gathered is this book happens during the first four books in the series and it was really enjoyable and fun to hang around these people
there were some bitter stories but overall the book has a happy feel to it
I really enjoyed my time in this world .. thank you Lucy for bringing us joy with your writings .. and I will certainly check out her other books in the future

The narrator was nice .. she did perform in a way that made me engage with the stories but nothing remarkable in her performace

Jealously, Murder, Love, Oh Yes, A Cat

Grace Conlin did full justice to this work. I cannot give high enough praise to her performance. Montgomery's magnificent powers are on full display in these fifteen little stories of love, loss, redemption and human dramas. No one does cat stories better than Lucy Maude Montgomery. My favorites are the cats of Patty's Place in "Anne of the Island", Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde in "Rilla of Inglesides" and from this collection "Aunt Cynthia's Persian Cat" is definitely a star. I am only mentioning a few stories that I particularly enjoyed but there are none in this collection that I would have passed up. "Her Father's Daughter" is about a girl on her wedding whose parents had separated years earlier. Actually, her mother had got into a pet and locked the guy out. However, the girl didn't lock her father out and is hell bent on having him at her wedding. In "Jane's Baby", two women get into an all out cat fight over who gets their dead sister's baby. "The Dream Child" is about the loss of a child and how the husband and wife go forth. It is a bit strange but not too. "The Education of Betty", well think of the movie "Daddy Long Legs" with Janet Gaynor. In this case, the book is better. Guess who comes to the wedding in "Only a Common Fellow"? I am not telling. "Tannis of the Flats" is a bit unusual, first there is a murder then most of the story takes place in Alberta instead of the Maritimes. Remember there is a thread in Montgomery's stories that these folks are linked to the sea and to traveling off into the dangerous unknowns. Even sometimes the women folk head west. For instance, Jane Anderson couldn't find a husband in P.E.I. so off she charged to the west country and snagged herself a for real millionaire. This little story also touches the conflicting cultures of the Europeans and the natives. Montgomery did an outstanding job with this one in particular.

not my fav by this author, but still enjoyable

my teens and I listened together and enjoyed several of these stories. definitely wasn't top of our list for this author, but still mostly enjoyable. was good if you are looking for stand alone but somewhat interconnected stories that are short- like a nice listen over lunch- which is what we wanted and it delivered for that purpose. definitely a 'mixed bag' of stories- not all lighthearted, some just kinda odd, but on the plus side- each is a surprise.

Disappointed with the unexpected racism

Disappointed with the unexpected racism at the end. I’ve never heard her so blatantly prejudiced in other books.

Last Story is very racist

The first few stories were pretty good, I really enjoyed the one about the cat, but the last story was awful. It was one of the most openly racist things I’ve ever heard.