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Emily of New Moon volume 12
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English
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Laura Murray’s foray into the world as a single woman in the family way is nothing short of trial by fire. Isabel Murray refuses to support her at New Moon while Laura obstinately refuses to return to Ian Bowles. When Emily finds her employment at a woolen mill, Laura leaves New Moon without telling a soul. At the mill, Laura learns first hand about the industrial working conditions of the 19th Century; sinister employers, cramped living quarters,...
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Emily of New Moon volume 2
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English
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The Murrays are devastated by the loss of Elizabeth: Jimmy confesses his deep affection for her and Emily realizes that she was their protectress. Trying to escape her fears, Laura is becoming addicted to laudanum. Having offered the Scottish Murrays all her worldly possessions in return for New Moon, Emily receives a letter announcing that the relatives are on their way to PEI to claim what is theirs.
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Emily of New Moon volume 11
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English
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Emily’s plans to attend school in Shrewsbury with her friends are shattered when Aunt Ruth refuses to provide room and board. Emily is fated to be left behind in Blair Water, never to receive the education she so fiercely desires. Laura Murray is an appropriate shoulder on which to cry when she reveals to Emily that she has left Ian Bowles for the last time. Emily tries to help Laura remain optimistic as the pair contemplate the bleak future. All...
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Emily of New Moon volume 4
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English
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Jimmy Murray is made Director of the First Institute of Scientific Discovery. He plans to build an automobile, harness electrical energy but most ambitiously, to build a bridge which will connect Prince Edward Island to the Mainland. The world bows to his ingenuity. However, all Jimmy really desires is Eve’s hand in marriage; their love continuing to blossom in spite of Isabel’s objections. The beautiful wedding ends in tragedy. Eve is arrested...
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Emily of New Moon volume 10
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English
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Deeply in love for the first time, Jimmy Murray plans to build Eve a dream house overlooking the ocean. Still, Eve is pregnant. Emily decides it must be ôimmaculate conceptionö and shocks the town by distributing a petition to have Pope Leo XIII recognize Eve as a Saint. A secret rendezvous between Jimmy and Eve is interrupted by the arrival of the Kinch family. There is a struggle and Abner Kinch is killed. But by who? Refusing to give testimony...
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Emily of New Moon volume 3
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English
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Emily makes a wish for Jimmy to be a man of great wisdom. Instead, a bolt of lightening strikes him, leaving him comatose on the side of the road. Emily is paralyzed with fear thinking that she has wished death upon her beloved cousin. But Jimmy wakens a genius. His life now careens into realms beyond even Emily’s fertile imagination; inventions, honours, worldly acclaim. When he meets Eve, his long lost love, his cup brimmeth over. TO BE CONTINUED......
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Emily of New Moon volume 4
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English
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Tension mounts after Isabel Murray takes over New Moon. Emily is forbidden from attending school. She must, instead, earn her own keep. Isabel also decrees that, in order to feed the family, Jimmy must slaughter one of his beloved cows. And she relieves Laura of the household keys.
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Emily of New Moon volume 7
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English
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Robbie Burns dies and Blair Water is ravaged by the small pox epidemic. Preparations must be made to save the children. They attempt to leave town but the barricades block them. Dr. Burnley turns his house into a hospital but is hardly able to care for all those who have fallen ill. Emily watches helplessly as her dear friend, Ilse, succumbs, hovering between life and death. Isabel’s attempts to make amends with her father are thrown back in her...
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Emily of New Moon volume 6
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English
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Emily’s feeling lucky. She’s been writing like crazy, submitting articles about her precious Island to travel magazines, and is certain that something good will come of this endeavour. But fate intervenes in the form of Emily’s rival, Rhoda Stuart. She’s been snitching Emily’s mail on the sly, and keeping for herself the acceptance letters—and money orders—from one Thelonius Grand, a New York magazine publisher. When Mr. Grand announces...
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Emily of New Moon volume 4
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English
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Mysteries are falling from the skies and into the lives of the Murrays. First, a passionate letter, written in the language of love, makes its way into Jimmy’s hands--and then an exotic stranger arrives in a most unexpected way, bearing new ideas that wreak havoc on the household and scandalize the good citizens of Blair Water. The proceedings are further complicated by the surprise return of Perry Miller in full military regalia, bearing tidings...
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Emily of New Moon volume 1
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English
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Emily and Ilse battle with issues of “Truth” when they involve themselves in Laura’s love life. Laura’s pure love for Dr. Burnley haunts her as wedding preparations are finalized for her and Ian Bowles. Emily and Ilse are beside themselves with joy when they hear that Laura may call off the wedding. Before Laura can break the news to Ian, an unexpected twist of events descends on New Moon leaving everyone scrambling for answers.
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Emily of New Moon volume 3
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English
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A bright and beautiful day at New Moon Farm: Jimmy returns home, and the Murrays rejoice. The atmosphere in the old house is suddenly buoyant. But the family soon learns that they’ve unwittingly become part of a pact with Blair Water’s devil-in-residence: Ian Bowles, who has finagled a share in the farm and is now in a position to control their lives. It’s a problem that needs a solution. Enter Jack Haszard, the young wanderer encountered...
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Emily of New Moon volume 6
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English
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New Moon is for sale and the snooty Stuarts plan to buy it. As Laura's addiction to laudanum worsens, Isabel commits her to an asylum without consulting the family. Emily rallies Jimmy, Dr. Burnley and Uncle Malcolm.
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