Magic for Marigold

Magic for Marigold (1929) is a novel written by L. M. Montgomery. It is an expansion of 4 linked short stories Montgomery wrote and originally published in 1925.

Magic for Marigold
First edition
AuthorLucy Maud Montgomery
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish
GenreChildren's novel
PublisherMcClelland & Stewart
Publication date
1929
Media typePrint (Paperback, Hardcover)

The United States copyright was renewed in 1957.[1]

Synopsis

Marigold Lesley is an imaginative young girl whose father died before she was born. She grew up at her paternal relatives' estate, Cloud of Spruce. Marigold's family includes her loving mother, steely Young Grandmother, shrewd Old Grandmother, her Uncle Klondike who is a former sailor, and her Aunt Marigold, a doctor who saved Marigold's life as a baby. Because of that, the Lesleys named Marigold after her Aunt, and Uncle Klondike married her.

These people made Marigold's life mostly pleasant and carefree, but she nonetheless had her share of adventures, fancies and troubles, many related to the peculiar environment she grew up in. The book relates Marigold's seemingly incurable jealousy of her father's first wife, Clementine; an encounter with a Russian princess; several attempts to be "good"' and a surprising cooking triumph.

One long-lasting product of Marigold's imagination was Sylvia, her imaginary playmate whom she loved dearly and who took the place of many real-life friends for her. But as Marigold grew up and began having trouble with boys, she eventually had to say goodbye to Sylvia and her childhood.

gollark: I sell the concept of computers to the shopkeeper.
gollark: I sell the shopkeeper knowledge of glass.
gollark: I sell the shopkeeper the information I gained earlier when I walked around the entire world in arbitrary direction #2.
gollark: Telling HelloBoi to revolt communistically with me.
gollark: I trigger a communist revolution.

References
  1. Library of Congress. Copyright Office. (1957). Catalog of Copyright Entries 1957 Books and Pamphlets Jan-June 3D Ser Vol 11 Pt 1. U.S. Govt. Print. Off. p. 730.


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