rilla_of_ingleside epitome of incomprehensibility The last step in L.M. Montgomery's Ship of Theseus, one part gradually getting replaced with another: Anne of Green Gables Anne of Ingleside Rilla of Ingleside Has the second word been replaced too, with an identical "of"? We'll never know. But seriously, this isn't the third but the eighth book in the series about Anne and her family and friends - not the last if you count the manuscript of the 9th book published in its intended form years after her death, The_Blythes_Are_Quoted. Anyway. Rilla of Ingleside. I was reading this today; I first read it when I was twelve. I found it thrilling - my favourite since the first - though I felt almost guilty that it should be more interesting because it took place during a world war. (And then 9/11 happened and I had a similar response, excitement and then guilt about that excitement - but because that was Near and Now there was also fear.) But it's not just interesting as a document about the_state_of_the_world. It presents a character I might at first think rather flighty and unrelatable - unstudious, flowery-feminine - and shows how she develops strength and determination in response to hard times. I could use some of that. 260128 ... e_o_i Also, don't go over to my blathe The_Blythes_Are_Quoted if you haven't read Rilla of Ingleside yet and want to avoid a spoiler. Sorry about the spoilage, I say, as if cleaning out a fridge. 260128 what's it to you? who go blather from