Emily's Quest
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| Emily's Quest | |
 Cover of Seal Books 1984 edition |
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| Author | L.M. Montgomery |
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| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
| Series | Emily series |
| Genre(s) | Children's novel |
| Publication date | 1927 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| ISBN | NA |
| Preceded by | Emily Climbs |
Emily's Quest is an epistolary novel and the last of the Emily trilogy by Lucy Maud Montgomery. After finishing Emily Climbs, Montgomery suspended writing Emily's Quest and published The Blue Castle; she resumed writing and published in 1927.
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[edit] Plot summary
Mr. Carpenter taught Emily on his deathbed. Dean lied to Emily that her book was poor. Emily fell down the stairs and was injured while Teddy was in Paris. Dean comforted Emily while she was recovering and eventually proposed; Emily accepted.
While they were engaged, Dean bought the Disappointed House and, together, Dean and Emily furnished it. However, one day while sitting in the Disappointed House and staring into a hanging ball, Emily imagines that she sees Teddy. In Paris, Teddy also feels something and, consequently, does not get on the Flavian, which he was supposed to board to sail back home. Emily realizes she doesn't love Dean and breaks the engagement. The Disappointed House is boarded up and Dean leaves town.
Teddy leaves for Montreal and Emily receives a letter from him that only contains a clipping from the local newspaper. Her novel, The Moral of the Rose, continues to be rejected by every publisher.
Emily begins to see success as a writer—she receives a letter of acceptance for her short stories and Jimmy, who had secretly sent her novel in, finds out that her novel was accepted.
Teddy and Ilse are engaged. Before Teddy's mother dies she reveals to Emily that Teddy had declared his love for Emily in a letter. Teddy's mother had steamed open the letter before he mailed it and burned the letter, replacing it with the newspaper article. She admits that she was jealous of Teddy's love for Emily. When she was young, she had been extremely beautiful but an accidental fire had disfigured her face and she drove away Teddy's father with her anger.
In the end, Emily helps her best friend, Ilse Burnley, plan her wedding to Teddy, even though she realizes she is in love with Teddy. She resigns herself to a life as a spinster when Ilse runs out on Teddy right before walking down the altar when she hears the man she really loves has just been in an accident. Ilse goes to the hospital to be with him and declares that she is going to marry him instead of Teddy.
Teddy leaves town for a while before coming back and whistling under Emily's window. When Emily goes down to meet him, they declare their feelings for each other and plan to get married.
[edit] Series
| # | Book | Published | Emily's age | |
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| 1 | Emily of New Moon | 1923 | 10 - 13 | Child |
| 2 | Emily Climbs | 1925 | 13 - 17 | Early teen |
| 3 | Emily's Quest | 1927 | 17 - 28 | Young adult |
[edit] Film, TV or theatrical adaptations
[edit] Television series
The novels were adapted into a TV series by Salter Street Films and CBC Television in 1998.
[edit] Animation
In 2007, Japanese educational TV broadcasted "Kaze no Shoujo Emily" which was inspired by the novels.
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Online text of Emily's Quest (Project Gutenberg)
- Emily Starr An L.M. Montgomery Resource Page
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