Jane of Lantern Hill (Audiobook)

from Chrisbookarama

Jane Stuart, or Victoria as she is called, lives with her mother and grandmother in an old mansion in an old part of Toronto. Though her mother loves her the same can't be said for Grandmother who has a hate-on for Jane. Grandmother has no room in her heart for anyone other than her daughter; she...

from other

I first read L. M. Montgomery's work when I was 10 (Sears Canada was out of Carolyn Keene's books and sent Anne of Green Gables instead). What a fortunate event that was. As a child, I loved Anne Shirley and the Story Girl and others of that ilk -- although even then, I found Anne's raptures a bi...

from fuzzi

What a charming, delightful, and satisfying read this was! Jane Victoria lives with her mother and grandmother in the city. Grandmother takes pleasure in making Jane's life miserable, and manipulating everyone else's. However, when a letter arrives from Jane's father, demanding his daughter's pre...

from Sorrel

Jane of Lantern Hill is one of my old favourites. It's fairly typical Montgomery, with similarities to the Anne and Emily books in themes and style, but with its own story and a different cast of characters. Jane lives rather unhappily with her mother and grandmother in mainland Canada until one ...

from gribeaux

I love this book as much as I hate Anne of Green Gables. This book is a social revelation-the 1930s upper class American/Canadian world was so immensely different to the modern one. This book is a bit of a romance, being a teenager's book, but is very well written, and has a very likeable heroine.