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The Blue Castle
L. M. Montgomery · 1926 · Romance, Drama & Literary
Valancy Stirling, twenty-nine and quietly crushed by her domineering clan, is told her heart may fail at any moment — so she walks out of her grey life to seek her own happiness in the wild, shining lake country of Muskoka.
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This edition
- Title
- The Blue Castle
- Author
- L. M. Montgomery (1874–1942)
- First published
- 1926
- Illustrated plates
- 40 original artworks · 18 open to everyone
- Chapters
- 45 · about 68,461 words
- Reading time
- 4 h 34 min
- Language
- EN
- Formats
- Read online · EPUB and PDF download with a subscription
- Publisher
- LitLab — The Illustrated Classics
- On LitLab since
- August 2026
- Rights
- Text in the public domain. Illustrations and edition © LitLab.
- Source text
- Project Gutenberg #67979
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