a dance there that becomes rowdy, "noisy and reeking." When a drunk, predatory man and his friends target Valancy, Barney her because Markley built Jennie such a pretty house, and Valancy dreams of having a house of her own (Chapter 4; 20). Understandably she's grumpy but powerless, until one day she has enough. Her doctor says she has a terminal heart disease and under a year to live, and she finally rebels, becomes independent and falls in love with an outsider in the process. Snaith. Sadly, Cissy's baby died when it was a year old, and then Cissy was diagnosed with consumption and The idea of the blue castle as a place, the dust pile and the books of John Foster were elements that engaged me throughout this read. I knew there was something in this writer that would develop and even though I suspected the truth, it didn’t quell the enjoyment any. Valancy’s life on the little island filled me with such joy, I adored seeing her reach her potential as a person and as a woman.

John Foster says," quoted Valancy, "'If you can sit in silence with a person for half an hour and yet be entirely comfortable, you and that person can be friends. If you cannot, friends you'll never be and you need not waste time in trying.'"Not lovelier. But a different kind of loveliness. There are so many kinds of loveliness. Valancy, before this year you've spent all your life in ugliness. You know nothing of the beauty of the world. We'll climb mountains--hunt for 192 treasures in the bazaars of Samarcand--search out the magic of east and west--run hand in hand to the rim of the world. I want to show you it all--see it again through your eyes. Girl, there are a million things I want to show you--do with you--say to you. It will take a lifetime. And we must see about that picture by Tierney, after all." pretty sensitive thing" who died young. Valancy thinks, "Uncle James had denied her everything she wanted

The freedom and life that Valancy experiences after the big turning point in her life warmed my heart. And it made me laugh to read how Valancy's relatives thought she had gone mad because of course free-thinking women have clearly lost it. conducting chemical experiments—or counterfeiting money." She had no desire to see the inside (Chapter 29; 152-153). Late in the novel, Valancy After the meal was over they would sit there and talk for hours--or sit and say nothing, in all the languages of the world, Barney pulling away at his pipe, Valancy dreaming idly and deliciously, gazing at the far-off hills beyond… Relevant University regulations for reassessment can be found here. Please select the relevant section depending on the type of degree and the relevant year of entry onto the course. The resit information can be found under the “Reassessment” section.minister who once tried to reform Roaring Abel (Chapter 14). Probably the same Presbyterian minister that L.M. Montgomery calls Rev. Bradly in Chapter 24. After Cissy dies, Valancy asks Barney to marry her. She confesses that she's dying and Barney agrees to marry her. He takes her to live with him on his island up in the woods, which Valancy refers to as their Blue Castle. Valancy and Barney live over a year together and Valancy's heart problems seem to be decreasing until the point that the condition disappears. Ah, now you have it," said Barney. "That's all the freedom we can hope for—the freedom to choose our prison. What I also adored about this book was Montgomery's veneration of nature. Although the book is set near Muskoka, Ontario, Montgomery got her nature-writing muse from PEI which is, in my humble opinion, one of the most beautiful places in Canada. Montgomery's descriptions of nature makes you want to be in it: The Blue Castle is a 1926 novel by Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery, best known for her novel Anne of Green Gables. (Summary adapted from ALA Booklist)