February 12, 2022
Devotionals/Faith/Little Women

The Little Women Devotional

Start the day with Meg, Joe, Beth, and Amy March in the The Little Women Devotional! This chapter-by-chapter devotional companion explores the themes of faith, family, contentment, wisdom, and joy in...
October 8, 2020
Anne of Green Gables/Faith

The Anne of Green Gables Devotional!

Revisit Avonlea with Anne Shirley, Diana Barry, Gilbert Blythe, and Marilla and Matthew Cuthbert in The Anne of Green Gables Devotional! This chapter-by-chapter devotional companion explores the theme of God’s...
September 28, 2022
Faith/Spiritual Life/The Secret Garden

The Secret Garden Devotional

Step back in time to Misselthwaite Manor with Mary Lennox in The Secret Garden Devotional! This chapter-by-chapter devotional companion offers lovely inspiration that explores the themes of faith, family, contentment,...
October 6, 2018
Devotionals/Faith/Jane Austen

Praying with Jane: 31 Days Through the Prayers of Jane Austen

Explore Jane Austen’s prayers in Praying with Jane: 31 Days Through the Prayers of Jane Austen! This line-by-line devotional companion to Austen’s beautiful written prayers is sure to delight the...
Anne Devo
Little Women Devo
Secret Garden Devo
April 23, 2018
Blog/Jane Austen/Literary

Regency walking dresses and broken hearts in Persuasion

This is an 1815 print of “a young woman in an autumnal walking dress taken from La Belle Assemblee…” (123). It appears in an annotated edition of Persuasion that I have on loan from one of my students. This dress is described as a “jaconet muslin high dress… with a long sleeve, prettily and tastefully ornamented at top with letting-in...
March 8, 2018
Blog/Faith

Celebrate small victories.

When I think of victory, I usually think of complete, ground-into-powder-under-my-heel types of victories. TOTAL victory. But more and more, I find myself rejoicing in the small victories all around...
March 8, 2018
Blog/Literary

Emily of New Moon

Last year, the L.M. Montgomery Institute blog held an Anne of Green Gables read-along; it was so popular that they decided to hold an Emily of New Moon read-along this year. It’s currently in full swing and...
March 8, 2018
Uncategorized

Anne Elliot’s Boots

While the reader is focused on Anne and Captain Wentworth, Austen slips in clues about Mr. Elliot and Mrs. Clay’s relationship. Mrs. Clay clearly wants to walk with Mr. Elliot,...
March 8, 2018
Blog/Jane Austen

Captain Wentworth’s Umbrella

A crowded shop scene in Jane Austen’s Persuasion causes spectacular tension between Anne Elliot and Captain Wentworth on a rainy day in Bath. (It’s worth re-reading here if it’s been a...

Rachel Dodge

I fell in love with books listening to my mother read—in our home, at the doctor’s office, in the middle of the night when I had the chicken pox! My grandmother was a children’s book author, my father is an author and poet, and my mother is a voracious reader, so I grew up in a world full of books!

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