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Emily of New Moon volume 13
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Emily imagines four different outcomes for Laura's wedding day. As each day ends, the action rewinds, springing us back to the beginning. ôThe Book of Hours", the Season II finale, provides fans with an opportunity to see their favourite characters act out their wildest hopes and dreams, all in the context of Emily's imagination. But the question remains: does Laura Murray marry Mr. Bowles? Guest stars: Martha Henry, Peter Donaldson, Anna...
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Emily of New Moon volume 8
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Reverend Nicholas Pitch, a preacher from away, appears in Blair Water encouraging townspeople to rid their souls of the Devil. Immediately, devil sightings are rampant, sending Emily, Ilse, Teddy and Perry scrambling for answers. Who is the Devil? What does he or she or it look like? Hysteria reigns. The Devil is sighted everywhere; friends blame foes, friends accuse friends, relatives fear relatives. Laura Murray suddenly turns calm. Reverend...
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Emily of New Moon volume 11
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Baby Ollie Murray is abandoned by his father on the Murrays' doorstep . Isabel determines that Ollie will be sent to an orphanage. Horrified by this, Emily, Ilse and Perry decide to reunite Ollie with his mother Maida Flynn. Tucking Ollie in a wheelbarrow, the three embark on a clandestine quest full of high hopes and romantic thoughts about motherhood. Their youthful idealism and their hopes of finding Maida dissolve before Aunt Thom, Perry's...
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Emily of New Moon volume 12
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Forbidden by Isabel to enter the ôIsland Romance Contestö, Emily writes ôIsabella of the Highlandsö, an innocent love story with Isabel as the protagonist who loves and loses the great poet, Lord Byron. Ilse finds the story and secretly enters it in the contest. The story wins first prize and is printed on the front page of the Charlottetown Patriot. Emily is shocked but Isabel is outraged and hauls Emily and Laura to Charlottetown to renounce...
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Emily of New Moon volume 9
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Emily and her friends pray to St. Agnes, the Patron Saint of Young Women, in hopes of ensuring a happy marriage for themselves. The plea is sent by the girls but the lucky person who finds Love is, actually, Jimmy Murray. The Kinches, a hardscrabble Catholic family of four, seek refuge at New Moon after their farm is wiped out by a fire. Jimmy is drawn to the daughter, Eve, who's gentle soul befits that of a Saint. The joys of first Love for Jimmy...
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Emily of New Moon volume 3
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Fighting to stay well, Laura feverishly prepares New Moon for the arrival of Malcolm and Isabel Murray, the Scottish relatives who have he power to sell New Moon and send them all to the poorhouse. Emily fantasizes Isabel as a lyrical kindred spirit. In fact, she turns out to be a bitter, austere spinster. Her father Malcolm is suspicious and fierce. New cast members: John Neville as Uncle Malcolm, Linda Thorson as Isabel Murray.
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Emily of New Moon volume 7
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Emily and Ilse are growing up and starting to ask questions about the facts of life. Dr. Burnley agrees to give some information on the topic and that ends up creating a scandal in town. People are even more outraged upon learning that Dr. Burnley is conducting... milk pasteurization tests! Fed up with smallmindedness, Dr. Burnley accepts a position at a hospital in Boston. It would also give him a chance to find a mother for Ilse as his love...
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Emily of New Moon volume 3
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Emily makes a wish for Jimmy to be a man of great wisdom. Instead, a bolt of lightening strikes him, leaving him comatose on the side of the road. Emily is paralyzed with fear thinking that she has wished death upon her beloved cousin. But Jimmy wakens a genius. His life now careens into realms beyond even Emily’s fertile imagination; inventions, honours, worldly acclaim. When he meets Eve, his long lost love, his cup brimmeth over. TO BE CONTINUED......
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Emily of New Moon volume 8
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Emily writes an anonymous gossip column titled, “KICKING THE CAT.” When people in the community act on Emily and Ilse’s advice concerning matters of the heart, misunderstandings pile on top of misinformation. Mr. Carpenter’s arrival creates even greater turmoil when he and Isabel Murray fall in love.
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Emily of New Moon volume 1
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Emily and Ilse battle with issues of “Truth” when they involve themselves in Laura’s love life. Laura’s pure love for Dr. Burnley haunts her as wedding preparations are finalized for her and Ian Bowles. Emily and Ilse are beside themselves with joy when they hear that Laura may call off the wedding. Before Laura can break the news to Ian, an unexpected twist of events descends on New Moon leaving everyone scrambling for answers.
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Emily of New Moon volume 4
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Jimmy Murray is made Director of the First Institute of Scientific Discovery. He plans to build an automobile, harness electrical energy but most ambitiously, to build a bridge which will connect Prince Edward Island to the Mainland. The world bows to his ingenuity. However, all Jimmy really desires is Eve’s hand in marriage; their love continuing to blossom in spite of Isabel’s objections. The beautiful wedding ends in tragedy. Eve is arrested...
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Emily of New Moon volume 2
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The tragic Maida Flynn returns to collect her child, Little Ollie Murray, abandoned in Blair Water over a year ago. In the time she has been away, the father, Oliver Murray Sr., has perished in the Klondike, leaving his son a considerable amount of gold. Everyone fights over the treasure. Everyone except Maida Flynn who desperately tries to convince Emily and Ilse that she loves Little Ollie more than life itself.
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Emily of New Moon volume 11
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Emily’s plans to attend school in Shrewsbury with her friends are shattered when Aunt Ruth refuses to provide room and board. Emily is fated to be left behind in Blair Water, never to receive the education she so fiercely desires. Laura Murray is an appropriate shoulder on which to cry when she reveals to Emily that she has left Ian Bowles for the last time. Emily tries to help Laura remain optimistic as the pair contemplate the bleak future. All...
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Emily of New Moon volume 5
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It’s no secret that Three-toed Alice Miller, Perry’s mother, murdered her husband with an ax ten years ago. Despite teasing from the school children, Perry has long since buried the memory and started a new life. When Aunt Thom arrives in Blair Water, Perry immediately senses trouble. His instinct foreshadows Aunt Thom’s plans to bust Alice Miller out of prison. Emily, Ilse, Teddy and Perry travel with Aunt Thom to an oratory contest in Shrewsbury...
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Emily of New Moon volume 12
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Laura Murray’s foray into the world as a single woman in the family way is nothing short of trial by fire. Isabel Murray refuses to support her at New Moon while Laura obstinately refuses to return to Ian Bowles. When Emily finds her employment at a woolen mill, Laura leaves New Moon without telling a soul. At the mill, Laura learns first hand about the industrial working conditions of the 19th Century; sinister employers, cramped living quarters,...
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Emily of New Moon volume 10
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Malcolm’s bequest, which leaves New Moon to Isabel, Laura, Jimmy and Emily, ignites a family squabble of epic proportions. Isabel refuses to share her inheritance with anyone and does everything within her powers to have the document nullified. Emily sends Malcolm into a seething rage when she cannot agree to the conditions of the bequest. He withdraws into seclusion, tormented by his family’s greed and selfishness. When Isabel takes her vengeance...
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Emily of New Moon volume 13
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What ever happened to Laura Murray? Emily and Ilse consult with Ada Pickett, infamous palm reader, who tells them they are too young to know the truth. Having heard this excuse once too often, the girls fight their frustration by dressing up as old women with the hopes that the truth will somehow reveal itself. A magical twist of fate thrusts the girls into the future as they are transformed into ninety year old versions of themselves. Through their...
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Emily of New Moon volume 7
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Robbie Burns dies and Blair Water is ravaged by the small pox epidemic. Preparations must be made to save the children. They attempt to leave town but the barricades block them. Dr. Burnley turns his house into a hospital but is hardly able to care for all those who have fallen ill. Emily watches helplessly as her dear friend, Ilse, succumbs, hovering between life and death. Isabel’s attempts to make amends with her father are thrown back in her...
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Emily of New Moon volume 9
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Emily learns the best way to overcome writer’s block is to write what you see. She begins a dramatic biography entitled, “Confessions of an Adulteress, ” based on Rhoda’s promiscuous mother, Velma Stuart. But it’s Rhoda who succumbs to the charms of Harrison Bowles, the handsome young visitor at New Moon. Emily’s story spirals out of control when Rhoda goes too far and jeopardizes not only her marital prospects but perhaps her entire...
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Emily of New Moon volume 6
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The Murray family is horrified when the ship carrying Malcolm Murray is put under quarantine for small pox. Ignoring Dr. Burnley’s warning about the disease, the children sneak Malcolm out of the contaminated area, hidden in a coffin. To the family’s shock, Malcolm has brought with him Robbie Burns, a six year old black boy who’s mother died on board. A mixture of prejudice and ignorance follows the boy as Emily attempts to integrate him into...
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