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This is one of my all-time favorite books and I have read it probably 25-30 times over my lifetime. The characters, the setting, the fact that a few of the moments in this book still make me choke up even after all these rereads - this book is close to perfect to me.

SO IT WAS A COMPLETE SHOCK to find out that in the 1940s random sentences/paragraphs were edited out!!! The edition I grew up reading, despite clearly saying it was “unabridged“ ⬇

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) was, in fact, abridged! As was virtually every edition published from 1942-2010! But in 2010 a restored text was published. Since I didn't know it existed, I didn't seek it out, but I just so happened to purchase this edition a couple of years ago as my old faithful Bantam paperback is wearing out and I love this cover. Turns out, it's the 2010 text. So obviously I didn't read the two editions side by side noting every passage I could ⬇ 24h

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) find that had been removed, because that would be ridiculous. But if I did, the note in the picture indicates how heavily each chapter was edited - ✔is unabridged, - is only a couple words or a sentence, + is several sentences, and ++ is multiple paragraphs.

I'm still completely befuddled as to why these passages were removed. It's true, nothing vital was taken out, but there are moments of humor, depth, and character, that were cut. ⬇ 24h

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) A lot of the editing were various speeches of Susan's, so maybe they just decided they didn't like her character...???? But other moments, like Rilla clinging to hope so as to not 'break faith' with Walter, Anne recounting the hair-dying episode of her youth, or more details of how Dog Monday settled in at the station, seemed so arbitrary to remove.

So it was kind of fun to do a little treasure hunt and discover that there is even more ⬇ 24h

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TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) of a favorite book than I thought!!

#KindredSpiritsBuddyRead @BarbaraJean
#192025 - 1921 @Librarybelle (I only have 5 years left to find so I think I may actually complete this challenge!!!)
#100YearsofBooks
#ISpyBingo - Cake, Stars, Train, Silhouette, Heart
#BookSpinBingo 24h

swynn Ridiculous? I don't know, reading the two editions side by side noting every passage that had been removed or altered sounds perfectly reasonable to me. How else would you know? Thanks for sharing your research! (edited) 23h

Librarybelle That‘s incredible! 5 years left…way to go!!! 23h

rubyslippersreads My copy is from 1921, so I think I‘m safe. 😊 Have you heard of this book?

Readying Rilla: L.M. Montgomery's Reworking of Rilla of Ingleside

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Kristin_Reads That‘s amazing! I would have never guessed! 22h

CSeydel Wow! 20h

BooksandCoffee4Me I‘ve never heard of it, but I want to read it. Hope I can find a true version. 15h

BarbaraJean And obviously I'm not going to go through your handy notes and check out all the differences between the two versions... and I'm also not reading the original unaltered edition in the ebook with my print versions at hand so I can check anything that doesn't sound familiar... 😆

It absolutely IS like a treasure hunt!! I love your perspective that it's like finding out there's MORE to love. I've been feeling betrayed by my old faithful Bantams!! 10h

TheAromaofBooks @rubyslippersreads - OOoo a first edition, so fun!! I have a few Anne books from the 1930s, but not Rilla. I hadn't heard of that book, but definitely want to check it out!! 1h

TheAromaofBooks @BarbaraJean - You can let me know if you find anything in the chapters I thought were intact - sometimes it would just be even a word. For instance, one time Rilla is cuddling Jims and says something like “I hope your poor little mother knows you're safe.“ Except in the original it's “poor little white mother“ and they cut the word white - which I feel like in this instance is more a reference to her being frail/sick rather than her actual race?⬇ 1h

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) But I have also felt rather betrayed by my old Bantams that I grew up reading!! So crazy!! 1h

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Kristy_K

Anne of Windy Poplars | Lucy Maud Montgomery

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I loved catching up with Anne but didn‘t like that Gilbert wasn‘t present.

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Daisey

Rilla of Ingleside (Special Collector's) | Lucy Maud Montgomery

Happy Sunday! These are a couple of books I‘m very much looking forward to for May.

I‘m going to listen to Rilla on audio since I‘ve yet to start, and after yesterday‘s posts compare passages to my print copy.

As for Lamentation, I read most of Heartstone in ebook, and I may have to do the same for this one so I can fit pages in when and where I can without carrying this hardback around.

#KindredSpiritsBuddyRead #LMMReread #ShardlakeBR

BarbaraJean, dabbe

BarbaraJean That classic Bantam paperback! Such nostalgia (even though I never liked the cover of this one 😂) 5d

dabbe All my Shardlakes are in ebook form. They'd be way to heavy to cart around! 🤣😍🤣 5d

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TheAromaofBooks

Rilla of Ingleside | Lucy Maud Montgomery

@BarbaraJean - this is my edition that has the missing passages. Interestingly, I was able to buy the entire series in these editions... except the infamous Anne of Windy Poplars! I think it's interesting that this edition apparently went back to the original text.

TheAromaofBooks @BarbaraJean I edited my original image to include two more passages! I haven't actually started reading this book yet this time around, but after your post I just started flipping through wondering if I would actually notice, and these two (from chapters 9 and 10) immediately jumped out at me as ones that seemed unfamiliar. I'm sooo intrigued to reread this now! I can't believe they edited out Rilla remembering a “weird tale“ about how her ⬇ 5d

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) parents met! 😂 5d

BarbaraJean This is SO interesting to me!! For the same reason as you, I got a new set last time we read the series—I opted for the Tundra editions because I loved the covers so much. And apparently those ones use the 1942 version of the text, with the passages missing—but the ebook has the older, public domain version, from before they cut stuff out. Now I want to compare the two, paragraph by paragraph!! This one and the examples I posted seem like such ⤵️ 5d

BarbaraJean (Cont‘d) …arbitrary things to cut!! I understand the anti-German stuff (although I do find it strange that they cut that in 1942!!), but this, and the others I posted just seem odd to have taken out! 5d

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BarbaraJean

Rilla of Ingleside: A Virago Modern Classic | L. M. Montgomery

I found something very puzzling while reading Rilla this week. I often switch between print and ebook when I have both and one is more convenient. I was reading the ebook over lunch and was mid-chapter when I switched back to print. In scanning through to find my place, I discovered sections in the ebook that aren‘t in the print version. I checked it against both print copies I have—both are missing the highlighted passages above. What?!? ⤵️

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BarbaraJean (Cont‘d) I‘m curious about others‘ copies—what version are you reading and what do these sections look like in your copy? This is around the middle of “Moonlit Mirth” (Chapter 3). I‘m reading an ebook version called “The Anne Stories” from Timeless Reads—a collection of most of LMM‘s books & short stories. My print copies are the Tundra edition with the Elly MacKay cover, and my old faithful Bantam paperback. #KindredSpiritsBuddyRead #LMMReread 6d

CSeydel How odd! Yes, my 1987 edition is missing those passages (but you know that, you have the same one lol) 6d

CSeydel I wonder why 6d

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BarbaraJean @CSeydel I'm so curious about why! I know there are variations in the text in different versions of Windy Poplars (UK vs. US/Canadian), but I didn't think there were different versions of the text of Rilla. I just checked Wikipedia and found the below ⬇ 6d

BarbaraJean “At some point after Montgomery's death in 1942, publishers quietly trimmed Rilla of Ingleside of a few thousand words, removing among other things passages containing historically accurate but now offensive anti-German sentiment. The trimmed version was the only available “in print“ version for decades...“

Now I kind of want to read print and ebook side by side for comparison!! 6d

CSeydel Oh how interesting! But these passages you highlighted aren‘t anti-German - I guess like some editor just decided they were unnecessarily adding length 6d

BarbaraJean @CSeydel The “among other things“ description covers their trimming stuff they thought was unnecessary, I guess! The first one especially feels very abrupt to me, seeing both versions side by side. I'm just reading the ebook version now, to make sure I get the full text--and I kind of want to pull out my paperback to check it every time I come across something anti-German! 6d

TheAromaofBooks That is so crazy! I have two editions: a later Bantam edition (1998) that is missing the passages. However, last time we read through the series I purchased the Aladdin paperbacks with the pretty covers as my Bantam copies are getting rather worn. And the Aladdin edition has the passages! It was published in 2015. I was already planning to read the Aladdin version this time, and now I definitely will. How crazy that it was edited after her death! 5d

lauraisntwilder I didn't read this until 2023 and my copy is a UK edition from 2020, which I assume is a reprint of the public domain version. It has both of these passages -- and they were in the audiobook from 2018. 16h

BarbaraJean @lauraisntwilder It is FASCINATING to me that there are these two different versions floating around and they seem to be undifferentiated as such! 10h

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CSeydel

Rilla of Ingleside: A Virago Modern Classic | L. M. Montgomery

Never did read these but somehow managed to keep them safe for 35 years (and 6 moves!) #kindredspiritsbuddyread going to give me that push

BarbaraJean

BarbaraJean I have those same copies from my teen years! 6d

Daisey I have these same editions as well! 5d

CSeydel @barbarajean @daisey GenX starter kit core item! (edited) 5d

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BarbaraJean

Rilla of Ingleside: A Virago Modern Classic | L. M. Montgomery

This is how I feel about Irene Howard.

#KindredSpiritsBuddyRead #LMMReread

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Tamra 😂 6d

TheAromaofBooks For REAL 😂 5d

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BarbaraJean

Rilla of Ingleside: A Virago Modern Classic | L. M. Montgomery

A little #KindredSpiritsBuddyRead check-in for Rilla of Ingleside:

How‘s your reading going so far?
What has caught your attention in the first half of the book?
What are you enjoying (or not enjoying) in Rilla of Ingleside?

#LMMReread

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BarbaraJean @lauraisntwilder @JenlovesJT47 Not sure if you were joining in for this one—let me know if you want to be tagged! 6d

CSeydel Oh shoot I forgot to start this one - am I going to be okay reading it as a stand-alone? I don‘t think I read Rainbow Valley either 6d

BarbaraJean @CSeydel I think this one works really well as a standalone. It does refer back to some things in Rainbow Valley, but not key plot points. Rainbow Valley focuses on the older kids rather than Rilla—it‘s kind of like she‘s a whole new character! And Anne is completely in the background. (edited) 6d

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CSeydel Yay! I‘ll start it today 6d

Daisey I haven‘t started yet; May snuck up on me. I downloaded the audio and will probably listen to these chapters tomorrow. 6d

lauraisntwilder Oh, yes, sorry, I'm in for this one and Pollyanna! But, I haven't started this yet. 😆 I have the audio though, so I'll get caught up soon. 5d

BarbaraJean @Daisey @lauraisntwilder Yay! I look forward to hearing how you like the audio (and whether those missing passages are in the audio or not!) 5d

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Fortifiedbybooks

Anne of Ingleside | Lucy Maud Montgomery

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My #DoubleSpin for April. I'm so glad I finally reread it! I've read Anne of Green Gables more times than I can count, but I've only read the rest of the series a couple of times many, many years ago. While this one will never be my favorite, I still love it. One day, I hope to own hardcover editions of the whole series, but this particular paperback edition is how I read them when I was a kid. The smell of the pages brought back so many memories!

annahenke I‘m always telling myself to keep going on this series. I‘ve also read Anne of Green Gables and Anne of Avonlea multiple times. I must get to that soon! 1w

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