Pat of Silver Bush

L. M. Montgomery

Published by McClelland and Stewart, Toronto, 1933

About this Item

Pat of Silver Bush; by L. M. Montgomery; McClelland and Stewart Limited, Publishers, Toronto, 1933. First edition, later printing. The blurb on the dust jacket refers to her receiving her O.B.E. in 1935. The story - The protagonist, Patricia Gardiner (called Pat), hates change of any kind and loves her home, Silver Bush, more than anything else in the world. She is very devoted to her family: her father and mother, her brothers Joe and Sid, her sisters Winnie and Rachel (who everyone in the family calls Cuddles), and the Gardiners' domestic servant Judy Plum. The book begins when Pat is 7 years old and ends when she is 18, detailing her family life and many of Judy's embellished stories. Like most of Montgomery's texts, Pat is a domestic tale. Unlike Anne Shirley or Emily Starr, the only other Montgomery heroines whose stories are told in multiple texts, Pat is neither ambitious nor a writer. She also has a conventional family and home life, unlike the others, who are orphans. The book's sequel, Mistress Pat, describes her later years, spanning over a decade. L. M. Montgomery was a Canadian author best known for a series of novels beginning in 1908 with Anne of Green Gables. The book was an immediate success. The central character, Anne Shirley, an orphaned girl, made Montgomery famous in her lifetime and gave her an international following. The first novel was followed by a series of sequels with Anne as the central character. Montgomery went on to publish 20 novels as well as 530 short stories, 500 poems, and 30 essays. In terms of sales, both in her lifetime and since, Montgomery was the most successful Canadian author of all time. This book, 329 pages is in very-good in a very-good dust jacket that is now enclosed in a protective mylar wrap. The book is missing the first free, blank endpaper. A very acceptable copy of a rare Montgomery title. Seller Inventory # 2464b

Bibliographic Details

Title: Pat of Silver Bush

Publisher: McClelland and Stewart, Toronto

Publication Date: 1933

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good