Lucy Maud Montgomery

Rilla of Ingleside CHAPTER I GLEN "NOTES" AND OTHER MATTERS CHAPTER II DEW OF MORNING CHAPTER III MOONLIT MIRTH CHAPTER IV THE PIPER PIPES CHAPTER V "THE SOUND OF A GOING" CHAPTER VI SUSAN, RILLA, AND DOG MONDAY MAKE A RESOLUTION CHAPTER VII A WAR-BABY AND A SOUP TUREEN CHAPTER VIII RILLA DECIDES CHAPTER IX DOC HAS A MISADVENTURE CHAPTER X THE TROUBLES OF RILLA CHAPTER XI DARK AND BRIGHT CHAPTER XII IN THE DAYS OF LANGEMARCK CHAPTER XIII A SLICE OF HUMBLE PIE CHAPTER XIV THE VALLEY OF DECISION CHAPTER XV UNTIL THE DAY BREAK CHAPTER XVI REALISM AND ROMANCE CHAPTER XVII THE WEEKS WEAR BY CHAPTER XVIII A WAR-WEDDING CHAPTER XIX "THEY SHALL NOT PASS" CHAPTER XX NORMAN DOUGLAS SPEAKS OUT IN MEETING CHAPTER XXI "LOVE AFFAIRS ARE HORRIBLE" CHAPTER XXII LITTLE DOG MONDAY KNOWS CHAPTER XXIII "AND SO, GOODNIGHT" CHAPTER XXIV MARY IS JUST IN TIME CHAPTER XXV SHIRLEY GOES CHAPTER XXVI SUSAN HAS A PROPOSAL OF MARRIAGE CHAPTER XXVII WAITING CHAPTER XXVIII BLACK SUNDAY CHAPTER XXIX "WOUNDED AND MISSING" CHAPTER XXX THE TURNING OF THE TIDE CHAPTER XXXI MRS. MATILDA PITTMAN CHAPTER XXXII WORD FROM JEM CHAPTER XXXIII VICTORY! CHAPTER XXXIV MR. HYDE GOES TO HIS OWN PLACE AND SUSAN TAKES A HONEYMOON CHAPTER XXXV "RILLA-MY-RILLA!"

Top Canadian Author

Rilla of Ingleside

Bethany

“Would you exchange them—now—for two years filled with fun?”

“No,” said Rilla slowly. “I wouldn’t. It’s strange—isn’t it?—They have been two terrible years—and yet I have a queer feeling of thankfulness for them—as if they had brought me something very precious, with all their pain. I wouldn't want to go back and be the girl I was two years ago, not even if I could. Not that I think I've made any wonderful progress—but I'm not quite the selfish, frivolous little doll I was then. I suppose I had a soul then, Miss Oliver—but I didn't know it. I know it now—and that is worth a great deal—worth all the suffering of the past two years. And still"—Rilla gave a little apologetic laugh, "I don't want to suffer any more—not even for the sake of more soul growth. At the end of two more years I might look back and be thankful for the development they had brought me, too; but I don't want it now."

I wonder if I shall ever feel really glad over anything again. It seems as if gladness were killed in me…..Perhaps some day a new kind of gladness will be born in my soul—but the old kind will never live again.

Rilla of Ingleside quotes

Join the club