The Blue Castle (1926) (edit title/settings)

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Characters/People edit see section history

• Valancy Stirling: Narrator, also called "Doss" by her family members.
• Barney Snaith: The 'bad boy' of this local town, he lives on an island nearby. Rumours say he's a murderer and thief and everything and anything evil under the sun.
• Isabel: Add a description of this character.
• Cissy Gay: Daughter of Raoring Abel. A 'good' girl who, after leaving Deerwood for 4 years, came back pregnant. Her baby died a year later.
• Dr. Trent: Local doctor who diagnoses Valancy with a fatal heart conidtion.
• John Foster: The author of popular nature books. Valancy is a fan of his work.
• Mrs. Frederick: Valancy's mother who has major control issues.
• Uncle Benjamin: Valancy's uncle with a fondness for lame riddles
• Bernie Snaith: A mysterious man about whom Valancy's relatives love to speculate in a derogatory manner. He drives a loud car and lives on an island
• Cousin Georgiana: Valancy's aunt who enjoys speculating about who will die next
• Herbert
• Uncle James
• Amelia: Valancy's mother. Aka Mrs. Frederick
• Lady Jane: Barney Snaith's car
• Edward Beck: A widower with 9 children who offers to marry Valancy.
• Dr. Redfern: A brand of medicine named after its creator.
• Cousin Gladys
• Allan Tierney: An artist
• Dr. Marsh
• Cecil Bruce: Olive's fiance.
• Roaring Abel: Cissy Gay's father. A usually inebriated man. He hires Valancy as a housekeeper.

Quotes edit see section history

• “We're all horribly long-lived. It sickens me to think of it.”

  Valancy

Setting & Locations edit see section history

• Uncle Wellington
• Port Lawrence
• Cousin Stickles
• Montreal
• Stirlings
• Aunt Wellington
• Aunt Alberta
• Providence
• Toronto
• Canada
• Good Luck

First Sentence edit see section history

Themes & Symbolism edit see section history

• Living Live to Its Fullest: Describe this theme.
• Being True to One's Self
• Don't Judge a Book By Its Cover

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. L. M. Montgomery (Author)

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