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VOYAGEUR CLASSICS
BOOKS THAT EXPLORE CANADA
THE BLUE
CASTLE
LUCY MAUD MONTGOMERY
INTRODUCTION BY COLLETT TRACEY, PH.D.
Copyright © Dundurn Press, 2006
Originally published by McClelland & Stewart in 1926
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The Blue Castle and L.M. Montgomery are trademarks of Heirs of L.M. Montgomery Inc.
The Blue Castle © Frederick A. Stokes Company 1926 (USA) © McClelland & Stewart Ltd. 1926 (Canada) © Hodder & Stoughton 1926 (UK)
Copy-editor: Erin McIntosh
Proofreader: Emma Wardle
Design: Jennifer Scott
Printer: Friesens
Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication
Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud), 1874-1942.
The blue castle / Lucy Maud Montgomery ; introduction by Collett Tracey.
ISBN-10: 1-55002-666-6
ISBN-13: 978-1-55002-666-5
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PS8526.O55B5 2006 C811'.52 C2006-904499-6
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THE BLUE
CASTLE
CONTENTS
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
CHAPTER XVI
CHAPTER XVII
CHAPTER XVIII
CHAPTER XIX
CHAPTER XX
CHAPTER XXI
CHAPTER XXII
CHAPTER XXIII
CHAPTER XXIV
CHAPTER XXV
CHAPTER XXVI
CHAPTER XXVII
CHAPTER XXVIII
CHAPTER XXIX
CHAPTER XXX
CHAPTER XXXI
CHAPTER XXXII
CHAPTER XXXIII
CHAPTER XXXIV
CHAPTER XXXV
CHAPTER XXXVI
CHAPTER XXXVII
CHAPTER XXXVIII
CHAPTER XXXIX
CHAPTER XL
CHAPTER XLI
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