The Story Girl

Boston: L. C. Page and Company, 1911 Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait by George Gibbs. First edition, first impression. Publisher's pale blue cloth, with portrait panel affixed to front board, lettered in gilt; in its original pictorial cream-colored dust jacket, lettered in brown. Near fine book, with a light bump to top edge of front board, and a sizable crease to lower portion of title page; near fine dust jacket, with shallow chipping to spine ends, light spotting and soiling, some edgewear, and lightly nicked corners. Overall, a beautiful, tight and square copy. Exceptionally scarce in the original dust jacket. In The Story Girl, two brothers from Toronto, Beverley and Felix, come to Prince Edward Island to stay with their aunt and uncle for the summer. Among the members of their new social circle is the "story girl," an imaginative cousin named Sara Stanley who captivates the group with ghost stories, family lore, retellings of Greek myths, and other types of tales. In 1913, Montgomery published a sequel titled The Golden Road, in which the characters grow up and leave the "golden road" of childhood.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Dust Jacket Included.