![]() Emily had been very glad to get it, for she had filled the one he had given her the preceding autumn, and for over a week she had suffered acute pangs of suppression because she could not write in a nonexistent "diary. ![]() It lent depth and mystery to the mirror on the wall which reflected Emily as she sat coiled on the ottoman before the fire, writing, by the light of two tall, white candles-which were the only approved means of illumination at New Moon-in a brand-new, glossy, black "Jimmy-book" which Cousin Jimmy had given her that day. ![]() It was burning brightly and showering a red-golden light over the small, immaculate room, with its old-time furniture and deep-set, wide-silled windows, to whose frosted, blue-white panes the snowflakes clung in little wreaths. As an orphan living on New Moon Farm, writing helped her face the difficult, lonely times. Aunt Elizabeth, in consideration of the coldness of the night, had allowed her to have a fire in her little fireplace-a rare favour. Emily Starr was born with the desire to write. She was at that moment as perfectly happy as any human being is ever permitted to be. ![]() Montgomery, is the second book of the Emily Starr trilogy. All our books contain a linked table of contents. ![]() Emily Byrd Starr was alone in her room, in the old New Moon farmhouse at Blair Water, one stormy night in a February of the olden years before the world turned upside down. Chios Classics brings literatures greatest works back to life for new generations. 4.17 23,011 ratings887 reviews Emily Starr was born with the desire to write. ![]()
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