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Emily of New Moon volume 3
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English
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Elizabeth horrifies Emily with the announcement that she will attend school. As Cousin Jimmy drives her there, they pause at the Murray family graveyard where Emily visualizes her ancestors and begins to connect with her roots.
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Emily of New Moon volume 1
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English
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This story traces Emily's early childhood, as she was raised by a loving, intellectual father to be an independent thinker and a fighter against injustice. She has a vivid imagination that allows her to see beyond the normal, into enchanted realms and misty secrets.
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Emily of New Moon volume 7
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English
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Oliver, Emily's cousin, announces that New Moon actually belongs to his father. Maida, one of the girls working nearby, calls him mean and prances off with Emily and Ilse. Maida is pregnant and unwed. When she loses her job and is left penniless, the children, Emily, Ilse, Perry and Teddy, get her settled in the Disappointed House.
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Emily of New Moon volume 13
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English
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Aunt Elizabeth discovers Emily's deepest secret...the "letter bills" hidden in the attic. This happens during a critical time in Laura's life, the announcement of her forthcoming marriage to Ian Bowles.
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Emily of New Moon volume 5
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English
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Emily and Ilse, curious about the recluse, Lofty John, sneak into his barn. He captures Emily and forces her to eat an apple he claims is poisoned. Sure she's about to die, Emily tries to be brave and prays to her parents on the road to Heaven.
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Emily of New Moon volume 9
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English
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Miss Brownell plans to leave her post as Blair Water's teacher to marry the school inspector. Her possible replacement, Mr. Carpenter, immediately recognizes and encourages Emily's talents. Unfortunately, Mr. Carpenter drinks.
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Emily of New Moon volume 11
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English
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Emily and Dean decide to find out what really happened to Ilse's mother, Beatrice. Emily sees a woman in the distance and thinking it is a ghost, runs after her only to get lost in the wintry forest.
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Emily of New Moon volume 4
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English
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Emily finds an unfinished, "disappointed" house half buried in the sand, and takes refuge there after and embarrassing incident with her nasty teacher. Suddenly, time rolls back and she envisions a tragic event that broke up two lovers. And...it involved a younger Aunt Laura.
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Emily of New Moon volume 6
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English
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Emily's vivid imagination introduces her to the spirit of her mother as a child. The incident prompts her to search out the ragged remains of Juliet's doll. She and Aunt Laura restore it.
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Emily of New Moon volume 2
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English
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Emily moves into New Moon with her spinster aunts and odd Cousin Jimmy. Elizabeth, determined to "do her duty by the child," forbids Emily to read or write fiction, and overwhelms her with strict rules.
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Emily of New Moon volume 12
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English
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When Emily's cat, Pandora, is savaged by a raccoon, Aunt Laura takes it to Dr. Burnley. There she and the doctor share a bittersweet moment which is witnessed by Mr. Bowles. Bowles asks her to marry him. Laura says yes, but not with her whole heart.
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Emily of New Moon volume 10
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English
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Ilse Burnley wants to learn about her dead mother, but her father adamantly refuses to discuss it. Emily, who felt only love from her own father, hurts for her friend.
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Emily of New Moon volume 8
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English
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A young boy named Duncan blames himself for his mother's poverty and depression. During his first day at school, he wets his pants in front of the other children. Emily is chagrined to realize that Duncan saw her laughing at him.
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Emily of New Moon volume 5
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English
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While playing in a field with Teddy, Emily falls down nose to nose with Mad Man Morrison, a bit of a spooky character whose little girl has died a while ago. Teddy helps Emily get up and the two run back to New Moon with a few scratches and a good fright. Mrs. Kent, Teddy's possessive mother is jealous of the friendship between Emily and her son. Convinced that Emily is out to steal her Teddy, Mrs. Kent tries to separate the two by using "witchcraft"...
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Emily of New Moon volume 2
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English
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The Murrays are devastated by the loss of Elizabeth: Jimmy confesses his deep affection for her and Emily realizes that she was their protectress. Trying to escape her fears, Laura is becoming addicted to laudanum. Having offered the Scottish Murrays all her worldly possessions in return for New Moon, Emily receives a letter announcing that the relatives are on their way to PEI to claim what is theirs.
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Emily of New Moon volume 9
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English
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Emily and her friends pray to St. Agnes, the Patron Saint of Young Women, in hopes of ensuring a happy marriage for themselves. The plea is sent by the girls but the lucky person who finds Love is, actually, Jimmy Murray. The Kinches, a hardscrabble Catholic family of four, seek refuge at New Moon after their farm is wiped out by a fire. Jimmy is drawn to the daughter, Eve, who's gentle soul befits that of a Saint. The joys of first Love for Jimmy...
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Emily of New Moon volume 3
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English
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Fighting to stay well, Laura feverishly prepares New Moon for the arrival of Malcolm and Isabel Murray, the Scottish relatives who have he power to sell New Moon and send them all to the poorhouse. Emily fantasizes Isabel as a lyrical kindred spirit. In fact, she turns out to be a bitter, austere spinster. Her father Malcolm is suspicious and fierce. New cast members: John Neville as Uncle Malcolm, Linda Thorson as Isabel Murray.
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Emily of New Moon volume 6
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English
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New Moon is for sale and the snooty Stuarts plan to buy it. As Laura's addiction to laudanum worsens, Isabel commits her to an asylum without consulting the family. Emily rallies Jimmy, Dr. Burnley and Uncle Malcolm.
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Emily of New Moon volume 1
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English
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Tragedy strikes New Moon as Aunt Elizabeth is lost at sea. Adding to Emily, Laura and Jimmy's worries is the fact that Elizabeth has borrowed heavily from the family's Scottish relatives to finance New Moon. These unknown relatives are, de facto, the owners of their home.
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Emily of New Moon volume 10
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English
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Deeply in love for the first time, Jimmy Murray plans to build Eve a dream house overlooking the ocean. Still, Eve is pregnant. Emily decides it must be ôimmaculate conceptionö and shocks the town by distributing a petition to have Pope Leo XIII recognize Eve as a Saint. A secret rendezvous between Jimmy and Eve is interrupted by the arrival of the Kinch family. There is a struggle and Abner Kinch is killed. But by who? Refusing to give testimony...
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