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The Blue Castle

Written by: L. M. Montgomery
Narrated by: Kelli Tager
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Valency Stirling has lived a life of submission. Controlled by a domineering mother and an over-opinionated family, she awakens on her 29th birthday resigned to dull existence. Her only escape - the Blue Castle of her imagination.

But when an unexpected letter changes everything, Valency breaks the bonds of fear and finds purpose in a whole new life - a life that turns the Blue Castle of her dreams into a reality.

Best known for her Anne of Green Gables series, L.M. Montgomery’s The Blue Castle is one of her few adult novels, full of both humor and romance.

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Beautiful story

I found this a little hard to get into it first, because I had been reading all the Anne books. But once I got interested, I enjoyed it. I hated to see the end.

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A spellbinding tale

A magical coming of age tale. Funny and delightful with enchanting descriptions of the beauty and tranquility of Muskoka.

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Childhood Favourite

I have loved this story since I was a teenager. It was a pleasant surprise to find it was an audiobook. My mom and I thoroughly enjoyed reading about Valancy and Barney.

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  • 2022-04-19

Beautiful Story

This is a beautiful story by the author of Anne of Green Gables. This is one of her few “adult” books, and is a very enjoyable read. So good that Audible has added it. The reader is superb.

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  • Ardis
  • 2022-07-28

great story, lovely voice, word soup

I love this book. The reader has an attractive voice and I really like her accent and characters. But I struggled with the many egregious mispronunciations and scanno style substitutions (e.g. "averted" [sic] for "averred", "extra" [sic] for "extract") and the weird emphasis in some phrases completely changes the meaning in ways that make no sense within the story.

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  • kiwi bookaholic
  • 2022-06-09

Personal Favourite

Thank you for bringing this favourite of more than 50 years to audible. Now if only someone would do an unabridged version of The Little White Horse by Elizabeth Goudge.

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  • Aris Agaruq
  • 2022-03-23

really great version

this is a superb story. a beautiful romance. fully recommend the book. the narrator is very good. but not quite strong enough in male voices. still worthwhile listen.

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  • Ashley
  • 2023-09-08

I thoroughly enjoyed it!

In depth details up front are worth the set up. Some things you see coming but are still delightful to hear. You find yourself cheering for her and sharing in her delight of the beauty in simple things. The narrator did a wonderful performance. I would look for more books read specifically by her.

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  • Deborah H. Holloway
  • 2023-06-23

charming

Updated Cinderella story. At first I was put off by the simplistic narrative. it seemed to get more and more delightful as the story progressed. Not a handsome prince, More of a frog, but that's ok too!

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  • Delores DeMaria
  • 2023-06-05

What a true delight!!

I really loved this book and was very surprised at the humor, the pathos and the beautiful descriptions of nature. it was a sheer delight to hear the story of this poor unfortunate girl who had a dream and how it all materialized for her.

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  • teresa betancourt
  • 2023-02-10

Give it a chance; it is worth your time

I truly disliked the beginning of this book, and stuck it out because of the author. I am very glad I did.

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  • Sue
  • 2022-09-28

❤️ Story!!!

Wonderful and light hearted Victorian romance!!! Always have loved this book!!! The reader was really good with all the characters in this book. Not an easy feat with L.M. Montgomery books as there are sooo many. I'd love to hear the reader read the author's book "Tangled Web".

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  • Darren J Landon
  • 2022-09-17

Move over Anne of Green Gables

I have been enamored with all things Anne from an early age and even into adulthood. I just recently found out about “The Blue Castle” this Spring and decided to give it a whirl. You can’t go wrong with a L.M. Montgomery novel. I couldn’t stop listening. I love the transformation of Valancy and her pure and honest nature. It is an “Anne” novel for adults that you can’t put down!

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