Kilmeny of the Orchard
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| Author | Lucy Maud Montgomery |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Romance novel |
Publication date | 1910 |
| Publication place | Canada |
| Media type | Print (Paperback, Hardcover) |
| Text | Kilmeny of the Orchard at Wikisource |
Kilmeny of the Orchard is a novel by Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery, noted for her Anne of Green Gables series.
A young man named Eric Marshall goes to teach at a school on Prince Edward Island and meets Kilmeny, a mute girl who has perfect hearing. He sees her when he is walking through an old orchard and hears her playing the violin. He visits her a number of times and gradually falls in love with her. When he proposes marriage she rejects him, even though she loves him, believing that her disability will only hinder his life if they were married, despite his protests that it would not matter at all.
Meanwhile, Eric's good friend David who is a renowned throat doctor, comes to the island and visits Eric. He examines Kilmeny, and says that nothing will cure her but an extreme psychological need to speak.
