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The narrative follows a close-knit family and their neighbors in a small coastal village as the children claim a secluded hollow they call the secret valley for play, imagination, and private rituals. The arrival of a quiet, troubled girl in the parsonage and a new household nearby prompts misunderstandings, gossip, pranks, and moral tests that draw together children and adults alike. Episodes move between ghostly adventures, schoolroom incidents, fundraising and conduct schemes, and domestic interventions, and the community responds through patience, charity, and reform, producing reconciliations and quieter self-knowledge for several characters.

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Title: Rainbow Valley

Author: L. M. Montgomery

Release date: March 1, 2004 [eBook #5343]
Most recently updated: October 24, 2025

Language: English

Credits: Bernard J. Farber, Carmen Baxter, Dona Rucci, Elizabeth Morton, Rebekah Neely, Joe Johnson, Joan Chovan, Judith Fetterolf, Mary Nuzzo, Sally Drake, Sally Starks, Steve Callis, Virginia Mohlere-Dellinger, Mary Mark Ockerbloom, Ben Crowder and David Widger

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Rainbow Valley

by Lucy Maud Montgomery

Author of “Anne of Green Gables,” “Anne of the Island,”
“Anne’s House of Dreams,” “The Story Girl,” “The Watchman,” etc.

“The thoughts of youth are long, long thoughts.”
—LONGFELLOW

TO THE MEMORY OF

GOLDWIN LAPP, ROBERT BROOKES AND MORLEY SHIER

WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE THAT THE HAPPY VALLEYS OF THEIR HOME LAND MIGHT BE KEPT SACRED FROM THE RAVAGE OF THE INVADER

Contents

I. HOME AGAIN
II. SHEER GOSSIP
III. THE INGLESIDE CHILDREN
IV. THE MANSE CHILDREN
V. THE ADVENT OF MARY VANCE
VI. MARY STAYS AT THE MANSE
VII. A FISHY EPISODE
VIII. MISS CORNELIA INTERVENES
IX. UNA INTERVENES
X. THE MANSE GIRLS CLEAN HOUSE
XI. A DREADFUL DISCOVERY
XII. AN EXPLANATION AND A DARE
XIII. THE HOUSE ON THE HILL
XIV. MRS. ALEC DAVIS MAKES A CALL
XV. MORE GOSSIP
XVI. TIT FOR TAT
XVII. A DOUBLE VICTORY
XVIII. MARY BRINGS EVIL TIDINGS
XIX. POOR ADAM!
XX. FAITH MAKES A FRIEND
XXI. THE IMPOSSIBLE WORD
XXII. ST. GEORGE KNOWS ALL ABOUT IT
XXIII. THE GOOD-CONDUCT CLUB
XXIV. A CHARITABLE IMPULSE
XXV. ANOTHER SCANDAL AND ANOTHER “EXPLANATION”
XXVI. MISS CORNELIA GETS A NEW POINT OF VIEW
XXVII. A SACRED CONCERT
XXVIII. A FAST DAY
XXIX. A WEIRD TALE
XXX. THE GHOST ON THE DYKE
XXXI. CARL DOES PENANCE
XXXII. TWO STUBBORN PEOPLE
XXXIII. CARL IS—NOT—WHIPPED
XXXIV. UNA VISITS THE HILL
XXXV. “LET THE PIPER COME”