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The Blue Castle
Lucy Maud MontgomeryThe Blue Castle is a 1926 novel by Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery, best known for her novel Anne of Green Gables (1908). The work draws on romantic fiction. Its themes and subject matter include Canada during 1914-1945 and Choice (Psychology).
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