History Literature / JaneOfLanternHill

This is a little odd among Montgomery's books for striking a tone somewhere between the whimsical coming of age of ''Literature/AnneOfGreenGables'', et alia, and the sometimes desperate need for love and beauty in the lonely, adult ''TheBlueCastle.''

* HopelessSuitor: The Jimmy John's hired man, Step-a-yard, is in love with Miss Justina Titus, but knows that it's hopeless since she's faithful to the memory of Alec Jacks, who was killed in WorldWarOne.

* TheMourningAfter: Miss Justina Titus is still faithful to the memory of Alec Jacks, who died in WorldWarOne, and still wears her hair in a pompadour as that was how she wore it when she said good-bye to him.

''Jane of Lantern Hill'' is LMMontgomery's last novel. Jane lives with her mother and wealthy grandmother in the city of Toronto. She is miserable under her grandmother's tyrannical rule, all of her talents smothered and any friendships snuffed out. Nonetheless, Jane dreams of happiness for herself and her beautiful but spineless mother. It comes as a surprise, to say the least, to learn that Jane's father is alive and well and living in Prince Edward Island -- and he wants to meet her. Reluctant, sure she's going to hate the Island and hate her father and hate everything about it, she sets out -- but once in on the Island, it turns out that she and her father are true kindred spirits, and Jane's summers on PEI turn into a magical opportunity for growth, wonder, and joy.

This is a little odd among Montgomery's books for striking a tone somewhere between the whimsical coming of age of ''Literature/AnneOfGreenGables'', et alia, and the sometimes desperate need for love and beauty in the lonely, adult ''The Blue Castle.''

''Jane of Lantern Hill'' is LMMontgomery's last novel. Jane lives with her mother and grandmother in the city of Toronto. She is miserable under her grandmother's tyrannical rule, all of her talents smothered and any friendships snuffed out. It comes as a surprise to learn that Jane's father is alive and well and living in Prince Edward Island -- and he wants to meet her. Reluctant, sure she's going to hate the Island and hate her father and hate everything about it -- it turns out that she and her father are true kindred spirits, and Jane's summers on PEI turn into a magical opportunity for growth, wonder, and joy.

''Jane of Lantern Hill'' is LMMontgomery's last novel. Jane lives with her mother and grandmother in the city, learning only after many years that her mother is not widowed. When her father insists on having Jane visit him during the summer, Jane flourishes in the countryside.

* AliceAllusion: She once dreamed of going into a mirror until she was ridiculed for vanity for sititng in front of them.

* GreenEyedMonster: The grandmother

* MyNameIsNotDurwood: Jane insists on being called Jane rather than Victoria when she is in Prince Edward Island.

* TheDoorMat: Jane's mother who cannot stand up to her mother and earlier couldn't stand up to her meddling sister-in-law Irene. She finally grows a backbone when [[spoiler: she defies her mother and goes to Prince Edward Island when Jane nearly dies of pnemonia]].

* DoorMat: Jane's mother who cannot stand up to her mother and earlier couldn't stand up to her meddling sister-in-law Irene. She finally grows a backbone when [[spoiler: she defies her mother and goes to Prince Edward Island when Jane nearly dies of pnemonia]].

** AuntIrene, Andrew's simpering hypocritical sister. She is rightly described as "sweet poison" by one of the neighbours.

'''''Jane of Lantern Hill''''' is LMMontgomery's last novel. Jane lives with her mother and grandmother in the city, learning only after many years that her mother is not widowed. When her father insists on having Jane visit him during the summer, Jane flourishes in the countryside.

* The MourningAfter: Miss Justina Titus is still faithful to the memory of Alec Jacks, who died in WorldWarOne, and still wears her hair in a pompadour as that was how she wore it when she said good-bye to him.

* HonoraryUncle: Little Aunt Em -- to everyone.

* BlueEyes, including both IcyBlueEyes and InnocentBlueEyes, explicitly contrasted.

* YamatoNadeshiko: Jane.

* OrphansOrdeal: Her friend Jody -- not, unusually a central place in the plto

* [[TurnOutLikeHisFather Turn Out Like Her Father]]: Her grandmother objects to this in Jane. Jane even doesn't like the notion she gets her chin from her father.

* GreenEyedMonster: The

* {{Arcadia}}: Jane thinks her father's home is this.