Magic for Marigold

Magic for Marigold
1st edition
Author(s)	Lucy Maud Montgomery
Country	Canada
Language	English
Genre(s)	Children's novel
Publisher	McClelland & Stewart
Publication date	1929
Media type	Print (Paperback, Hardcover)

Magic for Marigold (1929) is a novel written by L. M. Montgomery. It is about a young girl, Marigold Lesley, who grew up in Cloud of Spruce as the only child in a well-to-do farming family. Marigold's father died before she was born, but she had a loving but "bossed" mother, steely Young Grandmother, shrewd Old Grandmother, former sailor Uncle Klondike, and former doctor Aunt Marigold who had saved Marigold's life and had hence become her namesake and aunt. These people made Marigold's life mostly pleasant and carefree, but she nonetheless had her share of adventures, fancies and troubles, such as her seemingly incurable jealousy to father's first wife Clementine, an encounter with a Russian princess, several attempts to be "good", and a surprising cooking triumph, many of which were related to the peculiar environment she grew up in. Among the most long-lasting products of Marigold's imaginative mind was Sylvia, her imaginary playmate whom she loved dearly and who took the place of many real-life friends for her. But gradually Marigold was growing up and the troubles with boys slowly crept into her life, and eventually twelve-year-old Marigold found herself having to say goodbye to Sylvia—and to childhood.

External links

• Online text of Magic for Marigold (Project Gutenberg)
• L.M. Montgomery's Personal Scrapbooks and Book Covers
• An L.M. Montgomery Resource Page Resource on L.M. Montgomery and her novels
• The L.M. Montgomery Research Group This scholarly site includes a blog, an extensive bibliography of reference materials, and a complete filmography of all adaptations of Montgomery texts.
• The L.M. Montgomery Literary Society This site includes information about Montgomery's works and life and research from the newsletter, The Shining Scroll.