Send Me To Sleep | Montgomery (Voice Only)
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What does Andrew say at the start of the episode and how does he introduce the show?
Hello, it's your host Andrew here. If you're enjoying Send Me To Sleep so far and you'd like to help support the show, the best way to do that is Send Me To Sleep Premium. Over there you'll get ad-free episodes as well as access to all of our bonus episodes. You can find a link to a seven-day free trial in the description notes. Thanks so much for listening and here's just a few ads before the show begins. Those of you that have been listening to this podcast for a little while will know that initially, and for quite some time, I would not be doing these kinds of rambles to you, but I would be reading stories. And across the several years that I've now been making this podcast, I've read very many stories.
Um. And I really appreciate the fact that I was given the opportunity to make reading classic novels a part of the way that I make a living. Because, quite honestly, I wasn't a huge reader before having started to make the podcast. And now I have developed such a love of reading which now feels like such a strange thing to be saying because honestly I've always loved stories and storytelling and I've always to a certain degree been a storyteller. I've written a lot in the past mostly a lover of television and film, I would say, more so than books, but to begin reading and understand what is possible in stories, and specifically in the medium of the written word, and in these classic novels, which are
you come to understand really are classics for a reason. is a profound thing to have undergone over the last few years. And like I say, I will always be truly grateful for the opportunity to be able to now say that I have read upwards of 45, maybe 50 classic novels as part of my work for this podcast. And enjoyed the lion's share of them. Now, I won't lie in saying that they've all been incredible, profound, transcendent experiences for me, but some of them certainly have. And whilst I have enjoyed very much many of the books that I've read throughout the podcast, I cannot say that any has stuck with me quite so profoundly and in such a way that has really imprinted itself upon my soul as the work of Lucy Maud Montgomery.
And especially, as those of you who know, like I say, if you've been listening to the podcast for some time, the Emily of New Moon series. And I guess a little bit today of what I'd like to talk to you about is specifically what I love so much about Montgomery's work. And then moreover, why it is that I think she is such an expert at storytelling. and a little bit about what it means to tell a good story. Before I begin, I'd like to show those of you who are watching rather than listening to this podcast just now my personal copy of Emily of New Moon, which I acquired some time after having read it the first and second times. In fact, I bought it from an independent bookseller. I was so happy to find it, because although it is not an original print, it is a print from fairly early on.
It is a 1930s print, and the book was first published in 1928, so... It is still fairly of the time that it was first published, and that means quite a lot to me to have something so original of the time. And this particular book doesn't have any illustrations, though I know some versions of this book have many. It does have one at the very beginning. of emily there and in some ways i feel that this is not doesn't feel like such an accurate depiction of what i always imagined emily over new moon emily um emily star to actually look like But I suppose that's up to every individual's interpretation. I've not yet actually had the chance to read through this first one again. Though I certainly will do. I'm sure.
But...
as I've already read through it twice and enjoyed it thoroughly, and will happily read through the series all the way through. I think you need to allow a little bit of time to pass so you can almost forget a little bit of what the story is about before you return to these things. But I need to speak now to why it is that I have found the writing of Lucy Maud Montgomery so transformative to me, and I must say immediately compelling, and almost...
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What does Andrew say at the start of the episode and how does he introduce the show?
0:00–11:38
2
How does Andrew describe his journey from a non‑reader to a lover of classic novels?
11:38–18:08
3
Why does Andrew consider L. M. Montgomery’s work the most impactful of all the books he’s read?
18:08–23:54
4
What specific qualities of Montgomery’s storytelling does Andrew admire?
23:54–30:29
5
How does Montgomery’s use of character perspective make readers feel like they live Emily’s life?
30:29–33:24