Rilla of Ingleside (version 3 Dramatic reading)
Lucy Maud Montgomery
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Anne of Green Gables is all grown up and married, and this is the story of her daughter “Rilla”, named for the indomitable Marilla Cuthbert of Anne’s childhood. The young Rilla will need all her strength for the dark days ahead, as her coming of age will be in the midst of World War I. Her brothers and sweetheart will go to war, and not all of them will come back. Her sisters will become nurses, but Rilla herself is too young. What can she do back home to support the war effort? How can she be involved in doing good in her own backyard? What difference can one person’s ‘keeping the faith’ make in the titanic struggle of world events?
LM Montgomery, in this final installment of the Anne of Green Gables books, takes us through the terror, the suspense and the sacrifices of ‘The Great War’ as told through the eyes of Rilla. Of course, as in any girl’s diary, there are also chronicled the romances of Miranda, Gertrude, Mary and Rilla herself. At the same time, the small details of everyday life lighten the drama with humorous stories of the antics of the Ingleside cat, the putting on of a wedding with one day’s notice and ‘that prayer meeting’ which will forever go down in the local lore of little Glen St Mary! - Summary by Beth Thomas
Cast:
Narrated by Esther ben Simonides
Rilla Blythe: Rachel
Susan Baker: Beth Thomas
Mrs. Anne Blythe: Adele de Pignerolles
Dr. Gilbert Blythe: Peter Yearsley
Miss Gertrude Oliver: Kristin Gjerløw
Walter Blythe: Michael Landu
Jem Blythe: Mike Harris
Cousin Sophia: Sonia
Mary Vance: Jennifer Fournier
Kenneth Ford: Dillon McFarlane
Mr. John Meredith/Mr. Norman Douglas: John Burlinson
Irene Howard: Anna Vince
Other characters voiced by: Etel Buss, Mark Chulsky, Michele Eaton, Kathrine Engan, Gaby, Rupert Holliday, Lydia, Diana Majlinger, MaryAnn, Hannah Mary, David Lawrence, Tomas Peter, David Purdy, Roohi, Saffie, Shakira Searle, K. Adrian Stroet, SuperCoconut, Maggie Travers, Twinkle, and Leanne Yau
Audio edited by Rachel (9 hr 52 min)
Chapters
Dramatis Personae | 3:16 | Read by LibriVox Volunteers |
Chapter 1: Glen Notes and Other Matters | 21:18 | Read by LibriVox Volunteers |
Chapter 2: Dew of Morning | 11:27 | Read by LibriVox Volunteers |
Chapter 3: Moonlit Mirth | 24:49 | Read by LibriVox Volunteers |
Chapter 4: The Piper Pipes | 24:01 | Read by LibriVox Volunteers |
Chapter 5: The Sound of a Going | 27:27 | Read by LibriVox Volunteers |
Chapter 6: Susan, Rilla and Dog Monday make a Resolution | 14:47 | Read by LibriVox Volunteers |
Chapter 7: A War-Baby and a Soup Tureen | 18:51 | Read by LibriVox Volunteers |
Chapter 8: Rilla Decides | 15:22 | Read by LibriVox Volunteers |
Chapter 9: Doc has a Misadventure | 11:11 | Read by LibriVox Volunteers |
Chapter 10: The Troubles of Rilla | 21:24 | Read by LibriVox Volunteers |
Chapter 11: Dark and Bright | 20:47 | Read by LibriVox Volunteers |
Chapter 12: In the Days of Langemarck | 13:42 | Read by LibriVox Volunteers |
Chapter 13: A Slice of Humble Pie | 17:58 | Read by LibriVox Volunteers |
Chapter 14: The Valley of Decision | 15:38 | Read by LibriVox Volunteers |
Chapter 15: Until the Day Break | 14:49 | Read by LibriVox Volunteers |
Chapter 16: Realism and Romance | 23:58 | Read by LibriVox Volunteers |
Chapter 17: The Weeks Wear By | 26:21 | Read by LibriVox Volunteers |
Chapter 18: A War Wedding | 24:10 | Read by LibriVox Volunteers |
Chapter 19: "They Shall Not Pass" | 18:01 | Read by LibriVox Volunteers |
Chapter 20: Norman Douglas Speaks Out in Meeting | 12:12 | Read by LibriVox Volunteers |
Chapter 21: Love Affairs are Horrible | 10:51 | Read by LibriVox Volunteers |
Chapter 22: Little Dog Monday Knows | 13:46 | Read by LibriVox Volunteers |
Chapter 23: "And So, Goodnight" | 11:59 | Read by LibriVox Volunteers |
Chapter 24: Mary is Just In Time | 20:20 | Read by LibriVox Volunteers |
Chapter 25: Shirley Goes | 15:27 | Read by LibriVox Volunteers |
Chapter 26: Susan has a Proposal of Marriage | 21:01 | Read by LibriVox Volunteers |
Chapter 27: Waiting | 28:24 | Read by LibriVox Volunteers |
Chapter 28: Black Sunday | 10:19 | Read by LibriVox Volunteers |
Chapter 29: "Wounded and Missing" | 8:21 | Read by LibriVox Volunteers |
Chapter 30: The Turning of the Tide | 10:08 | Read by LibriVox Volunteers |
Chapter 31: Mrs Matilda Pittman | 20:23 | Read by LibriVox Volunteers |
Chapter 32: Word from Jem | 15:14 | Read by LibriVox Volunteers |
Chapter 33: Victory! | 5:33 | Read by LibriVox Volunteers |
Chapter 34: Mr Hyde Goes to His Own Place, and Susan Takes a Honeymoon | 7:21 | Read by LibriVox Volunteers |
Chapter 35: "Rilla-my-Rilla!" | 11:52 | Read by LibriVox Volunteers |
Reviews
THE BEST! I CRIED AND LAUGHED!!!
Horsecrazy
The best! I was crying the whole time😢! I loved the romance. The readers were awesome!I don't agree that this kind of dramatic reading is bad. We would not have been able to hear sweet little Dog-Monday's voice, or Kenneth's beautiful strong voice hardly at all if it would have been the other way.THANK YOU TO ALL THE READERS WHO PUT TIME INTO THIS!🥰
A LibriVox Listener
Loved it and not for the first time either! Wonderful story about Rilla, Anne and Gilbert's youngest daughter..it starts with her silly vain years of age 15 and goes through her years of enduring, with her family, the great war. I laughed and cried while listening and enjoyed this reading of the book with many readers, each "playing" one of the book's characters. Lovely.
Wonderful Book
Nana Mayberry
This was such an awesome book. I can’t begin to tell how much I enjoyed it. I laughed and cried and then cried some more!
Wonderful! Thrilling! I just LOVE IT!
Emily Starr
Awesome! I didn't mind the times when other people were speaking when the narrator should. Maybe you could make one of "Emily's Quest" read by Rachel? I loved "Emily of New Moon" and "Emily Climbs."
Awesome and heartbreaking
Puppy Lover
I loved it! I was crying during the part about Walter. You should do the Harry Potter books! just Please stick with the same people from start to end.😊
a heart renching journal of the homefires of WWI
deborah isabela
Rila Blyth is the heroine of her journal of the woes of the women folk who stayed home to watch the countryside of PEI anfter the menfolk left to fight overseas for England. the horrors of waiting are bound up in stories of day to day laughter and existance. a look at the world of a teen during the changes of the World.
Nathan Reah
awesome! although, I don't like Mary Vance. I like Walter ALOT. oh, and guys, you gotta read to Keeper of the Lost Cities by Shannon Messenger, IT'S SO GOOOD
Good
West
Good! Great! I have never listen to Harry Potter before can someone please help me with what shall I start with first ??❤️