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| | Rediscovering The Blue Castle |
 | | The Blue Castle was Montgomery's first novel aimed at adults, which enabled her to tackle such controversial issues as Cecilia's out-of-wedlock pregnancy, Abel Gay's alcoholism, and Valancy's own sexual desire, more than she did in her children's novels. |
 | | Though The Blue Castle is unabashedly sentimental, it is never mawkish; Montgomery's acid sense of humor is given freer reign here than in any of her other books. |
 | | The Blue Castle is a fierce, wickedly funny, and ultimately healing fairy tale, and like a fairy tale, readers keep returning to it again and again, recapturing the magic. |
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