Typed and Corrected by Kjell Nedrelid. Last modified 02.11.1996. (dd.mm.yyyy) Uncorrected version released to Internet 12.10.1996. This version released 02.11.1996. You can freely distribute this text in any form as long as you don't get paid for it. Please include this short header. CHRONICLES OF AVONLEA by L. M. MONTGOMERY TO THE MEMORY OF Mrs. William A. Houston, A DEAR FRIEND, WHO HAS GONE BEYOND The unsung beauty hid life's common things below. --Whittier Contents I. The Hurrying of Ludovic II. Old Lady Lloyd III. Each In His Own Tongue IV. Little Joscelyn V. The Winning of Lucinda VI. Old Man Shaw's Girl VII. Aunt Olivia's Beau VIII. The Quarantine at Alexander Abraham's IX. Pa Sloane's Purchase X. The Courting of Prissy Strong XI. The Miracle at Carmody XII. The End of a Quarrel Chronicles of Avonlea I. The Hurrying of Ludovic Anne Shirley was curled up on the window-seat of Theodora Dix's sitting-room one Saturday evening, looking dreamily afar at some fair ...