Ĭolleen McCullough, author of The Thorn Birds, evidently used The Blue Castle as the basis of her novel The Ladies of Missalonghi-subconsciously, as she alleged-to the point of provoking accusations of plagiarism. The book was adapted for the stage twice in 1982 it was made into a successful Polish musical, and ten years later Canadian playwright Hank Stinson authored another version, The Blue Castle: A Musical Love Story. It has grown in popularity since being republished in 1990. Montgomery's few adult works of fiction, along with A Tangled Web, and is the only book she wrote that is entirely set outside of Prince Edward Island. Deerwood is based on Bala, Ontario, which Montgomery visited in 1922. The story is set during the 1920s in the fictional town of Deerwood, located in the Muskoka region of Ontario, Canada. The Blue Castle is a 1926 novel by Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery, best known for her novel Anne of Green Gables (1908).
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