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Rilla of Ingleside (version 3 Dramatic reading)

by Lucy Maud MONTGOMERY (1874 - 1942)

Chapter 4: The Piper Pipes

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

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Listen next episodes of Rilla of Ingleside (version 3 Dramatic reading):
Chapter 10: The Troubles of Rilla , Chapter 11: Dark and Bright , Chapter 12: In the Days of Langemarck , Chapter 13: A Slice of Humble Pie , Chapter 14: The Valley of Decision , Chapter 15: Until the Day Break , Chapter 16: Realism and Romance , Chapter 17: The Weeks Wear By , Chapter 18: A War Wedding , Chapter 19: "They Shall Not Pass" , Chapter 20: Norman Douglas Speaks Out in Meeting , Chapter 21: Love Affairs are Horrible , Chapter 22: Little Dog Monday Knows , Chapter 23: "And So, Goodnight" , Chapter 24: Mary is Just In Time , Chapter 25: Shirley Goes , Chapter 26: Susan has a Proposal of Marriage , Chapter 27: Waiting , Chapter 28: Black Sunday , Chapter 29: "Wounded and Missing" , Chapter 30: The Turning of the Tide , Chapter 31: Mrs Matilda Pittman , Chapter 32: Word from Jem , Chapter 33: Victory! , Chapter 34: Mr Hyde Goes to His Own Place, and Susan Takes a Honeymoon , Chapter 35: "Rilla-my-Rilla!" , Chapter 5: The Sound of a Going , Chapter 6: Susan, Rilla and Dog Monday make a Resolution , Chapter 7: A War-Baby and a Soup Tureen , Chapter 8: Rilla Decides , Chapter 9: Doc has a Misadventure