Anne author had trouble with P.E.I. winters

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Posted: Oct 9, 2012 7:14 AM ET

Last Updated: Oct 9, 2012 10:08 AM ET

A new edition of L. M. Montgomery journals contains twice the material of a 1985 edition. (Oxford University Press)

A newly released edition of the journals of Anne of Green Gables author Lucy Maud Montgomery includes details of some of her early battles with depression.

The new edition contains about twice as much material as a 1985 published version of Montgomery's journals, which was edited to offer a more upbeat version of her life. This new publication - The Complete Journals of L.M. Montgomery: the PEI Years 1889-1900 - includes both happy and sad times, including some of her early bouts with depression.

Co-editor Elizabeth Waterston said the diaries show Montgomery had trouble dealing with Island winters.

"She could say I'm blue or I'm depressed or she could simply stop writing, that's the other interesting thing," said Waterston.

"There are gaps when you look at the dates and you see that especially in the winter, even the journals couldn't cheer her up."

The new collection also includes hundreds of Montgomery's photographs, placed just as they were in her handwritten journals.

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