Jane of Lantern Hill Jane of Lantern Hill Jane of Lantern Hill is a novel by Canadian author L. M. Montgomery. The book was adapted into a 1990 telefilm, "Lantern Hill", by Sullivan Films, the producer of the highly popular "Anne of Green Gables" television miniseries and the television series "Road to Avonlea". Montgomery began formulating an idea on May 11, 1936, began writing on August 21, and wrote the last chapter on February 3, 1937. She finished typing up the manuscript on February 25, as she could not hire a typist to do it for her. This novel was dedicated to "JL", her
Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning that was seen as low compared to Sullivan's earlier "Anne" productions. The film was not well received by critics or fans. "The Globe and Mail"'s Kate Taylor said the film, "never justifies its presumption in inventing a new creation story for a Canadian literary icon." Bill Brioux felt that "maybe Anne just doesn't age all that well. Maybe she is supposed to stay in freckles and pigtails, locked in that perfect P.E.I. prism Montgomery authored and Sullivan so artfully adapted when they both were in their 20s." Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning Anne of Green Gables: A New