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She had dreamed some brilliant dreams during the past winter and now they lay in the dust around her. In her present mood of self-disgust, she could not immediately begin dreaming again. And she discovered that, while solitude with dreams is glorious, solitude without them has few charms.

She had dreamed some brilliant dreams during the past winter and now they lay in the dust around her. In her present mood of self-disgust, she could not immediately begin dreaming again. And she discovered that, while solitude with dreams is glorious, solitude without them has few charms.

Approximate author period: c. 1896 AD · industrial

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L.M. Montgomery
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Approximate author period: c. 1896 AD · industrial
Approximate author-period evidence for Lucy Maud Montgomery: documented activity in 1896. Wikidata Q273034, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q273034 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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