History Creator / LMMontgomery

* {{Arcadia}}: Prince Edward Island, when you're not roaming its GhibliHills. Farmers who work in harmony with the land are a frequent appearance.

* HystericalWoman: Pat of Silver Bush, in her first book, is a nascent version of this trope. She loves very, very deeply and tends to take change badly -- it takes ''her entire family'' to calm her down after her father shaves his mustache. As a young girl she already gaining a reputation for going into hysterics; as she grows up she has slightly better control of her emotions, but is always considered odd.

* FeminineWomenCanCook: Almost all of her heroines have some talent at housekeeping and cooking. Justified, as they are all of a social class and era when cooking would be in a woman's basic skill set. A notable exception is the Story Girl from the novel of the same name and ''The Golden Road.''

* NatureLover: Many heroines.

* ThePenance: In one short story, a high-living, flippant young woman is convinced that she caused the death of her sister, a respected and hard-working pillar of the community. The young woman trades her dancing for Bible reading, her pretty clothes for charitable work -- and the less she likes it, the more she does it.

* LoveAtFirstSight: A generous helping -- although frequently this love is more like "a flash of recognition between kindred spirits," which can later blossom into love. Klondike Lesley's instant love for Dr. Woodruff is a prominent example.

* TheDiseaseThatShallNotBeNamed: Much furor about Marigold in ''Magic for Marigold'' before someone tells her the problem they fear is [[spoiler:head lice]].

* WifeHusbandry: "The Education of Betty" By accident.

* TheSpeechless: Kilmeny.
* SpankTheCutie: A SpiritedYoungLady in an L.M. Montgomery novel is likely to be told at least once that she needs a good spanking.

* ThePenance

* RaceForYourLove: "Here Comes the Bride"

* RebelliousPrincess: Varvara, a Russian princess, runs away from her aunt and spends an afternoon playing with Marigold.

* ''EmilyOfNewMoon''

* ''AnneOfGreenGables''
* ''TheBlueCastle''

* FeminineWomenCanCook: Almost all of her heroines have some talent at housekeeping and cooking. Justified, as they are all of a social class and era when cooking would be in a woman's basic skill set.

* BadassGrandmother: Appear rather frequently, most notable example is Old Grandmother in ''Magic for Marigold.''

* BadAssGrandmother: Appear rather frequently, most notable example is Old Grandmother in ''Magic for Marigold.''

* YamatoNadeshiko: Pat of Silver Bush, to name one.

* ''ATangledWeb''

* TheStoryteller: Emily is the most prominent.

* CuteMute: Kilmeny, from ''Kilmeny of the Orchard.''

* ThePromise: Treated very darkly in ''Kilmeny of the Orchard.'' Kilmeny's aunt and uncle fervently believe her muteness is owed to [[spoiler: a vow of silence taken by her mother during Kilmeny's pregnancy, to never speak another word to the father that rejected her. Even when her father lay dying and asked his daughter to speak one word of reconciliation, Kilmeny's mother refused. She didn't speak a word until after her baby's birth, when she broke down sobbing.]]