Montgomery described Emily's life more in a down-to-earth way than the far-fetched, fairytale-like description of Anne Shirley.
Anne is surrounded mostly by good-hearted people, but Emily is not.
After her father's death, Emily's late-mother's long-estranged relatives draw lots to decide which family should take her in.
Aunt Elizabeth's family "wins" and Emily goes to live in a farm called New Moon.
Although cousin Jimmy and aunt Laura are kind to her there, Emily has a hard time getting along with stern and autocratic aunt Elizabeth.
She attends school for the first time in her life, and is slapped in the face by the teacher and betrayed by a classmate who she believed was her best friend.
Emily becomes friends with a boy named Teddy, but his mother loves him so much that she becomes hate everyone and everything he loves by jealousy. bu doğru görünüyor mu?