Similar to her earliest & supplementary noted Anne of Green Gables series, the Emily novels portrayed life through the eyes of the immature orphan girl, Emily Starr. Unlike Anne Shirley, however, Emily was raised by relatives like than adoptive, & was two immature & less self-self-confident than Anne.

A series was less romanticized & extra naturalistic than a Anne novels, & Montgomery reportedly considered Emily to become the character great deal nearer to her have personality than Anne.

There were deuce-ace Emily novels: Emily of Just released Moon, Emily Climbs & ''Emily's Quest''.

the novels were adapted into a TV series by Salter Street Films and CBC Television in 1998.