Just been looking at some Blue Castle sites

I recently reread L.M. Montgomery's The Blue Castle at my mother's house over a Thanksgiving holiday. I believe that I first read this book at around the age of 12 or 13. This book was not exactly one of my favorites at the time (I liked L.M. Montgomery's Emily books the best) but still, I did like it. I even drew some amateurish (I really mean it!) blue ballpoint pen illustrations in the white spaces of it.

Here's one site:
http://www.tickledorange.com/LMM/Valancy.html

Some people seem to draw a sort of philosophy-of-living from the book:
http://members.tripod.com/~twi_moonwater/isle-of-magick/bluecastle.html

Good grief, its also been made into a musical.
http://www3.islandtelecom.com/~hstinson/Castleco/bcastle.html

And, to top it off, the whole book is actually online!
http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks02/0200951h.html

I had no idea this relatively obscure book was so popular.