# Lavendar Lewis — Anne of Avonlea character guide

> Lavendar Lewis in Anne of Avonlea by L. M. Montgomery.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Miss Lavendar, Miss Lewis

**First appearance:** 0023-xxi-sweet-miss-lavendar

## Who they are

Echo Lodge's whimsical mistress, seventeen at heart and middle-aged in fact, who keeps a broken engagement and a dream-boy tucked among her echoes.

## In the story

### [Sweet Miss Lavendar](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/anne_of_avonlea_se/chapters/xxi-sweet-miss-lavendar)

Miss Lavendar hosts Anne and Diana for tea, revealing her playful and lonely nature; she reacts subtly to the mention of Paul Irving.

### [Odds and Ends](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/anne_of_avonlea_se/chapters/xxii-odds-and-ends)

Discussed as a former beauty who never grew old; her broken engagement to Stephen Irving is mentioned.

### [Miss Lavendar's Romance](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/anne_of_avonlea_se/chapters/xxiii-miss-lavendar-s-romance)

Hosts Anne, shares the story of her broken engagement to Stephen Irving, and meets Paul Irving for the first time.

### [An Afternoon at the Stone House](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/anne_of_avonlea_se/chapters/xxvii-an-afternoon-at-the-stone-house)

Shows signs of melancholy and loneliness, confides in Anne about feeling old and tired of echoes, but brightens with company.

### [The Prince Comes Back to the Enchanted Palace](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/anne_of_avonlea_se/chapters/xxviii-the-prince-comes-back-to-the-enchanted-palace)

Anxiously awaits Stephen Irving's return; wears her new forget-me-not organdie dress.

### [Poetry and Prose](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/anne_of_avonlea_se/chapters/xxix-poetry-and-prose)

Miss Lavendar is preparing for her wedding to Stephen Irving, with Anne and Diana helping her with plans and dress fittings.

### [A Wedding at the Stone House](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/anne_of_avonlea_se/chapters/xxx-a-wedding-at-the-stone-house)

The bride, married to Stephen Irving at the stone house.

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