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Abstract: This paper explores the novel Anne's House of Dreams (1917) by L. M. Montgomery, with specific focus on the character, Leslie Moore, who is a devoted wife to her debilitated husband, Dick Moore. Leslie's story challenges the traditional notion of women's independence and self-fulfilment. Her story redefines feminism as a celebration of a woman's choice to submit and be a dutiful wife to her ailing husband. Rather than portraying her as an insignificant submissive women, she is depicted as a woman honouring her feminity within which she wilfully embraces loyalty, devotion and duty. The paper further examines how Leslie Moore's story serves as an honorarium to the traditional feminine virtues where strength, loyalty, compassion and nurturing are essential aspects that are forgotten in today's depiction of feminism. This paper demonstrates feminism as an individual female's personal choice, where the choice can also encompass surrender, fidelity, selflessness and marital duty.