Anne of Green Gables Complete Text
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Get ready for the new Anne of Green Gables Netflix series!
Marilla and Mathew Cuthbert had planned to adopt a boy to help out around Green Gables farm. But waiting for Mathew at the train station is freckle-faced, red-headed Anne Shirley?a talkative eleven-year-old orphan with a heart full of dreams and a desperate longing for a home.
From the minute Anne sets foot in Mathew's buggy, Green Gables will never be the same.
- A Beloved Classic: Discover the timeless tale of the imaginative, red-headed orphan who changes a small town forever.
- Finding a Family: She was a mistake?the Cuthberts wanted a boy. But Anne Shirley is determined to prove that she belongs at Green Gables.
- Kindred Spirits: Follow Anne as her vibrant imagination and talkative nature win over the prim Marilla, the shy Matthew, and a bosom friend, Diana Barry.
- Coming of Age Story: A heartfelt journey of a girl navigating friendships, rivalries, and her desperate longing for a true home.
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Lucy Maude Montgomery (1874-1942) was born on Prince Edward Island, Canada, the setting for Anne of Green Gables. She left to attend college, but returned to Prince Edward Island to teach. In 1911, she married the Reverend Ewan MacDonald. Anne of Green Gables, the first in a series of "Anne" books by Montgomery, was published in 1908 to immediate success and continues to be a perennial favorite.
