Title: Anne of Green Gables (Anne Shirley #1)
Author: L.M. Montgomery
Publisher: 1908
Genre: Classics
Pages: 198
Rating: 4/5 stars
Reading Challenges: Mount TBR; Popsguar - Mentioned in Another Book; Seasonal Series - Set in Spring
When a scrawny, freckled girl with bright red hair arrives on Prince Edward Island, Marilla and Matthew Cuthbert are taken by surprise; they'd asked for a quiet boy to help with the farm work at Green Gables. But how can you return a friendless child to a grim orphanage when she tells you her life so far has been a 'perfect graveyard of buried hopes'? And so, the beguiling chatterbox stays. Full of dreams, warmth and spirit, it is not long before Anne Shirley wins their hearts.
Somehow I have lived for 36 years having never read this book. As a child I was a huge fan of The Secret Garden and Little Women, but never picked this one up. Strange. Having read it, I understand the appeal to young children. Anne is a precocious and entertaining character. It wasn't the best book I've ever read, but I chalk that up to being a grown woman.
Anne Shirley:
- #1 Anne of Green Gables
- #2 Anne of Avonlea
- #3 Anne of the Island
- #4 Anne of Windy Poplars
- #5 Anne's House of Dreams
- #6 Anne of Ingleside
- #7 Rainbow Valley
- #8 Rilla of Ingleside
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