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Anne of Green Gables

by L.M. Montgomery

• Anne of Green Gables Summary

Anne of Green Gables is the story of a young orphan girl, Anne, who is mistakenly delivered to an older couple looking to adopt a boy to work on their farm in Avonlea on Prince Edward Island. After the couple meets Anne, they decide to keep her. Anne soon makes her home on the farm (called Green Gables), and her spirited nature charms the couple, who begin to see her as a daughter.

Anne struggles to adapt to life in Avonlea and often finds herself in conflict with her adoptive mother and other local women, as she has trouble acting like a “proper lady” and abiding by standard rules of etiquette and social expectations. For example, she shouts at one of her neighbors, Mrs. Rachel Lynde , after she is mocked about her red hair.

Anne is known for her vivid imagination, melodrama, and romanticism, often making up extravagant stories and scenarios. Before arriving in Avonlea, Anne invented imaginary friends to play with. She later becomes close friends with her neighbor, Diana, and begins to attend school in Avonlea. After accidentally serving Diana wine instead of raspberry juice, Diana's mother refuses to let the girls see each other, which is very upsetting for Anne. However, Anne soon redeems herself by saving Diana's sister, who is unwell with the croup.

Anne has a fair share of conflict with other classmates as well, including her ongoing conflict with Gilbert, a classmate who makes fun of Anne’s red hair, causing her to lash out. As they are both the smartest pupils at school, they develop a rivalry in the classroom.

Anne and Gilbert’s intelligence lands them each a place at the prestigious Queen’s Academy, and the two develop a more friendly relationship despite the persisting rivalry between them. While attending the academy, Anne puts excellent effort into her studies and earns the Avery Scholarship, awarding her money to fund her tuition for a four-year college, should she choose to enroll in the fall. However, Anne’s adoptive father (Matthew) dies of a heart attack, and her adoptive mother, Marilla, is losing her eyesight and likely to go blind. Instead of attending a four-year college and earning her degree, Anne chooses to remain at Green Gables and help Marilla manage the farm.

After hearing of Anne’s situation, Gilbert sacrifices his job as a teacher at the Avonlea school so that Anne may teach there while remaining close to Marilla and to Green Gables. Anne and Gilbert become close friends and Anne looks forward to her future, despite the obstacles she has had and will have to overcome.

Anne of Green Gables Questions and Answers

The Question and Answer section for Anne of Green Gables is a great resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss the novel.

Marilla was, regretting that she could not go to the concert herself to hear her girl recite.

What are the names of the brother and sister that were hoping to adopt a boy orphan?

Marilla and Matthew Cuthbert

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Study Guide for Anne of Green Gables

Anne of Green Gables study guide contains a biography of L.M. Montgomery, literature essays, quiz questions, major themes, characters, and a full summary and analysis.

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Anne of Green Gables essays are academic essays for citation. These papers were written primarily by students and provide critical analysis of Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery.

• Gender Construction and Nature in L.M. Montgomery’s Anne of Green Gables
• Womanhood in Anne of Green Gables
• The Rejection of Maternalism in L.M. Montgomery’s Anne of Green Gables
• Who Are You, Anne with an "E?": Naming in Anne of Green Gables
• Language, Power, and Gender: The Power Dynamics of Language and Social Class in Three Children’s Books

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Anne of Green Gables is a world-renowned classic children’s novel first published in 1908 by Canadian author L. M. Montgomery. Set in the latter part of the 19th century in fictional Avonlea, a small town on Prince Edward Island, Canada, the story follows the accidental arrival of a precocious 11-year-old orphan girl, Anne Shirley , at Green Gables, the family homestead of middle-aged siblings Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert . Many mishaps, adventures, and ultimate successes follow Anne as she grows up and grows closer to the Cuthberts, and the novel explores the journey of how true familial bonds are forged even in the toughest of times. Anne of Green Gables has been translated into 36 languages and has sold over 50 million copies worldwide, and its central red-headed heroine has been immortalized in many films and television shows. Anne is the first novel in an original eight-part series, with a ninth sequel published after the author’s death. This literary guide uses the Barnes and Noble hardcover edition.

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Anne Shirley, an 11-year-old orphan girl from Nova Scotia, is sent to live with Marilla and Matthew Cuthbert , two middle-aged siblings who live at Green Gables on Prince Edward Island. Anne’s upbringing has been one of despair and dismay; she bounces from home to home, never being truly wanted, and her initial visit to Green Gables is no exception: the Cuthberts sent for a young boy to help on the farm, but Anne is delivered instead.

Matthew quickly takes to the young girl, whose idle chatter prevents the shy bachelor from ever having to speak, but Anne meets her match in Marilla, a practical, sensible spinster who cannot bear Anne’s vivid imagination. Though Marilla wants to send Anne back to the orphanage immediately, she allows Anne to stay because Matthew does not want to send the girl back to horrible conditions at the orphanage. Marilla decides she will take it upon herself to bring Anne up properly.

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This proves to be easier said than done, as Anne has a spirit and a mind of her own. She constantly finds herself in mishaps and scrapes, most of which require penance or an apology. From flying off the handle when Mrs. Rachel, a close friend and neighbor of Marilla’s, teases her about her looks to creating false, dramatic confessions to get herself out of trouble, there is never a dull moment with Anne. Before she can help herself, Marilla finds herself welcoming the girl’s company more and more.

Anne finds a close friend, a “kindred spirit” as she calls them, in the form of Diana Barry , who lives on the next farm over. When Anne starts school in Avonlea, she quickly becomes the smartest girl in the room and one of the most liked, but it is her relationship with the handsome and intelligent Gilbert Blythe that makes school worthwhile for Anne. Her distaste for him, spurred by his nickname for her—“Carrots,” a jab at her red hair—causes her to compete with him at every corner.

When she is 16, Anne sits for the entrance examination to Queen’s Academy with the help of her teacher, Miss Stacy . She earns her teaching certificate in one year instead of the usual two and wins the Avery Scholarship, a $250 a year grant to four-year Redmond College. However, Matthew’s tragic death of a heart attack when he hears that they have fallen into financial ruin due to a bank failure makes Anne reconsider her future plans. Anne chooses to give up the scholarship and stay at Green Gables with Marilla so that she doesn’t have to sell the family home. Gilbert gives up his teaching position at the Avonlea school so she can take it and be closer to home, and the two reconcile at the end of the novel, with the promise of a close friendship on the horizon.

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Anne of Green Gables Unit Study & Lapbook

Hi everyone! I have a new literature unit to add to our collection! Today I’m sharing my new Anne of Green Gables Unit Study and Lapbook. Hope you enjoy!

Story Summary:

Anne is a sweet, imaginative, and charismatic young orphan girl who is unexpectedly adopted by a family in Green Gables. The story follows Anne as she experiences the pains and joys of becoming part of a family. And her life growing up in the remote Canadian village of Avonlea.

This accompanying unit study is meant to be used with the Classic Starts Anne of Green Gables version as retold from the Lucy Maud Montgomery original. The Classic Start versions are find them a little easier for younger readers, but you could certainly use this unit study with the original version if you have an older student. The lapbook chapters will correlate with the Classic Starts edition, but the concepts are the same, so you should be able to complete the units using any version you choose.

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What ages are these units for?

I normally recommend my literature units for elementary level readers grades 1-5. You can assign them out individually to your student so they read on their own, then complete the mini-book assignment for each chapter. There are writing assignments for each chapter as your students answer comprehension questions from the reading. So you’ll just want to make sure they’re comfortable writing.

Or you can read it together as a group if you have younger readers, then have them complete the mini-book assignments when you’re done with each chapter.

How long does the literature unit take?

That really depends on your child’s reading speed, and how many chapters there are in the book! And how fast your child reads through the chapters as well.

Each one varies in length, and you can easily modify these units to fit your schedule. So for example, you can assign one chapter per day plus the associated mini-book assignments, or you can have them do 2-3/week. It’s totally up to you, your schedule, and your student.

What’s included in the Unit Study?

Each unit includes everything you need to complete the Anne of Green Gables lapbook with the exception of the book itself and the file folders.

The download includes a teacher’s manual with the daily reading assignments, along with the comprehension questions and answers for each chapter. This makes it much easier for you to help your students even if you haven’t read the book yourself!

There is also one mini-book for each chapter in the book. Inside your student will answer a comprehension question that relates directly to the chapter they’ve just read. Some assignments include vocabulary words, mapping the voyage, and completing the mini-reports.

Extras for older students:

This unit includes also 5 reports that your students can complete. If you have older readers, have them do these reports to make the unit a bit more challenging. If you have younger readers, you might prefer to ask the questions verbally so they aren’t having to write a report.

The reports include:

• Story Facts (Setting, Main Plot, Main Characters)
• Protagonist vs. Antagonist
• Prediction Sheet
• My Book Report
• Book vs. Movie
• Storyboard timeline

As you read through the book, each chapter has a mini-book with comprehension questions for your student to complete.

This unit has 25 mini-books including a vocabulary mini-book full of terms to learn throughout the story.

Then on the backside of the lapbook, I added a pocket to the backside where you can store the reports and story timeline.

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Will you be compiling the recent literature studies that you’ve done into one set, like you have with the original classic literature studies? Thanks for all you do!

When I was younger, Anne of Green Gables was my favorite set of books. I loved the story line. Thank you for sharing. Have a great day!!!

Daniel Defoe is not the original author! These books are my all time favorite. I reread the entire series every few years! 🙂

Thanks for letting me know about the typo! I’ve written so many of these now I’m getting them mixed up! LOL!

Oh my! How awesome! I LOVE Anne of Green Gables! We have several different versions of the book and the complete set of movies. I would love to use this lapbook study with my daughter. We are currently working through your Black Beauty one and she’s having so much fun. Thank you for the opportunity to win this! Are you currently working on another literature lapbook set?

Hi Tracey, yes I’ll put the new units all together in a set once they’re completed! :o)

This looks great! Anne of Green Gables is one of my all time favorite books. When I click on the ‘Buy Now’ button it takes me to a page to buy 20,000 Leagues. Can you somehow let me know when it is fixed so I can purchase the correct unit? Thanks, KC

THANK YOU! I love this book and am excited to share my love of it with my 4 little girls. Along with this Unit Study I think they’ll love it even more and always remember it. Thank you again, you’re the best!

I teach in a homeschool co-op, 7-9 year olds. I would LOVE to use your Anne of GG lapbook, but I am not doing any of the other books in the CLASSROOM edition, and don’t have much budget. Is there a way I can get just Anne of GG permission without purchasing the whole thing?

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Anne of Green Gables

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One June day in Avonlea, Prince Edward Island, Mrs. Rachel Lynde notices her reclusive neighbor, Matthew Cuthbert , driving off in his buggy. Curious, she goes to visit her friend, Matthew’s sister Marilla , who lives with him on Green Gables farm. To Rachel’s shock, Marilla tells her that she and Matthew are adopting an orphan boy from Nova Scotia.

Meanwhile, at the train station, Matthew doesn’t find the expected boy, but an 11-year-old girl with red hair instead. Matthew is thrown off guard by the sweet, talkative, big-eyed girl and can’t bear to disappoint her, so he brings her back to Green Gables, where he and Marilla learn that her name is Anne . Anne is heartbroken that the Cuthberts might not keep her, but after hearing about Anne’s lonely, orphaned childhood, Marilla comes around to Matthew’s opinion—Anne might not be the “useful” boy they’d wanted to work on the farm, but she needs the Cuthberts’ compassion. Anne is overjoyed to be allowed to stay.

Anne begins to get acquainted with the beauties of Green Gables, the household duties she’ll have to fulfill, and the Christian beliefs she’s expected to hold. There are frequent mishaps, like Anne’s rage at Mrs. Lynde for criticizing her red hair, about which Anne is quite sensitive. However, even though Marilla often rebukes Anne for daydreaming and neglecting her chores, both she and Matthew find Anne’s imaginative talk interesting and enlivening, and soon they can’t imagine Green Gables without her.

Anne has always longed for a “bosom friend,” which she soon finds in Diana Barry , a girl who lives on a neighboring farm, and they play together all summer. In the fall, Anne starts off well at Avonlea school, but then she’s teased by Gilbert Blythe , a handsome boy in her grade, for her carrot-colored hair. In retaliation, Anne cracks her slate over Gilbert’s head and gets in big trouble. Another day, her teacher, Mr. Phillips , scapegoats Anne when a crowd of students arrives late, and she’s forced to sit next to Gilbert as punishment. Anne develops a fierce grudge against both Gilbert and the teacher, and Marilla humors her refusal to attend school for a while.

In a fateful episode, Anne invites Diana over for tea and, instead of serving her the raspberry cordial Marilla had set aside, she unintentionally gets Diana drunk on currant wine. Mrs. Barry then decides Anne is a wicked girl and forbids their friendship, prompting Anne to return to school in her desperation to see Diana. Though Diana can no longer play with her, Anne takes a renewed interest in her studies and a growing academic rivalry with Gilbert. One winter night, while most of the adults are attending a political rally, Anne saves the life of Minnie May , Diana’s baby sister, because she knows the remedy for croup. In gratitude, Mrs. Barry allows Anne and Diana to be friends again. The two get into various adventures together, like accidentally terrifying Diana’s visiting elderly Aunt Josephine , and convincing themselves that the nearby woods are haunted.

When a new minister comes to Avonlea, Anne quickly finds a “kindred spirit” and model in his warm-hearted wife, Mrs. Allan . The new schoolteacher, Miss Stacy , also becomes Anne’s mentor and encourager, and Anne flourishes even more in school with poetry recitations and written compositions. Matthew, who indulges Anne more than Marilla does, gets Anne her long-coveted dress with fashionable puffed sleeves, and Anne forms a story club to help her friends cultivate their imaginations. Though Anne believes she’s outgrowing her most glaring weaknesses, she still struggles with vanity over her red hair, leading to a disastrous dye job. Now 13, Anne even finds herself beginning to soften toward Gilbert Blythe—especially after he rescues her from drowning in Barrys’ pond—though her stubborn pride keeps her from accepting his offer of friendship.

At the beginning of Anne’s third school year in Avonlea, Miss Stacy organizes a class of her most promising students, including Anne, to study for the Entrance exam to Queen’s Academy. Anne works hard and continues to thrive, and at the end of the school year, she and Gilbert tie for the highest exam scores in all of Prince Edward Island, broadening Anne’s ambitions for the future. The following September, Matthew and Marilla, both tearful over Anne’s growing up, say goodbye as Anne settles into Queen’s for the year, along with a handful of Avonlea friends. Anne excels in an accelerated teacher licensing course, and though she’s bested by Gilbert for the highest academic honor, she wins a prestigious scholarship to study English at Redmond College. She returns to Green Gables anticipating a glorious summer.

On Anne’s second morning at home, however, Matthew abruptly dies of a heart attack, devasting both Anne and Marilla. Soon thereafter, Marilla sees a specialist and learns that unless she takes measures to preserve her eyesight, she’ll be blind within six months. After wrestling with her dreams and her sense of duty, Anne decides to decline the Redmond scholarship in order to work as a schoolteacher and help Marilla at home. She expects to get a job in a neighboring village, but she soon learns that Gilbert has given up the position at Avonlea school so that Anne can teach closer to home. Walking home from Matthew’s grave one day, Anne comes upon Gilbert and shyly thanks him for this sacrifice. The two finally reconcile and agree to be good friends, talking easily and warmly together for the first time. Anne happily goes home to Marilla at Green Gables, full of contentment and hope for the future.

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Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery

A Timeless Story of Growing Up and Finding Your Place

Title: Anne of Green Gables

Author: L. M. Montgomery

Publisher: L. C. Page

Genre: Classic, Coming-of-age novel

First Publication: 1908

Language:  English

Major Characters: Marilla Cuthbert, Matthew Cuthbert, Diana Barry, Gilbert Blythe, Rachel Lynde, Anne Blythe, Anne Shirley

Setting Place: Avonlea, Prince Edward Island (Canada)

Theme: The conflict between imagination and expectation; sentimentality versus emotion

Narrator:  Third Person

Book Summary: Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery

This heartwarming story has beckoned generations of readers into the special world of Green Gables, an old-fashioned farm outside a town called Avonlea. Anne Shirley, an eleven-year-old orphan, has arrived in this verdant corner of Prince Edward Island only to discover that the Cuthberts—elderly Matthew and his stern sister, Marilla—want to adopt a boy, not a feisty redheaded girl. But before they can send her back, Anne—who simply must have more scope for her imagination and a real home—wins them over completely.

A much-loved classic that explores all the vulnerability, expectations, and dreams of a child growing up, Anne of Green Gables  is also a wonderful portrait of a time, a place, a family… and, most of all, love.

Book Review: Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery

Anne of Green Gables is the story of a young orphaned girl named, you guessed it, Anne. Born in Nova Scotia only to lose both of her parents from the fever at the age of three months, Anne has grown up in many households, never being able to stay in one place for long. As you can imagine, this has left young Anne feeling needy and unwanted .

And when siblings Marilla and Matthew decide to adopt a boy to help work on their farm, they never expect to get a girl instead. Naturally, their first instinct is to give her to someone else; but soon after, under the influence of Anne’s pleading, they decide that with them is where she shall stay.

“t’s been my experience that you can nearly always enjoy things if you make up your mind firmly that you will.

Anne is a funny child – she’s positive and hopeful and talkative. It’s impossible not to like her. As an adult reading this I understand Marilla because the child definitely was willful and up to getting into accidental mischief, although the beginning where they didn’t want her because she was a ‘useful boy’, it was just a shame of the times. I’m glad she was around to bring so much joy around to Avonlea, Marilla, Matthew and neighbors. When she amused them with her stories, she amused me at the same time.

Because when you are imagining, you might as well imagine something worth while.

Each chapter is divided into an incident or event, which worked well for this type of the story. Montgomery’s writing style is a delight, especially considering how old the book is. I can see why this classic has lasted through the ages. Through the afterword I found out how much it meant in particular countries for their hope after the war. Inspiring stuff.

One of the most remarkable things about Anne of Green Gables is the way it captures the beauty of nature and the wonder of childhood. The descriptions of the Prince Edward Island landscape are vivid and lush, transporting the reader to a simpler time and place. Anne’s character is also incredibly endearing, with her lively imagination and irrepressible spirit. Despite the challenges she faces, she never loses her sense of wonder and optimism.

Another highlight of the book is its exploration of friendship and family. Anne develops close relationships with the people around her, including her adoptive family, her classmates, and her neighbors. Through these connections, she learns the importance of forgiveness, empathy, and perseverance. The novel also portrays the power of community and the ways in which people can come together to support one another in times of need.

I’m so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.

This book works so well because it takes an unconventional girl filled with hope and wonder in the world, a girl who loves Octobers, nature, beauty, kindred spirits and friends. One loyal and ambitious and full of daydreams. I think this calls to something in all of us, a type of hopeful wonder that the world is always beautiful despite whatever wrenches are thrown in the way. This isn’t the say Anne doesn’t have a funny, frightful temper or that she doesn’t hit with woes when warranted – actually she feels the intensity of lows as much as highs, making her a dramatic sort. This only makes her more endearing.

Overall, Anne of Green Gables is a charming and heartwarming novel that has stood the test of time. Its themes of love, friendship, and the joys of childhood continue to resonate with readers of all ages. Whether you are rediscovering the book or reading it for the first time, it is a delightful journey that is sure to leave you with a smile on your face.

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The Complete Anne of Green Gables Guide – Reading in Order

• July 22, 2023

Have you read the Anne of Green Gables books? Maybe you’ve seen movies or television shows ? Well did you know that Anne of Green Gables has an entire book series after it? I found the whole series on Amazon a few months ago and I fell in love. Then when I researched L. M. Montgomery (a Canadian Author) I was even more obsessed with Anne Shirley and her adventures through Prince Edward Island (in Nova Scotia, Canada) and beyond.

Anne of Green Gables is a collection of eight books, six of which revolve around Anne Shirley set in the late 1900’s, the other two books follow the adventures of Anne Shirley’s children. L.M. Montgomery also wrote two other collections of stories set in the same fictional world of Prince Edward Island that mention Anne Shirley. The series follows the life of an orphan named Anne Shirley and how she goes through everyday life with her optimistic and introspective outlook. Through it all we see her develop lifelong friends, get her first kiss, find true love, make tough decisions, and ultimately show a strength of character readers can’t help but identify with. Which is one reason her character is so beloved by all who know her.

Here is the complete chronological order for reading the Anne of Green Gables book series:

*Note I did list the links to all these books on Amazon individually, however, quite a few of the books are out of print or have different (not matching) covers and if you are like me, this will bother you to no end. So I highly recommend just buying the complete set listed here in Paperback & Hardcover editions or through the publisher directly . If you want to be really fancy I found a really neat collectors edition as well from Wordsworth . Some of the links below may be affiliate links, see my privacy policy and disclosures for more information.

The first book in the series is, of course, Anne of Green Gables. It follows the adventures of eleven-year-old Anne Shirley. Here is the book synopsis: Since her parents’ deaths, she’s bounced around to foster homes and orphanages. When she is sent by mistake to live with Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert at the snug white farmhouse called Green Gables, she wants to stay forever. But Anne is not the sturdy boy Matthew and Marilla were expecting.

She’s a mischievous, talkative redheaded girl with a fierce temper, who tumbles into one scrape after another. Anne is not like anybody else, the Cuthberts agree; she is special, a girl with an enormous imagination. All she’s ever wanted is to belong somewhere. And the longer she stays at Green Gables, the harder it is for anyone to imagine life without her.

You can add it to your Goodreads shelf or Amazon Wish list .

“There’s such a lot of different Annes in me. I sometimes think that is why I’m such a troublesome person. If I was just the one Anne it would be ever so much more comfortable, but then it wouldn’t be half so interesting.”

― L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables

The second book in the Adventures of Anne of Green Gables is called Anne of Avonlea. Anne Shirley is now in her late teens (16-18 years old) during the two years that she teaches at Avonlea school. When twelve-year-old Anne Shirley came to Avonlea, she quickly won everyone’s hearts. Now, she’s five years older, almost a woman, and about to embark on a new adventure: becoming the teacher in her old Avonlea school. It’s an exciting year as Anne struggles to win over all her students, welcomes two new members to her family, and feels the first stirrings of love.

You can add it to your Goodreads shelf or Amazon Wishlist .

“Well, we all make mistakes, dear, so just put it behind you. We should regret our mistakes and learn from them, but never carry them forward into the future with us.”

― L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Avonlea

The third book in the series is Anne of the Island . Anne Shirley has come a long way since her days as a mischievous orphan living in the house at Green Gables. New adventures lie ahead as Anne Shirley packs her bags, waves good-bye to childhood, and heads for Redmond College. With her old friend Prissy Grant waiting in the bustling city of Kingsport and her frivolous new friend Philippa Gordon at her side, Anne tucks her memories of rural Avonlea away and discovers life on her own terms, filled with surprises . . . including a marriage proposal from the worst fellow imaginable, the sale of her very first story, and a tragedy that teaches her a painful lesson. But tears turn to laughter when Anne and her friends move into an old cottage and an ornery black cat steals her heart. Little does Anne know that handsome Gilbert Blythe wants to win her heart, too. Suddenly Anne must decide whether she’s ready for love.

“Anne laughed.

“I don’t want sunbursts or marble halls, I just want you.”

― L.M. Montgomery, Anne of the Island

The fourth book in the Anne of Green Gables series is Anne of Windy Poplars (Or Anne of Windy Willows if you are from the UK or Australia).

Anne Shirley has left Redmond College behind to begin a new job and a new chapter of her life away from Green Gables. Now she faces a new challenge: the Pringles. They’re known as the royal family of Summerside—and they quickly let Anne know she is not the person  they  wanted as principal of Summerside High School. But as she settles into the cozy tower room at Windy Poplars, Anne finds she has great allies in the widow’s Aunt Kate and Aunt Chatty—and in their irrepressible housekeeper, Rebecca Dew. As Anne learns Summerside’s strangest secrets, winning the support of the prickly Pringles is only the first of her delicious triumphs.

Add it to your Goodreads shelf or your Amazon wishlist .

“You were never poor as long as you had something to love.”

― L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Windy Poplars

“Gilbert, I’m afraid I’m scandalously in love with you.”

Book five in the series is Anne’s House of Dreams.

Anne’s own true love, Gilbert Blythe, is finally a doctor, and in the sunshine of the old orchard, among their dearest friends, they are about to speak their vows. Soon the happy couple will be bound for a new life together and their own dream house, on the misty purple shores of Four Winds Harbor.

A new life means fresh problems to solve and fresh surprises. Anne and Gilbert will make new friends and meet their neighbors: Captain Jim, the lighthouse attendant, with his sad stories of the sea; Miss Cornelia Bryant, the lady who speaks from the heart—and speaks her mind; and the tragically beautiful Leslie Moore, into whose dark life Anne shines a brilliant light.

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“I’d like to add some beauty to life,” said Anne dreamily. “I don’t exactly want to make people KNOW more… though I know that IS the noblest ambition… but I’d love to make them have a pleasanter time because of me… to have some little joy or happy thought that would never have existed if I hadn’t been born.”

― L.M. Montgomery, Anne’s House of Dreams

The sixth book and the last one to focus mainly on Anne Shirley is Anne of Ingleside. Seven years on from ‘Anne’s House of Dreams’ the Blythe’s have set up home in a house they affectionately name Ingleside.

Anne is the mother of five, with never a dull moment in her lively home. And now, with a new baby on the way and insufferable Aunt Mary Maria visiting—and wearing out her welcome—Anne’s life is full to bursting.

Still, Mrs. Doctor can’t think of any place she’d rather be than her own beloved Ingleside. Until the day she begins to worry that her adored Gilbert doesn’t love her anymore. How could that be? She may be a little older, but she’s still the same irrepressible, irreplaceable redhead—the wonderful Anne of Green Gables, all grown up. She’s ready to make her cherished husband fall in love with her all over again!

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“It’s not what the world holds for you, it’s what you bring to it.” ― L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Ingleside

Book seven, Rainbow Valley. Follows the children of the beloved characters of Anne of Green Gables as they explore the countryside around their home. Anne Shirley is grown up, has married her beloved Gilbert, and is the mother of six mischievous children. These boys and girls discover a special place all their own, but they never dream of what will happen when a strange family moves into an old mansion nearby. The Meredith clan is two boys and two girls—and a runaway named Mary Vance. Soon the Merediths join Anne’s children in their private hideout, intent on carrying out their plans to save Mary from the orphanage, to help the lonely minister find happiness, and to keep a pet rooster from the soup pot. There’s always an adventure brewing in the sun-dappled world of Rainbow Valley.

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“It is never quite safe to think we have done with life. When we imagine we have finished our story fate has a trick of turning the page and showing us yet another chapter.”

― L. M. Montgomery, Rainbow Valley

Book eight, Rilla of Ingleside follows Anne Shirley’s daughter, Rilla, as she navigates the challenges and joys of coming of age during the tumultuous times of World War I. With its charming characters and poignant themes, this novel captures the enduring spirit of the Anne series.

Anne’s children are almost grown up, except for pretty, high-spirited Rilla. No one can resist her bright hazel eyes and dazzling smile. Rilla, almost fifteen, can’t think any further ahead than going to her very first dance at the Four Winds lighthouse and getting her first kiss from handsome Kenneth Ford. But undreamed-of challenges await the irrepressible Rilla when the world of Ingleside is endangered by a far-off war. Her brothers go off to fight, and Rilla brings home an orphaned newborn in a soup tureen. She is swept into a drama that tests her courage and changes her forever.

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“There was something in her movements that made you think she never walked but always danced.”

― L.M. Montgomery, Rilla of Ingleside

Book nine, not published until 2009, is a combination of short stories, articles, and essays that L.M. Montgomery wrote about the Blythe family. Titled “The Blythes Are Quoted” it is quite different from the other books as it deals with themes of adultery, illegitimacy, misogyny, revenge, murder, despair, bitterness, hatred, and death—usually not the first terms associated with L.M. Montgomery. But in The Blythe’s Are Quoted, completed shortly before Montgomery’s death, Montgomery brought these topics to the forefront in what she intended to be the ninth volume in her bestselling series featuring her beloved heroine, Anne. Divided into two sections, one set before and one after the Great War of 1914—1918, The Blythe’s Are Quoted contains fifteen episodes that include an adult Anne and her family. Binding these short stories, Montgomery inserted sketches featuring Anne and Gilbert Blythe discussing poems by Anne and their middle son, Walter, who dies as a soldier in the war. By blending poetry, prose, and dialogue, Montgomery was experimenting with storytelling methods in ways she had never attempted.

The Blythes Are Quoted is the last work of fiction by the internationally celebrated author of Anne of Green Gables. Intended by L.M. Montgomery to be the ninth volume in her bestselling series featuring her beloved heroine Anne – and delivered to her publisher on the very day she died – it has never before been published in its entirety. This rediscovered volume marks the final word of a writer whose work continues to fascinate readers all over the world.

Intended by Montgomery to be the ninth volume in her bestselling series featuring Anne Shirley Blythe, The Blythes Are Quoted takes Anne and her family a full two decades beyond anything else she published about them, and some of its subject matter is darker than we might expect.

Divided into two sections, one set before and one after the Great War of 1914–1918, it contains fifteen short stories set in and around the Blythes’ Prince Edward Island community of Glen St. Mary. Binding these stories are sketches featuring Anne and Gilbert Blythe discussing poems by Anne and their middle son, Walter, who dies as a soldier in the war. By blending together poetry, prose, and dialogue in this way, Montgomery was at the end of her career experimenting with storytelling methods in an entirely new manner.

This publication of Montgomery’s rediscovered original work – previously published only in severely abridged form as The Road to Yesterday – invites readers to return to her earlier books with a renewed appreciation and perspective.

You can easily find it on Goodreads or Amazon .

“Oh, what would the world be without youth? And yet it passes so quickly. We are old before we know it. We never believe it … and then someday we wake up and discover we are old.” ― L.M. Montgomery ,  The Blythes Are Quoted

The extra two books where Anne Shirley is mentioned are Chronicles of Avonlea and Further Chronicles of Avonlea.

On Prince Edward Island, where Anne Shirley grew up in the sea-sprayed town of Avonlea, there was no shortage of wonderful stories. There was the case of Ludovic Speed, who wouldn’t propose to the woman he had courted for fifteen years until Anne devised a plan to “speed” him up . . . if it didn’t backfire and break his heart. But no one could blame mischievous Anne for the hilarious battle of the sexes that erupted when a man-hating woman and her cat got quarantined in the same house with a woman-hating bachelor and his dog. From sprawling Penhallow Grange, where a family waits nearly forever for two quarreling lovers to break their stubborn silence, to the tumbledown farm of Old Man Shaw, who awaits the return of his beloved daughter, L. M. Montgomery has written twelve tales of secret hopes and hidden dreams, filled with enchantment and humor.

You can find the series on Goodreads or The Chronicles of Avonlea on Amazon

“Gossip, as usual, was one-third right and two-thirds wrong.”

― L.M. Montgomery, Chronicles of Avonlea

Further Chronicles of Avonlea – Nestled between the ocean and the hills of Prince Edward Island is a road. This road leads to the house—Green Gables—where a girl named Anne grew up, and to the wonderful place called Avonlea.

In this second volume of heartwarming tales by L. M. Montgomery, a Persian cat plays an astonishing part in a marriage proposal; a ghostly appearance in a garden leads a woman to the fulfillment of her youthful dreams; a young girl risks losing her mother to find the father she never knew; and a foolish lie threatens to make an unattached woman a laughingstock when an imaginary lover actually comes to town. Filled with warmth, humor, and mystery, these unforgettable stories re-create the enchanting world of Avonlea.

You can find the series on Goodreads and or this book on Amazon .

“There’s a kind of failure that’s the best success” ― L.M. Montgomery, Further Chronicles of Avonlea

And of course, all the books in the Anne of Green Gables series are available in audiobook format for you to enjoy as well. I enjoyed the Oasis Audios version of  Anne of Avonlea .

Other ways to enjoy Anne of Green Gables

Now if you are like me and just a bit obsessed with the wonderful world that L. M. Montgomery created and you don’t want it to end, there are options! If you want more book recommendations, I suggest you check out Rachel Dodge’s The Anne of Green Gables Devotional: A Chapter-by-Chapter Companion for Kindred Spirits . It highlights the beautiful meaning of friendship and has some wonderful illustrations too! I also recommend checking out Lucy Maud Montgomery: The Gift of Wings by Mary Henley Rubio & After Anne: A Novel of Lucy Maud Montgomery’s Life by Logan Steiner if you’d like a look at the life of L.M. Montgomery and how she came to write Anne of Green Gables.

There have also been several cookbooks published about Anne of Green Gables you can check out too! My personal favorite has been The Anne of Green Gables Cookbook: Charming Recipes from Anne and Her Friends in Avonlea by Kate Macdonald. But the Cooking with “Anne” Gift Kit direct from the publisher is also neat. It comes with a cookbook, a Victorian CD to get you in the mood, plus salt and pepper shakers as well.

If books just aren’t your thing, they have made the entire series into movies and adapted it into a television series as well. Both of which I highly recommend checking out.

It starts with Anne of Green Gables , followed by Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel , and Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story , the last movie completely changes the cast and was made decades later and is called Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning . There is also a spin-off tv series called Road To Avonlea that I am obsessed with. It has seven seasons and is binge-worthy. I also know that PBS has done a spin-off version of the television series as well but I have yet to watch it, however, the Amazon reviews are very positive.

All in all, it’s easy to see why Anne of Green Gables continues to capture the imaginations of entire generations. L.M. Montgomery put hopes and dreams, trials and triumphs, and life Into this series in spectacular and memorable ways. I hope that her writing will continue to inspire people from all walks of life to look on the bright side and remember, “You can nearly always enjoy things if you make up your mind firmly that you will.”- L.M. Montgomery. And while Anne of Green Gables was written for a younger audience every age group will enjoy going on adventures with Anne Shirley.

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Anne of Green Gables (Montgomery) - Discussion Questions

Discussion Questions 1. In chapter 2, when Matthew is driving Anne back to Green Gables, she asks him: “Isn’t it splendid to think of all the things there are to find out about? It just makes me feel glad to be alive” (p. 16). Given her tragic childhood, how do you think Anne is able to maintain such a positive attitude? 2. From the moment she arrives in Avonlea, Anne is insistent on renaming places and inanimate things. Barry’s Pond, for example, becomes “The Lake of Shining Waters” and Marilla’s geranium becomes “Bonny.” Why do you think she does this?  3. Marilla gives several reasons for finally deciding to keep Anne. What reason do you think most changed her mind?  4. “Scope for imagination” is a characteristic that Anne treasures highly in others. Discuss the role of imagination in the novel. How does it shape Anne’s time at Green Gables? How does it evolve in other characters around her?  5. Good behavior is very important to Marilla and very difficult for Anne. From where do you think each derives her moral code? How do both characters change, when it comes to behavior? Think, in particular, of Anne’s confessions.  6. Anne is a remarkably compassionate child and is able to forgive even those who have judged her unfairly, such as Mrs. Rachel Lynde or Mrs. Barry. Why, then, do you think she holds such a grudge against Gilbert Blythe?  7. Why is it so important to Anne to have a dress with puffed sleeves? Why is it important to Matthew?  8. When Anne is at Queen’s College, she thinks: “All the Beyond was hers with its possibilities lurking rosily in the oncoming years—each year a rose of promise to be woven into an immortal chaplet” (p. 266). How is this message both hopeful and sad? How do you think Anne’s conceptions of the future change throughout the book?  9. Discuss Anne’s reaction to Matthew’s death. How do you think it shows her maturation? How, if at all, do you think she was prepared for it?  10. At the end of the book, Rachel Lynde tells Marilla, “There’s a good deal of the child about her yet in some ways,” and Marilla responds by saying, “There’s a good deal more of the woman about her in others” (p. 285). What do you make of her comment? How has Anne changed during her time at Green Gables? How has she stayed the same? ( Questions issued by publisher .)

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Anne of Green Gables – Book Report

The book I chose for my book report is Anne of Green Gables. It is written by L. M Montgomery. I really liked this book. This book is a fiction book. It was funny in some parts. Anne is a really funny character and I liked reading about what she would do next.

The main characters are Anne Shirley, Marilla, Matthew, Diana, and Gilbert. Anne is an orphan who has a wild imagination and loves to talk. She has red hair and freckles She is adopted by Matthew and Marilla. Matthew is a shy, old man and is very kind. His sister is Marilla. Marilla is very protective of Anne. She loves her very much, but doesn’t want to tell her. Diana is a very pretty young girl who is Anne’s best friend. Gilbert is a boy whom all the girls like, except for Anne. He gets on her nerves all of the time.

The story takes place on Prince Edward Island in Canada. It also takes place in the town of Avonlea. The home that Anne, Matthew, and Marilla is called Green Gables.

The story begins when Matthew and Marilla want to adopt a boy. Instead, when Matthew goes to Carmody to get him, he finds that there is a girl instead. Her name is Anne Shirley.

He takes her anyway and Marilla gets mad. She tries to give her to someone else, but they don’t like her so Marilla decides to keep her. Anne met Diana one day. They become best friends. One the first day of school, Anne met Gilbert Blythe. He made Anne so mad by calling her carrots she hit him over the head with her slate and broke it. She never forgave him for saying that about her. One day Anne has Dianna over to her house and Diana drinks raspberry cordial and gets drunk. Anne gets in trouble and she can’t see Diana anymore. She couldn’t talk to her. A while later, Anne is at her home when she sees Diana running towards the door. She says that her sister is sick and Anne goes to Diana’s house and helps get her sister better. Matthew called the doctor. After that, Anne was allowed to see Diana again. Diana had a birthday party and the girls started to play truth or dare.

Anne got a dare to walk across the roof. She fell and broke her ankle and had to moss the first part of school. When Anne went back to school there was a new teacher who let them put on a concert of singing, acting, and music. One day, Anne tried to dye her hair black, but instead dyed it green. She had to cut her hair really short. Anne got into Queens and also tied with Gilbert Blythe to get the Avery scholarship. Anne came home that summer and decided not to go back to Queens because Marilla’s eyesight was getting worse. She got a job to teach at a school in White Sands. She meets Gilbert one day on her way home to Green Gables. She finally forgives him for calling her carrots. They walked back to Green Gables together.

I really liked this book. It was really good and I enjoyed reading it. I always was up for what Anne might do next. I would recommend it to anyone.

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Ready for an Anne of Green Gables party?

Food and Drink!

Here’s a recipe for raspberry cordial  (and it’s actually raspberry cordial — not currant wine — but if you want to get naughty you can make a Dirty Anne Shirley cocktail ).

You can serve your yummy drinks with Marilla’s Plum Pudding , Anne’s Plum Puffs , and  Anne’s Liniment Cake (which you make with vanilla, not with liniment).

Decorations!

Invitations :

Cupcake toppers :

Totally twee bunting :

Heart-shaped confetti :

Party Favours!

Bumper stickers :

Bookmarks :

And then all you have to do is remember Anne’s advice about parties…

“It’s been my experience that you can nearly always enjoy things if you make up your mind firmly that you will.”

… and guests.

“Kindred spirits are not so scarce as I used to think. It’s splendid to find out there are so many of them in the world.”

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