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Three stories about Anne from her stay at Green Gables to her career days.
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LibraryThing member benjfrank
When I read this so many years ago, I thought Anne was a female Tom Sawyer. The greatest difference was that the trouble Anne got into was largely accidental, whereas Tom's was his own doing. Both are wonderful books, but Anne had a heart that can be found no where else in literature.
My wife and I
My wife and I
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read this book together, loved her spirit, and gave her name to our middle daughter as a middle name. And we definitely spelled it Anne with an E. Show Less
LibraryThing member kgriffith
A wonderful series for the dreamers, the thinkers, the kindred spirits. Anne is a quirky, fanciful girl who becomes more lovable and endearing with each passing year's account. Engaging story lines, excellent character development, and lovely settings immediately draw you into Anne's world, and a
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beautiful one it is. Show Less
LibraryThing member hemmest
I was sitting at the round table at church with some young people over a Sunday noon meal at church. A young lady made a reference to Anne Shirley, and I said, “Anne who?” Her jaw dropped. You’ve never read Anne of Green Gables?!” I confessed I hadn’t. It was on my bookshelf at home,
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though, and I put it on my mental “To Read list. I finally got around to it, and I’m glad I did. Anne Shirley is an orphan who is brought to the Cuthbert home by mistake. Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert, elderly brother and sister, are looking for a young boy to help around the farm, but the orphanage sends Anne instead. She is almost sent back, but is so crestfallen at the prospect that they pity and keep her. Most of the book is taken up with Anne’s antics and escapades, from which she learns to grow up, and Marilla learns to parent. The parenting is the more important, it seems. The moral seems to be that for girls growing up there are certain things they must and will learn, and for adults there are some things to learn about parenting that they must, but don’t necessarily learn. The lessons are quite good, though. “Folks that has brought up children know that there’s no hard and fast method in the world that’ll suit every child. But them as never have think it’s all as plain and easy as Rule of Three – just set your three terms down so fashion, and the sum’ll work out correct. But flesh and blood don’t come under the head of arithmetic…” Add in some small town busybodies and romance, and it’s a cute little story. Some of the writing is a bit formulaic. Each chapter starts with a paragraph of rhetorical flourish describing nature, moves on to some action or event, and closes reflecting on that event. But all in all a good read for an 8 year old girl like mine. Show Less
LibraryThing member sunnydrk
Anne is just so captivating. One of the best stories. The characters, the dialogue, the description of the scenery. Everything is divine. It never grows old reading about Anne, her family, friends and her life.
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Original publication date
1908-06
Local notes
Includes Anne of Green Gables, Anne of Avonlea, and Anne’s house of dreams
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| F MON |
Pages
xvi; 634