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She is an orphan with red hair and freckles, and "hasn't a pick on her bones". It is taped and glued, and the pages are yellowed and worn, but I wouldn't trade my copy with a brand new one. She wins the Avery Scholarship, however, and then she decides to go on to Redmond College. But, when Matthew arrives at Bright River station, he finds that a queer mistake occurred -- instead of a boy, there is a girl. I got them on May 21st, 2007, and I was glued to them till I finished the entire series.
In this book, the first in the series, Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert of Green Gables in Avonlea send for a boy around 11 or 12 years old to help around the farm since Matthew is getting up in years. The characters are superb, and the scenery couldn't be better depicted. I enjoyed it beyond belief, and I knew that I just had to purchase the whole series from Amazon. But, she has a huge imagination, a heart of love, and she dreams of the day when she can call herself Anne of Green Gables.Marilla, however, is opposed to keeping her, but eventually gives in to Matthew's pleading.
Anne's plans however are disrupted when Matthew dies suddenly, and Anne is forced with the decision of either staying with Marilla to save Marilla's eyesight, or going to college. She has the ability to make books come alive like no one else. This is the timeless heroine -- beloved and endearing Anne Shirley (spelled with an E). Anne makes a lifelong friend, Diana Barry, a girl with black hair and rosy cheeks, and she and Anne both become "kindred spirits" and bosom friends. Really, the Anne of Green Gables series are my favorites, and I beg you to purchase them all -- not only Anne of Green Gables, but the whole series.
If you haven't read Anne of Green Gables before, you're in for a treat.I first read this book when I borrowed it from the library. In the back of this book is a map of Prince Edward Island and a biography by Caroline Parry. My book has held up very well despite all the readings it has gone through. It definitely looks very well loved.Lucy Maud Montgomery is my favorite author. Handsome Gilbert Blythe, while trying to make Anne look at him, grabs her braid and whispers "Carrots." Anne grabs her slate and cracks it over Gilbert's head. I assure you that if you do, you will not once regret it. I have been an avid Anne fan ever since.
I hope that my review has been helpful to you, and that it has given you an idea about what this book is truly about.-P. They swear this oath in the Barry garden: "I solemnly swear to be faithful to my bosom friend, Diana Barry, as long as the sun and moon shall endure." (page 87)Anne then goes to Avonlea school where her temper gets the better of her. Anne never wants to associate with him again.Well, Anne is always getting into scrapes -- dyeing her hair a disastrous green, nearly drowning while playing the Lilly Maid, forgetting to put flour in a cake, imagining so much she forgets to tell Marilla a mouse fell into the pudding sauce, falling off the Barry's kitchen roof while walking the ridgepole, and then setting Diana drunk on currant wine which Anne believed to be Raspberry Cordial.Nearing the end of the book, Anne, at 16, goes to Queen's Academy to become a teacher. The story is truly unforgettable. Charles
It is the most heart warming tale of an orphan girl who come to live with a single woman and her brother. When she grows up she wants everything to stay the same and learn the hard way that that is impossible. She has to earn the woman's love but her brother loved Anne from the start. The girl with red hair and a personality to go with gets in all kind of mischievousness with her friend. This is a truly awesome book and you should let all your daughters read it. A must have in your library.Anna del C.Author of "The Silent Warrior Trilogy"http://www.annadelc.com The Elf and The Princess: The Silent Warrior Trilogy - Book OneTrouble in the Elf City: The Silent Warrior Trilogy - Book Two
My daughters and I really enjoyed listening to this classic literature in long car rides. The story combined with the enchanting music made it all the more endearing.
However, there is a mistake and instead the awkward, idealistic Anne winds up in their home. What girlhood is complete without the charming adventures of one of literature's most spritely heroines, Anne [with an e] Shirley. She's an orphan who lives romantic dreams and is not afraid to speak her mind. I've read this book time and time again since I was a child, and I still cannot get over just how much character and heart can be splashed into a single novel. In the lovely world of a Victorian Canada the Cuthberts, an elderly brother and sister, decided to adopt a boy to help with farm work. She sounds irritating, but she is a fantastic, well-rounded character, as is everyone else. Anne quickly makes a name and a place for herself in her new home as she grows up through all the usual horrors of adolescence.
Though wanting to be good, Anne spends most of her time dreaming about "romantic" things such as a beautiful pond near by which she named the Lake of Shining Waters, and the demons and goblins that live in the Haunted Wood. I had never read this book for fear that it would be too much like Little House on the Prairie which I had heard were heartwarming books where nothing much ever happened. Though Anne of Green Gables is certainly heartwarming and describes the interesting but not action packed life of a young girl, Anne's character is not the ordinary sweet little girl that you might expect to read about. Her chatter fills the entire book and barely a page goes by without her contemplating some fantastical thought. This is a beautifully written novel and there needs to be no wondering as to why it has endured for the one hundred years that it has.
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