Marilla and Matthew Cuthbert are expecting a boy to arrive from the orphanage. They have requested a strong, well-mannered lad to help with the tiring farm work of Green Gables. So they are more than a little surprised when they open the door to a spindly, red-haired girl standing there instead. They are even more shocked to discover that Anne Shirly is no meek, shy orphan, but a feisty, relentlessly chatty girl with a boundless imagination.Initially skeptical of this strange child, Marilla and Matthew are soon won over by Anne's irrepressible enthusiasm, and before long it is hard for them to imagine a life without her. But in the close-knit community of Avonlea, Anne stands out like a sore thumb. Though she befriends a gentle girl called Diana, she makes a fast enemy of golden-boy Gilbert Blythe, who makes the mistake of teasing her about her bright red hair. For Anne is strong willed and quick-tempered, and if she isn't careful, that temper will land her in heaps of trouble...



Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874 - 1942) was a celebrated Canadian author best known for her classic 1908 novel, Anne of Green Gables, which drew on her own girlhood experiences and on the rural life and traditions of Prince Edward Island. In total, Montgomery wrote eight novels about Anne Shirley, following her all the way from girlhood to motherhood.



Within months of the book's publication Anne became a classic heroine for any little girl who has ever fretted about her looks, hungered for Art and Beauty, and pursued long words in the hope they would become her special friends



Anne of Green Gables has enchanted four generations of children and their elders since the world's most widely read Canadian novel was first published in Boston in 1908



Anne is a captivating heroine, a whirlwind of energy and good intentions