Following the success of her first novel, Montgomery went on to write seven more books about Anne, following the beloved protagonist through adulthood and motherhood. Several novels in the series have been adapted and made into a successful television miniseries. Montgomery museums, plays, and houses on Prince Edward Island draw international visitors.
Anne of Green Gables was first published by L. Anne of Green Gables spawned a slew of sequels and five other related novels, not to mention any number of film and TV adaptations. Not all of the sequels are great reads like this one - they start getting progressively more sappy - but I do recommend the first four books in this series if you liked this one.
View all 21 comments. This story is cute, touching, heart-warming, tear-jerking. In other words, a classic! The target audience is definitely not me. I would say it would be perfect for a teenage girl living in Canada in the early s. That makes sense, because that is exactly what Anne is!
However, the point of this obvious detail is that sometimes it is fun to read a classic and try to put your mind in the mindset of who it was written for at the time. A couple of the storylines seemed silly or to not make sense, This story is cute, touching, heart-warming, tear-jerking. A couple of the storylines seemed silly or to not make sense, but if I stopped and changed my mindset, it would click.
A bit of a history lesson combined with a well written story. If you haven't read this before, give it a shot and maybe you will find your inner early s Canadian teenager! View all 28 comments. Anne of Green Gables, L. Written for all ages, it has been considered a children's novel since the mid-twentieth century.
It recounts the adventures of Anne Shirley, an year-old orphan girl who is mistakenly sent to Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert, a middle-aged brother and sister who had intended to adopt a boy to help them on their farm in the fictional town of Avonlea on Prince Edward Anne of Green Gables, L. It recounts the adventures of Anne Shirley, an year-old orphan girl who is mistakenly sent to Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert, a middle-aged brother and sister who had intended to adopt a boy to help them on their farm in the fictional town of Avonlea on Prince Edward Island.
The novel recounts how Anne makes her way with the Cuthberts, in school, and within the town. View all 5 comments. I'm only just pruned down and branched out. The real me —back here—is just the same. It won't make a bit of difference where I go or how much I change outwardly; at heart I shall always be your little Anne, who will love you and Matthew and dear Green Gables more and bette 4.
It won't make a bit of difference where I go or how much I change outwardly; at heart I shall always be your little Anne, who will love you and Matthew and dear Green Gables more and better every day of her life. Pre-review: You know what? I've been wanting to reread these books for probably a decade, and I'm still inexplicably battling my ever present book funk, so I'm just gonna do it. Gilbert Blythe, you were my first and best book boyfriend. See you soon ; I'm a sucker for a celebrity-narrated audiobook if you haven't checked out Maggie Gyllenhaal's reading of The Bell Jar , do that now!
It's wonderful to read a story that, for the most part, is extremely uplifting. There's hardly anything truly terrible that happens in this story, and that's quite refreshing.
Granted, it is a children's novel and I never read Anne's story when I was younger, so when I heard that Rachel McAdams was narrating the first in the series I knew I had to give it a go. Granted, it is a children's novel and from the early 's—so it has that moralistic quality to it wherein each incident Anne undergoes resolves itself with a lesson learned.
But it was delightful, and Anne's optimism is contagious. Rachel McAdams also does a great job at encapsulating that attitude; I felt like I could hear her smile. If, like me, you've never given Anne's story a chance, I can highly recommend the audiobook route. And I'm definitely going to continue listening to this series, especially when I'm in need of a pick-me-up.
Dec 14, Maureen rated it really liked it. Another fantastic reread. Feeling very nostalgic this year, and classics like this are a breath of fresh air! View all 30 comments. What a lovely little book! There were a million excerpts I wanted to add but maybe at a later date. Happy Reading! View all 10 comments. I grew up watching these movies because my mom just absolutely loves them but I've never really been that interested in reading the book. I knew I'd read it someday but it wasn't a top priority at all.
I had to read this for my can lit course this semester and boy am I ever glad for that. I absolutely adored this story. Anne is such a darling and she just makes me look at "I don't know what lies around the bend, but I'm going to believe that the best does.
Anne is such a darling and she just makes me look at the world differently and want to use my imagination more, she makes me feel like a kid again. I loved all the characters and the writing was fantastic. The ending just made me want to read the rest of the series! View 2 comments. Jun 25, Lisa rated it it was amazing Shelves: children. Which books changed me as a reader? But I doubt that is the case for most of us.
They are more often the effect of falling in love with an entirely different kind of book, a root cause leading all the way to tackling Ulysses. One of the most inspiring books I read as a young girl was the seemingly endless series of Anne with an "e" , who has all the odds against her, and Which books changed me as a reader?
One of the most inspiring books I read as a young girl was the seemingly endless series of Anne with an "e" , who has all the odds against her, and yet grows up to be a loving, caring, independent and determined woman who consistently follows the path her heart and brain dictate to her, even or especially when it goes against the narrow conventions of her conservative environment.
She doesn't win the hearts of her community by being sweet and subdued and grateful, though. She wins them by showing bravery and creativity! She taught me to love the poem "The Lady of Shalott", and I learned it by heart with her! She taught me small town prejudice and the value of education to stand above pettiness. She taught me that love can exist in the strangest of places, and I think I loved her in the same way her shy stepfather Matthew did.
She taught me that one can be wrong and still get it right. Lucy Maud Montgomery taught me the power of storytelling to change the hearts of adolescents who are reading and living in the world of fiction.
For I have grown up in rural Canada a century ago. Yes, I have, several times! On either side the river lie long fields of barley and of rye View all 26 comments. Every edition of this book is truly beautiful. One I really should have read when I was younger. View all 27 comments.
Click here to watch a video review of this book on my channel, From Beginning to Bookend. Eleven-year-old Anne Shirley is an orphan girl in need of a family. First pub Click here to watch a video review of this book on my channel, From Beginning to Bookend. First published in , Anne of Green Gables has long enchanted readers, young and old alike.
How could it not with such an effervescent heroine at its heart? Montgomery crafts such stunning descriptions of the terrain that her prose risks outshining Anne. With descriptive language that titillates the senses and the imagination, Montgomery brings the rustic setting of Avonlea to life. The air was sweet with the breath of many apple orchards and the meadows sloped away in the distance to horizon mists of pearl and purple. Wild cherry trees and rose bushes grow unfettered, and the birds are always singing, but one gets the sense that Anne Shirley could find happiness and adventure no matter where she goes, whether she be surrounded by beauty or not.
At every turn, her personality overflows and her indomitable spirit knows no bounds. You can nearly always enjoy things if you make up your mind firmly that you will. Anne is a loquacious child with long-winded stints of dialogue. This trait was less noticeable when reading the book as a young girl and proved slightly annoying during this re-read as an adult. Like most quiet folks he liked talkative people when they were willing to do the talking themselves and did not expect him to keep up his end of it.
Be he had never expected to enjoy the society of a little girl. Rachel Lynde. Women were bad enough in all conscience, but little girls were worse. He detested the way they had of sidling past him timidly, with sidewise glances, as if they expected him to gobble them up at a mouthful if they ventured to say a word.
Here sat Marilla Cuthbert, when she sat at all, always slightly distrustful of sunshine, which seemed to her too dancing and irresponsible a thing for a world which was meant to be taken seriously. Marilla insists that Anne be returned to the orphanage.
We want a boy to help Matthew on the farm. A girl would be of no use to us. What good would she be to us? But Anne and trouble go together like spring flowers and honey bees. If Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert can find it in their hearts to cherish this little girl, their lives will be made richer for it.
And if Anne can stay out of trouble, she might just find a loving home in a beautiful place. With lovely prose and an unforgettable heroine, Anne of Green Gables is an endearing book brimming with scope for the imagination. A Beautiful Dreamer As charming as she is Anne of Green Gables makes you fall in love with her not for her wit, but for her wholehearted love of life and the beauty of this world. She hates and loves with intense power for a little girl. I cried and smiled often during this story and I am so glad I finally read it.
Shelves: favorites , classics-i-ve-read , best-books-i-ve-ever-read. Full review now posted! But better late than never, right? Anne Shirley reminds me so much of myself as a child, minus the red hair. Anne adores Green Gables, the little farm where she comes to reside in Avonlea. She loves Matthew and Marilla, the siblings who take her in. When I was a little girl, I was always naming parts of our land and pretending they were far away places.
I have always been incredibly thankful to have been raised in the country, where my imagination could run wild every single day. And I see that same thankfulness in Anne Shirley.
We are without a doubt kindred spirits, even if she is fictional. Another thing I have in common with Anne is a passion for stories, both the reading and the telling of them. There is something magical about the ability of letters on a page to create something new in the minds of whoever reads them.
Anne of Green Gables is no different. If I could reach into the world of fiction and adopt any literary orphan, Anne would be one of my top two picks alongside Harry Potter. Kindred spirits are hard to find, but I definitely found one in Anne of Green Gables. Also, isn't this edition lovely?! For more of my reviews, as well as my own fiction and thoughts on life, check out my blog, Celestial Musings. View all 11 comments.
May 20, Apatt rated it it was amazing Shelves: classics , fave-classics. And I can hear the brook laughing all the way up here. Have you ever noticed what cheerful things brooks are? I shall always like to remember that there is a brook at Green Gables even if I never see it again. I never can be in the morning. But I feel very sad.
It was a great comfort while it lasted. But the worst of imagining things is that the time comes when you have to stop and that hurts. Not only does she never shut up, the twee nonsense she was carping on and on about made me cringe so hard I thought I was going to morph into an accordion. Fiddlesticks indeed!
There is something rather compelling about the narrative which I could not quite put my finger on at that point, so I kept on reading. I am glad I did. This is going to make me sound terribly ignorant but I never heard of Anne of Green Gables until I read that Netflix was about to air a new adaptation of it. This piqued my interest because it is clearly not a kickass show like most of their recent series. Then I looked up the book on Librivox.
That sealed the deal for me; it is free to read or listen to after all, there is no risk in giving it a shot. First published in Anne of Green Gables is about an orphan named Anne Shirley who is adopted by an old woman called Marilla Cuthbert and her brother Matthew.
They wanted to adopt a boy to help Matthew with his farm work but through some kind of snafu, the orphanage sent them a girl instead. Pastoral mayhem ensues. I also enjoy the episodic scrapes she gets into over several chapters: almost breaking her neck, almost drowning, accidentally dyeing her hair green, breaking a slate over a boy's head etc.
There is an identical process going on in Anne of Green Gables with the hitherto terse and practical Marilla. I love this theme and enjoyed reading about her gradual transformation. The timeline of the book also spans more years than I expected, I thought it was going to be about Anne getting into scrapes after scrapes until the book ends somehow, and that would have been alright with me.
For instance, Anne screams at Mrs. Rachel for teasing her of her red hair. Prior to living at Green Gables, Anne had no friends and hence she was very lonely, Anne resorted to making up imaginary mates. Gilbert took every chance to make fun of Anne, which enraged Anne and made her furious! This sparked a strong clash and contest between the two throughout their school life which continued until the end of the story. Anne matures in the story, losing some of the funny quirks and peculiarity as a child, Anne works diligently to achieve her best results in her academic studies.
In this amazing series, you get to learn the significant things of life even for someone as young as Anne, the reader will learn the importance of having fun, being yourself, working hard for what you want, real friendship, romance, and making compromises. Anne of Green Gables was written by Lucy Maud Montgomery, it was originally written for readers of all ages, and it is considered as one of the most classic novels since the mid 20th century.
Since the publication of the series, it has been translated into more than 36 languages and sold more than 50 million copies worldwide, this makes the series one of the bestselling books in the world.
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