Anne of Green Gables (Wordsworth Collector's Editions)

Anne Shirley is an eleven-year-old orphan who has hung on determinedly to an optimistic spirit and a wildly creative imagination through her early deprivations. She erupts into the lives of aging brother and sister Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert, a girl instead of the boy they had sent for. Thus begins a story of transformation for all three; indeed the whole rural community of Avonlea comes under Anne's influence in some way. We see her grow from a girl to a young woman of sixteen, making her mistakes, and not always learning from them. Intelligent, hot-headed as her own red hair, unwilling to take a moral truth as read until she works it out for herself, she must also face grief and loss and learn the true meaning of love. Part Tom Sawyer, part Jane Eyre, by the end of Anne of Green Gables, Anne has become the heroine of her own story.

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448 pages

Average rating: 9.31

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DogLovingBookworm
Mar 23, 2025
10/10 stars
This is one of my favorite books ever. I love L.M. Montgomery! I highly recommend this book.
reneete
Feb 22, 2024
10/10 stars
So wholesome and charming. Anne completely won me over with her bubbly personality, innocent wickedness, and beautiful view of the world. Feels like I missed out by reading this for the first time in my twenties, but nevertheless, it was such a comfort read, entirely captivating.
Henry(tv)
Sep 26, 2022
10/10 stars
An absolutely beautiful story of a girl coming of age and faces life’s challenges in her own innovative ways; would highly recommend!

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