Featured title on PBS’s The Great American Read in 2018

Eleven-year-old orphan Anne Shirley has just arrived at Green Gables, and already her guardians want to send her back. First, she’s not the boy the Cuthberts expected. Second, she talks too much. And even with her generous spirit, the redhead’s a trouble magnet. She gets the neighbor drunk and nearly poisons the pastor!

Still, despite a rocky start, the fiery Anne wins over her guardians and her new community. She enjoys life at Green Gables, excels in school, and earns a coveted scholarship. But when tragedy hits, Anne must choose between her dreams and the only home she’s ever known.

In this beloved coming-of-age story, Lucy Maud Montgomery drew from her own experiences growing up in Canada during the nineteenth century to introduce generations of readers to one of literature’s most original and inspiring characters.

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Revised edition: Previously published as Anne of Green Gables, this edition of Anne of Green Gables (AmazonClassics Edition) includes editorial revisions.

Canadian-born author Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874–1942) is best known for her Anne of Green Gables series. The first installment in the series, Anne of Green Gables, was published in 1908 and made Montgomery an international literary star. She went on to write twenty more novels, 530 short stories, five hundred poems, and thirty essays. She was given the Order of the British Empire by Great Britain’s King George V and named a National Historic Person by the Canadian federal government. Her childhood home and surrounding area on Prince Edward Island, where Anne of Green Gables takes place, are designated historic sites and popular tourist destinations.

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