“There's such a lot of different Annes in me. I sometimes think that is why I'm such a troublesome person. If I was just the one Anne it would be ever so much more comfortable, but then it wouldn't be half so interesting.”
Elderly siblings Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert apply to adopt a young orphan boy to help them out on their farm in Prince Edward Island. When Matthew arrives at the train station, he discovers that the orphanage has made a mistake – they sent a skinny 11-year-old redhead named Anne Shirley instead. Through friendships, rivalries, and baking disasters, Anne grows from precocious to purposeful as she creates a space for herself among the residents of Avonlea.
A coming-of-age story about following the beat of your own drum – regardless of what others may say – Anne of Green Gables was featured on PBS Reads as one of America’s best-loved novels, and inspired the hit TV series Anne with an E.
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