Before Green Gables

Before she arrived at Green Gables, Anne Shirley had a difficult early life. Orphaned as a baby, she is sent from one foster home to the next and escapes from her dark reality through the power of her vivid imagination. Curious, inventive, and outspoken, even at a young age, Anne battles to make a life for herself by searching out kindred spirits, finding solace in her books, and dreaming of the day she has a family of her own. Award-winning author Budge Wilson brings young Anne vibrantly to life in this fully authorized prequel to the much-loved Anne of Green Gables.

Anne Shirley is a fictional character introduced in the 1908 novel Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery. The central character, Anne, an orphaned girl, made Montgomery famous in her lifetime and gave her an international following. The first novel was followed by a series of sequels with Anne as the central character._x000D_ This collections includes:_x000D_ Anne of Green Gables (1908)_x000D_ Anne of Avonlea (1909)_x000D_ Anne of the Island (1915)_x000D_ Anne's House of Dreams (1917)_x000D_ Rainbow Valley (1919)_x000D_ Rilla of Ingleside (1921)_x000D_ Chronicles of Avonlea (1912)_x000D_ Further Chronicles of Avonlea (1920)_x000D_ Anne of Windy Poplars (1936)_x000D_ Anne of Ingleside (1939)_x000D_ The Story Girl (1911)_x000D_ The Golden Road (Sequel to The Story Girl, 1913)_x000D_ Kilmeny of the Orchard (1910)_x000D_ The Watchman and Other Poems (1916)_x000D_ Collected Letters_x000D_ The Alpine Path: The Story of My Career

The beautiful Anne of Green Gables Collection brings together the first three books from the enchanting Anne of Green Gables series. When eleven-year-old Anne Shirley is mistakenly sent to Green Gables Farm in place of the boy they requested, elderly brother and sister Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert decide to give the little girl a chance. Full of chatter and equipped with a vivid imagination, Anne makes steadfast friends and classroom enemies as she settles into her new life in Avonlea. First published between 1908 and 1915, the Anne of Green Gables books tell the fanciful tale of how a stubborn and wildly imaginative orphan whirls her way into the peaceful Avonlea community. Armed with a quick wit and fiery personality, it’s not long before Anne has to tackle life’s many challenges as she grows from a young girl into a charming young lady, in the first three volumes of this endearing coming of age story. With themes of friendship, nature, morality and ambition, the Anne of Green Gables series has been a well-loved staple in children’s literature for over a century. This collection from Read & Co. Books features the first three books in the Anne of Green Gables series, Anne of Green Gables, Anne of Avonlea and Anne of the Island, and also includes an introductory biography of the author, Lucy Maud Montgomery.

The series of novels based on the character of the young orphan Anne Shirley is one of the best selling fiction series worldwide. The stories have been adapted for TV and cinema productions and much more. This edition contains the following novels, all ranked in the order of Anne's age: Anne Of Green Gables Anne Of Avonlea Anne Of The Island Anne Of Windy Poplars Anne's House of Dreams Anne Of Ingleside Rainbow Valley Rilla of Ingleside This is the extended and annotated edition including an autobiographical annotation by the author herself.

This collection of essays brings together passionate readers and literary critics from Canada, the US, Japan, and Australia. The essays ruminate on readers’ individual and collective relationships to one of the most iconic characters of Western literature: Anne of Green Gables. This relationship is imagined and interrogated through a range of critical and creative lenses, including studies of fan culture, translation, adaptation and imagination. The collection is unique in inviting responses that draw deeply on personal connections to Anne, and the ways that readers’ relationships to her have shifted over time. The book will appeal most particularly to readers seeking essays and other works that bridge the divide between a critical and a more personal response to ‘our Anne girl’.

This carefully crafted ebook: "The Complete Unabridged Anne Shirley Stories" contains 14 books in one volume and is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Anne Shirley is a fictional character introduced in the 1908 novel Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery. The central character, Anne, an orphaned girl, made Montgomery famous in her lifetime and gave her an international following. The first novel was followed by a series of sequels with Anne as the central character. Table of contents: Anne of Green Gables (1908) Anne of Avonlea (1909) Anne of the Island (1915) Anne's House of Dreams (1917) Rainbow Valley (1919) Rilla of Ingleside (1921) Chronicles of Avonlea (1912) Further Chronicles of Avonlea (1920) Anne of Windy Poplars (1936) Anne of Ingleside (1939) The Story Girl (1911) The Golden Road (Sequel to The Story Girl, 1913) Kilmeny of the Orchard (1910) The Watchman and Other Poems (1916) Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874 0́3 1942), was a Canadian author best known for a series of novels beginning with Anne of Green Gables. Montgomery went on to publish 20 novels as well as 530 short stories, 500 poems, and 30 essays.

Anne of Green Gables Novels and Chronicles of Avonlea are certainly the most beloved books of all time, classics of Children's/Young Adult Literature. They recount the adventures of Anne Shirley, an 11-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 Prince Edward Island. The books depict how this talkative, imaginative, red-headed girl makes her way with the Cuthberts, in school, and within the small town... Table of contents: Anne of Green Gables (1908) Anne of Avonlea (1909) Anne of the Island (1915) Anne's House of Dreams (1917) Rainbow Valley (1919) Rilla of Ingleside (1921) Chronicles of Avonlea (1912) Further Chronicles of Avonlea (1920) Anne of Windy Poplars (1936) Anne of Ingleside (1939) The Story Girl (1911) The Golden Road (Sequel to The Story Girl, 1913) Kilmeny of the Orchard (1910) The Watchman and Other Poems (1916) Letters & Autobiography Collected Letters The Alpine Path: The Story of My Career

Anne Shirley is not like everyone else, she has a huge imagination. Watch the red-haired orphan grow up, start her job, learn how complicated life can be, fall in love and experience many adventures in the books: Anne of Green Gables, Anne of Avonlea and Anne of the Island.