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Anne of Green Gables

By L. M. Montgomery
Introduction by Jack Zipes

By L. M. Montgomery
Introduction by Jack Zipes

By L. M. Montgomery

By L. M. Montgomery

By L. M. Montgomery
Illustrated by Laura Fernandez and Rick Jacobson
Introduction by Kate Butler MacDonald

By L. M. Montgomery
Illustrated by Laura Fernandez and Rick Jacobson
Introduction by Kate Butler MacDonald

By L. M. Montgomery

By L. M. Montgomery

By L. M. Montgomery
Read by Kate Burton

By L. M. Montgomery
Read by Kate Burton

By L. M. Montgomery
Read by Megan Follows

By L. M. Montgomery
Read by Megan Follows

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Nov 25, 2014 | ISBN 9781770497306 | Middle Grade (8-12)

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Jun 10, 2008 | 622 Minutes | Middle Grade (8-12)

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Jul 05, 2000 | 164 Minutes | Middle Grade (8-12)

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    About Anne of Green Gables

    Introduction by Jack Zipes • Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read

    “Matthew had taken the scrawny little hand awkwardly in his; then and there he decided what to do. He could not tell this child with the glowing eyes that there had been a mistake. . . .”

    When eleven-year-old Anne Shirley arrives at Green Gables with nothing but a carpetbag and an overactive imagination, she knows that she has found her home. But first she must convince the Cuthberts to let her stay, even though she isn’t the boy they’d hoped for. The loquacious Anne quickly finds her way into their hearts, as she has with generations of readers, and her charming, ingenious adventures in Avonlea, filled with colorful characters and tender escapades, linger forever in our memories.

    This Modern Library edition of the first of L. M. Montgomery’s beloved and immensely popular Avonlea novels features the restored original text.

    About Anne of Green Gables

    When Marilla Cuthbert and her brother, Matthew, decide to adopt a child from a distant orphanage, they don’t get quite what they bargained for. The child who awaits them at the tiny Bright River train station is not the strapping young boy they’d imagined–someone to help Matthew work the fields of their small farm–but rather a freckle-faced, redheaded girl named Anne (with an e, if you please).
       Matthew and Marilla may not be sure about Anne, but Anne takes one look at Prince Edward Island’s red clay roads and the Cuthberts’ snug white farmhouse with its distinctive green gables and decides that she’s home at last. But will she be able to convince Marilla and Matthew to let her stay?
       Armed with only a battered carpetbag and a boundless imagination, Anne charms her way into the Cuthberts’ hearts–and into the hearts of readers as well. She truly is, in the words of Mark Twain, “the dearest and most lovable child in fiction since the immortal Alice.”

    About Anne of Green Gables

    Anne (with an ‘e’ of course) starts out as a mistake. The elderly Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert had planned on adopting a boy to help Matthew with the chores on their Prince Edward Island farm. What are they to do with the red-haired, high-spirited girl who arrives instead?

    Anne Shirley, with her boundless imagination and heart, slowly brings joy into the narrow lives of those around her, and into the lives of readers who have delighted in her adventures since Lucy Maud Montgomery began writing about her in 1905.

    Anne’s courage, her enthusiasm, and her ability to love, have made her one of literature’s most beloved characters in Canada and around the world.

    This beautifully illustrated volume, with a foreword by Kate Butler MacDonald, one of L. M. Montgomery’s grandchildren, is a treasure for those who find in Anne a familiar friend as well as for those who are discovering this “kindred spirit” for the first time.

    About Anne of Green Gables

    For more than a century, these classic novels have been enchanting readers young and old. Now, the first three books in the Anne of Green Gables series are brought together in this special collector’s edition box set. Here we can follow all the early adventures of the feisty redhead with the boundless imagination—from her arrival at Green Gables through her days as the teacher at Avonlea school to her university years in nearby Nova Scotia and her first steps toward building a life of her own. Travel back to a simpler, more tranquil time and remind yourself why Mark Twain dubbed Anne “the dearest and most moving and delightful child since the immortal Alice.”
     
    These beautifully designed hardcover editions come with a specially commissioned biography of the author and a bonus L. M. Montgomery short story. They’re the perfect keepsake for booklovers and Anne aficionados alike.

    About Anne of Green Gables

    Listen to the timeless classic about the beloved Anne Shirley, a red-haired orphan with a fiery spirit, before the new NETFLIX series premieres. This audiobook includes a foreword by Margaret Atwood, author of The Handmaid’s Tale, celebrating the 100th anniversary of this children’s favorite! 
     
    Eleven-year-old Anne Shirley has never known a real home. Since her parents’ deaths, she’s bounced around to foster homes and orphanages. When she is sent by mistake to live with Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert at the snug white farmhouse called Green Gables, she wants to stay forever. But Anne is not the sturdy boy Matthew and Marilla were expecting.
     
    She’s a mischievous, talkative redheaded girl with a fierce temper, who tumbles into one scrape after another. Anne is not like anybody else, the Cuthberts agree; she is special, a girl with an enormous imagination. All she’s ever wanted is to belong somewhere. And the longer she stays at Green Gables, the harder it is for anyone to imagine life without her.
     
    “[Anne is] the dearest and most lovable child in fiction since the immortal Alice.“—Mark Twain

    About Anne of Green Gables

    This abridged audiobook edition of the timeless classic is narrated by Megan Follows, who starred as Anne Shirley in the 1985 television miniseries Anne of Green Gables.  
     
    Eleven-year-old Anne Shirley has never known a real home. Since her parents’ deaths, she’s bounced around to foster homes and orphanages. When she is sent by mistake to live with Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert at the snug white farmhouse called Green Gables, she wants to stay forever. But Anne is not the sturdy boy Matthew and Marilla were expecting.
     
    She’s a mischievous, talkative redheaded girl with a fierce temper, who tumbles into one scrape after another. Anne is not like anybody else, the Cuthberts agree; she is special, a girl with an enormous imagination. All she’s ever wanted is to belong somewhere. And the longer she stays at Green Gables, the harder it is for anyone to imagine life without her.
     
    “[Anne is] the dearest and most lovable child in fiction since the immortal Alice.“—Mark Twain

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    About L. M. Montgomery

    Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874-1942) was born in the village of Clifton (now New London) on Prince Edward Island in Canada. She was brought up by her grandparents after her mother died when she was two. Later her father moved away… More about L. M. Montgomery

    About L. M. Montgomery

    Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874-1942) was born in the village of Clifton (now New London) on Prince Edward Island in Canada. She was brought up by her grandparents after her mother died when she was two. Later her father moved away… More about L. M. Montgomery

    About L. M. Montgomery

    Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874-1942) was born in the village of Clifton (now New London) on Prince Edward Island in Canada. She was brought up by her grandparents after her mother died when she was two. Later her father moved away… More about L. M. Montgomery

    About Laura Fernandez

    Award-winning illustrator Laura Fernandez was born in Spain, and immigrated to Canada as a young child. With Rick Jacobson she is co-owner of Jacobson Fernandez Illustration and Design Inc. The illustration team has won many awards for their work in… More about Laura Fernandez

    About Rick Jacobson

    Rick Jacobson has authored three children’s books, and with Laura Fernandez, has illustrated seventeen children’s books. Together they have won awards for their work in advertising and publishing including the Ruth Schwartz Award, the Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Award and numerous… More about Rick Jacobson

    About L. M. Montgomery

    Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874-1942) was born in the village of Clifton (now New London) on Prince Edward Island in Canada. She was brought up by her grandparents after her mother died when she was two. Later her father moved away… More about L. M. Montgomery

    About L. M. Montgomery

    Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874-1942) was born in the village of Clifton (now New London) on Prince Edward Island in Canada. She was brought up by her grandparents after her mother died when she was two. Later her father moved away… More about L. M. Montgomery

    About L. M. Montgomery

    Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874-1942) was born in the village of Clifton (now New London) on Prince Edward Island in Canada. She was brought up by her grandparents after her mother died when she was two. Later her father moved away… More about L. M. Montgomery

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    Category: Classic Fiction | Literary Fiction

    Paperback | $11.00
    Published by Modern Library
    Jun 10, 2008 | 320 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780812979039

    Category: Children’s Middle Grade Historical Fiction | Children’s Classics

    Hardcover | $19.99
    Published by Tundra Books
    Nov 25, 2014 | 400 Pages | 5-5/16 x 7-7/8 | Middle Grade (8-12) | ISBN 9781770497306

    Category: Children’s Middle Grade Historical Fiction

    Hardcover | $32.95
    Published by Tundra Books
    Sep 01, 2000 | 328 Pages | 7 x 9 | Middle Grade (8-12) | ISBN 9780887765155

    Category: Children’s Boxed Sets | Children’s Middle Grade Books

    Boxed Set | $59.97
    Published by Tundra
    Nov 25, 2014 | Middle Grade (8-12) | ISBN 9781770498754

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    Audiobook Download | $10.00
    Published by Listening Library
    Jun 10, 2008 | 622 Minutes | Middle Grade (8-12) | ISBN 9780739367377

    Category: Children’s Middle Grade Books | Audiobooks | Children’s Classics

    Audiobook Download | $8.95
    Published by Listening Library
    Jul 05, 2000 | 164 Minutes | Middle Grade (8-12) | ISBN 9780553751642

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