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When red-headed orphan Anne arrives at the Cuthberts' home, Green Gables, she feels sure she's found the home she has longed for. They, however, are less certain; their request to the orphanage had been for a boy. But before long Anne's irrepressibly optimistic, loving nature has charmed them. While her temper is unpredictable and her extravagant imagination makes her dreamily whimsical and prone to comic mishap, the Cuthberts come to love Anne as if she were their own child. Montgomery's classic tale is a celebration of the transformative power of love and the unique qualities of a girl who has a second chance at childhood.

Illustrated by M. A. & W. A. J. Claus, with an afterword by Anna South.

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Lucy Maud Montgomery is a Canadian born author best known for her novel Anne of Green Gables, along with its many sequels and related stories, such as Emily of New Moon. Throughout her life, Lucy Maud Montgomery wrote over twenty novels and numerous short stories, poems, and plays.

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This is a great reading of a great book. It's completely unabridged, so the whole story of Anne and Marilla's beginning is there. The CDs came in a litte mini binder case - the case had small binder rings that held the pages with the CDs in place and in order. Overall, I highly HIGHLY recommend this version of the Anne of Green Gables audiobook over any other.Flo Gibson, the woman who leant her voice to this audiobook, is a lady more of us should know about! She recorded over 1,100 books in her lifetime for the love of reading, can you believe that? And she didn't record just anything - she chose books that she herself liked to read. (And mostly books that were in the public domain, as they came with no royalties to record!)Her love for reading and desire to share it led to her starting the company that this audiobook is sold by - Audio Book Contractors. She recorded for them up until she passed in 2011.I learned all this by having a conversation with the current owner of the company. This isn't a paid endorsement or anything, not at all. Rather, I bought this audiobook and then reached out to Audio Book Contractors about the other Anne books - in that email exchange the owner, he told me about his work with Ms. Gibson.That being said, I do recommend buying from Audio Book Contractors! They are a super tiny company and have a great deal many audiobooks for sale. Aaaaand if you order direct from their website (just google "Audio Book Contractors") you get free shipping over $25 and they send it out to ship faster than Amazon. So yeah. Do the thing - support the small guys!
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1.0 out of 5 stars Poor quality publishing; too many errors in the text
Reviewed in the United States on August 26, 2016
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quality of publishing is very poor. Many errors in the print such as typos, no spacing between two words, wrong grammar.
Must return the book. It was to be a gift and I would be ashamed to give a gift of this classic story to any child.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Humanity at it’s best
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I just loved the spirit and language of Anne with her world. She was so in tune with nature and humanity. I could read her life forever
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5.0 out of 5 stars Love
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I have always loved the Ann of Green Gables books, movies, and television series. I bought this book to read again before I take a trip to Prince Edward Island.
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Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery

First book in the Anne of Green Gables series

5 stars

Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert were hoping that the boy from the orphanage would be a big help around Green Gables, but they are in for a big surprise when Matthew finds Anne Shirley. A red-headed girl with a pension for speaking in flowery prose, dreaming big, and talking whenever she feels like it. Matthew is taken aback because he isn’t comfortable around the opposite sex and Marilla is a strict and stern woman who adheres to rules and reason. Anne slowly melts their hearts and finds her home in Green Gables all the while causing trouble, making friends, and experiencing new adventures. I remember when I first started listening to this audiobook. I wasn’t expecting much or exactly sure what to expect for the story of Anne of Green Gables. I had seen it mentioned every now and then around the blogosphere as a childhood favorite among readers, but I had never personally heard of Anne until I was sixteen and I expected that because I’m older it would be hard to read about such a young girl. That isn’t the case. This story is transcendent. Anne is character not like any other and the interesting thing about this novel is that it is told in third person and there is broad cast of characters to give outlook onto Anne.

The writing in this novel is beautiful. The way Montgomery writes is carefree, light, and fun. She makes Green Gables feel real and the characters feel like real people that I could’ve had tea with. I loved the time hops that were involved in the pacing. It paved Anne’s story out nicely and didn’t go through continuous everyday things.

Whimsical Writing Scale: 5

The main female character of this novel is Anne. Anne is an enduring character. She has a lot of deep thoughts for girl who is such a “kindred spirit”. I truly adore her narration and feel that she is a character that is just easy to instantly love. If I knew Anne personally she would probably be one of my favorite people because there is never a dull moment with her around. Anne is also a bit a trouble maker, but not intentional. She’s always getting into shenanigans in the oddest little ways, but I think that’s what makes Anne so much fun. She is a kid, but also she has the heart of a growing young adult and it can get Anne caught up in situations that she wouldn’t have expected to be in. Anne as a young adult is also one of my favorite things because it’s so amazing to see the metamorphosis from gangly, awkward girl with knobby knees and a loud mouth who takes no BS to a woman who fights for her goals and aspirations with confidence.

Kick-Butt Heroine Scale: 5

The main male character is Gilbert. Gilbert and Anne do not get off to a good start. In fact, she absolutely hates him while it’s obvious that Gilbert has a crush on her. It’s just so cute. As they grow older and experience life’s hardships, their interaction becomes difference and once they reached a truce and become friends my heart soared and I was ready to plan a wedding. Seriously, I just adore the development of this relationship and it brings a smile to my face.

Swoon Worthy Scale: 5

The Family Dynamic- Marilla and Matthew have a good sibling bond and as they begin to raise Anne, it becomes obvious who has the upper hand. Marilla is a stern woman, but she is an amazing mother figure to Anne and by the end of this novel I absolutely adored her. Matthew is awkward and clumsy at times, but he has a sweet connection with Anne and it’s obvious that she has stolen his heart. While Anne and Matthew aren’t Anne’s parents the dynamic that they bring into her life fill any holes she didn’t have growing up.

Character Scale: 5

The ending to this novel slowly ripped my hearts to pieces. When I listened to emotional scenes on audiobooks I become a blubbering mess. I definitely became a mess, but I also felt hopeful about where Anne’s life could go. There is no question that I’m going to continue on with this series. Mainly because I NEED to know how Anne and Gilbert get together. They are just so cute and I love them. I have since bought a box set of this series on my Kindle and will be rereading Anne of Green Gables this year because I LOVE it and want to feel happy innocent joy again.

Plotastic Scale: 5

Cover Thoughts: My cover of Anne doesn’t do justice, but I love the simplicity of it. I’m also planning to buy pretty editions for my book shelves because I need them in my life.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Anne
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I enjoyed this book very much. The characters were likable and I loved growing up with Anne. The writer has an excellent way of making you see what she is describing.
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5.0 out of 5 stars The imaginative Anne Shirley comes to live at Green Gables
Reviewed in the United States on October 29, 2004
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In 1985 when I stumbled upon Kevin Sullivan's wonderful production of "Anne of Green Gables" with Megan Follows as Anne, Colleen Dewhurst as Marilla, and Richard Farnsworth as Mathew, it was my introduction to the Lucy Maud Montgomery's red-headed orphan. Like millions of others, I fell in love with the production and then proceeded to read this novel, the other seven books in the Anne Series, and then "The Chronicles of Avonlea," "The Story Girl," the "Jane of Lantern Hill" books, and every other thing written by Montgomery that I could get my hands on (and this was before all of those paperback collections of Montgomery's short stories were published).

In 1904 Montgomery had written down an idea for a story in her notebook: "Elderly couple apply to orphan asylum for a boy. By mistake a girl is sent them." In what must be heartening for many would be authors, Montgomery's manuscript for "Anne of Green Gables" was rejected repeated by publishers before it was finally accepted. The book was a bestseller from the moment it was published in June 1908 (I have a 19th impression printed in September 1910), although a critic in "The New York Times" complained that, "there is no real difference between the girl at the end of the story and the one at the beginning of it." Readers of the book would quite happy with that fact, because the reason we love this story is not that the talkative, red-haired orphan girl with her big green-grey eyes changes during the story, but that Marilla and Mathew Cuthbert, the elderly sister and brother who wanted to adopt a boy and got a girl instead, have changed profoundly.

Mark Twain described Anne Shirley as "The dearest and most moving and delightful child since the immortal Alice," and nobody has been able to top that statement. Supposedly Montgomery's description of her famous literary creation was based on a photography of Evelyn Nesbit, the notorious American beauty who was the mistress whose husband, Harry K. Thaw, shot and killed her love, Stanford White, in the first scandalous murder trial of the 20th century. I suppose there is something archetypal about stories about orphans, that allows young readers to identify with such characters and explains why generations of children have responded to such stories. But what sets Montgomery's creation apart is her ability to provide of laughter and tears, what with her vivid imagination and her great desire to be loved. You laugh over Anne's over wrought apology to Mrs. Rachel Lynde and how her introduction to Gilbert Blythe ends with her breaking a slate over his head. But then there are the wonderfully touching scenes when Marilla apologizes for refusing to believe Anne about her broach, when Mathew goes to town to get Anne a dress with puffed sleeves, and when the Reaper whose name is Death comes to visit Green Gables. There are just so many wonderful moments in this novel, which is the best in the series. When you read the rest of the books in the series, this is the one you will keep coming back to again and again to read once more your favorite parts (I just did).

I have two daughters and despite my best intentions I have never been able to persuade them to read "Anne of Green Gables." But given how long it took me to get around to them they still have at least a decade to beat me to the punch in relative terms, and I have the Sullivan productions on DVD so that I can use the same hook that worked so well one me. Once they do I am sure they will be just as captivated by all of the others who love the Anne-Girl and who have traveled to Prince Edward Island to see all of the sites that Montgomery translated into the world of Anne Shirley.

My favorite memory is when we went to "Green Gables." You go in through the front door and follow the way around the first floor and then up the stairs to the second floor. As I was at the bottom of those stairs the young woman watching the door had momentarily stopped the line entering the site. In this case that person who had to wait was a young Japanese girl, who looked to be about eight years old, and who was shivering in delight at the fact that she was standing on the threshold of Anne Shirley's Green Gables. That is how beloved Lucy Maud Montgomery's creation is almost a century after she was first set down on paper.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating!
Reviewed in the United States on March 26, 2024
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I’ve heard about Anne of Green Gables all my life but never had the privilege of reading it until now. So interesting as to how an author could use such descriptions that you wished you could be there to see it.
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Art Jaszczyk
5.0 out of 5 stars Used this book in my teaching in mainland China.
Reviewed in Canada on April 13, 2024
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Like that my Chinese students enjoyed it.
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Claudio Carneiro
5.0 out of 5 stars Maravilhoso
Reviewed in Brazil on February 15, 2024
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Leitura agradabilíssima. Eu assisti à série também, é maravilhosa. Indico a todos.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Good read
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Sonia
5.0 out of 5 stars A book to take you to a world of time gone by
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 8, 2024
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I liked the way the story drew you in and gave a vivid view of what life was like living on Prince Edward Island in days gone by.
The descriptions of the countryside and all that grew in it were a joy and reminded me of my own youth in the village where I spent my early days.
The book was a joy to read and difficult to put down, the type of book like.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Intramontabile
Reviewed in Italy on December 16, 2023
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Naturalmente avevo già letto Anne, visto che Maud è la mia autrice del cuore, e l'avevo amata tantissimo, ma questa seconda volta me la sono gustata di più. Ho assaporato pagina per pagina e avrei voluto non finisse mai. Amo Anne e adoro anche Matthew, con la sua timidezza e sensibilità; come dimenticare le sue parole d'amore alla figlia adottiva prima del fatidico capitolo? Non smetto mai di emozionarmi davanti a quella impacciata dolcezza. Marilla non è da meno, per quanto più aspra e troppo spesso inflessibile. Proprio lei sarà quella a cambiare maggiormente, una volta conosciuta la potenza dell'amore materno. Sulla scrittura di Maud ho già speso parole e parole; la ritengo la più grande scrittrice per ragazzi di tutti i tempi, assieme a Dickens e a pochi altri eletti. Di certo, è quella che sa maggiormente emozionarmi, facendomi piangere, ridere e sognare. Le sue descrizioni della natura possiedono un lirismo che non ha eguali. La sua ironia ha una raffinatezza ben lontana dalla più pacchiana ilarità odierna. Quanto alla conoscenza dell'animo umano, beh, di rado se ne trova una più profonda. Leggete Anne e leggete tutto di Maud, ben sapendo che, se l'amerete, non riuscirete più a staccarvene.
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