Mark Twain called Anne 'the dearest and most moving and delightful child since the immortal Alice'. The story of how a bad-tempered, naughty, red-haired orphan charmed a whole town.
Mark Twain called Anne 'the dearest and most moving and delightful child since the immortal Alice'. The story of how a bad-tempered, naughty, red-haired orphan charmed a whole town.
L. M. Montgomery, known as Maud, was born on Prince Edward Island, off the coast of Canada, in 1874. Maud's mother died when she was just a baby and so she had a rather unhappy childhood growing up in the care of her strict grandparents. She was just sixteen when she had her first poem published. As a young woman she worked as a teacher and although she didn't enjoy it much it gave her lots of time to write. Maud wrote hundred of short stories, poems and novels throughout her life but it was the hugely popular Anne of Green Gables and its sequels that made her famous. She died in 1942.
A super cute story about kindred spirits and one of the ultimate
examples of true friendship. * Sugarscape *
Within months of the book's publication Anne became a classic
heroine for any little girl who has ever fretted about her looks,
hungered for Art and Beauty, and pursued long words in the hope
they would become her special friends * Guardian *
A scrawny 13-year-old, all carrot-colored pigtails and outrageous
chatter, Anne seems fated to go nowhere but back to the orphanage.
Her new family, after all, ordered a boy and she was delivered by
mistake. But by turning adversity to advantage with lots of spunk,
Anne of Green Gables has enchanted four generations of
children and their elders since the world's most widely read
Canadian novel was first published in Boston in 1908 * New York
Times *
Montgomery's ability to incorporate such complex themes into
writing that is so accessible to younger readers makes her arguably
the grandmother of the YA/adult crossover novel * Guardian *
Anne is a captivating heroine, a whirlwind of energy and good
intentions * New Statesman *
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