Anne of Green Gables (HarperCollins Childrens Classics)

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This beautiful HarperCollins Childrens Classics edition of L. M. Montgomerys Anne of Green Gables is the perfect addition to any bookshelf.
Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert are looking to adopt a boy to help out on their farm so when the orphanage delivers a red-haired eleven-year-old girl named Anne instead, they are determined to fix the mistake. However, as Annes vibrant character and vivid imagination brighten up their home, the Cuthberts soon realise Anne must stay at Green Gables.

The inimitable Anne Shirley is fanciful, talkative and dramatic, and this charming novel describing her joyful adventures, close friendships and school rivalries in the town of Avonlea is an enduring childrens classic loved by millions.

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Lucy Maude Montgomery (1874-1942) was born on Prince Edward Island, Canada, the setting for Anne of Green Gables. She left to attend college, but returned to Prince Edward Island to teach. In 1911, she married the Reverend Ewan MacDonald. Anne of Green Gables, the first in a series of "Anne" books by Montgomery, was published in 1908 to immediate success and continues to be a perennial favorite.