TY - BOOK AU - Montgomery L.M TI - The anne of green gables collection: Anne of green cables, anne of avonlea & anne of the island SN - 978-1-4733-4481-5 U1 - 813.512 23 PY - 1915/// CY - British PB - Read books N1 - Lucy Maud Montgomery Anne of Green Gables Anne of Avonlea Anne of Island N2 - nne of Green Gables, children’s novel by Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery, published in 1908. The work, a sentimental but charming coming-of-age story about a spirited and unconventional orphan girl who finds a home with elderly siblings, became a classic of children’s literature and led to several sequels. Matthew Cuthbert and his sister, Marilla, live in Avonlea on Canada’s Prince Edward Island. Needing help on their farm, Green Gables, they apply to adopt a boy from an orphanage. By mistake, however, a red-haired, freckle-faced 11-year-old girl named Anne Shirley is sent to the siblings. While Matthew instantly takes to Anne, Marilla is unsure about keeping her. However, the cheerful and highly imaginative Anne gradually transforms the joyless lives of shy Matthew and prim Marilla, and they come to view her as a daughter ER -