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Anne of Green Gables is the tale of a spirited orphan girl who finds a new home for herself in a quiet corner of Prince Edward Island. Marilla and Matthew Cuthbert, an aging brother and sister, arrange for a boy to be sent from the orphanage to help them with their farm. When a freckled, red-haired eleven-year-old girl turns up instead, they intend to send her back immediately. But Anne has other ideas, and the old couple find their life may never be the same again. Loved by generations of readers for its warmth, humor, and idyllic setting, Anne of Green Gables will delight readers of any age.

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Anne of Green Gables is the tale of a spirited orphan girl who finds a new home for herself in a quiet corner of Prince Edward Island. Marilla and Matthew Cuthbert, an aging brother and sister, arrange for a boy to be sent from the orphanage to help them with their farm. When a freckled, red-haired eleven-year-old girl turns up instead, they intend to send her back immediately. But Anne has other ideas, and the old couple find their life may never be the same again. Loved by generations of readers for its warmth, humor, and idyllic setting, Anne of Green Gables will delight readers of any age.
Autorenporträt
L.M. Montgomery (1874 - 1942), was the pen name of Lucy Maud Montgomery, a Canadian author best known for a series of novels beginning in 1908 with Anne of Green Gables. The book was an immediate success. The central character, Anne Shirley, an orphaned girl, made Montgomery famous in her lifetime and gave her an international following. The first novel was followed by a series of sequels with Anne as the central character. Montgomery went on to publish 20 novels as well as 530 short stories, 500 poems and 30 essays. Most of the novels were set in Prince Edward Island and locations within Canada's smallest province became a literary landmark and popular tourist site-namely Green Gables farm, the genesis of Prince Edward Island National Park. She was made an officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1935.