Anne of Green Gables

by Richard Hartmetz (Editor), Lucy Montgomery

Overview

Lucy Maud Montgomery's classic tale of an engaging eleven year old girl with red hair and freckles, who brings love and excitement to her adoptive family. When the Cuthbert family asks for an orphaned boy to help on their farm, they are surprised to receive Anne Shirley instead. At first, the family is reluctant to accept her, and the fact that she has a knack for getting into mischief doesn't help, but life with Anne is never dull, and the Cuthberts, along with the other residents of Prince Edward Island, come to love her.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940148540731
Publisher:	Starry Night Publishing
Publication date:	08/10/2013
Series:	Anne Shirley , #1
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	318
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Lucy Maud Montgomery was born on November 30, 1874, in Clifton, Prince Edward Island, Canada. Her mother died from tuberculosis when she was a year and a half old and she went to live with her mother’s parents, who were extremely strict. She returned to live with her father for a year in 1890, but his second marriage was unhappy, and she left again. That same year though, she had her first poem published in a local paper.

In 1893, she attended Prince of Wales College to obtain a teaching certificate and taught in various schools. In 1897, she became engaged, but ended the relationship a year later, finally marrying Ewen MacDonald in 1911, moving to Ontario, eventually having three sons.

In 1908, Anne wrote Anne of Green Gables, which became an instant success, leading her to write an additional ten books featuring the same characters and settings.

In 1935, her husband retired as a Presbyterian Minister and they moved to a suburb of Toronto. She died on April 24, 1942, at the age of 67, either from a coronary thrombosis, or a drug overdose-suicide, having written 20 novels, 500 short stories, poetry and many other works.