Reimagining Anne: A Century of L.M. Montgomery's Literary Icon on Screen

A cultural biography of an internationally beloved character as seen through two dozen screen adaptations.

What happens when a fictional character — one who is fiercely beloved by people all over the world — exists in multiple story worlds at once? What happens when there are so many versions of the same story out there that determining which one is the “original” is up for debate? And in the case of Anne Shirley, the title character in L.M. Montgomery’s perennially bestselling novel Anne ...