Anne of Green Gables Series

One of literature’s most irresistible young heroines—the novel that inspired the Netflix series Anne! Sent to Green Gables farm by mistake, eleven-year-old orphan Anne Shirley prays that Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert will decide to keep her nevertheless. The middle-aged brother and sister wanted a boy to help around the farm; a skinny girl with bright red hair and a fiery personality to match is not at all what they need. But Anne’s quick wit and boundless imagination, developed over a lifetime spent in and out of orphanages, soon charm the Cuthberts and their Prince Edward Island friends and neighbors. The story of a special young girl finally finding her home, Anne of Green Gables is a masterpiece of children’s fiction and a true delight for readers of all ages.   This ebook has been professionally proofread to ensure accuracy and readability on all devices.

In this sequel to children’s classic Anne of Green Gables, the spirited young heroine starts on her path to adulthood as a schoolteacher. Having earned her teaching license at Queen’s Academy, sixteen-year-old Anne Shirley is ready to begin her new role as an instructor at the Avonlea school, not far from Green Gables farm. But is she ready for the responsibilities of young adulthood? Together with her old friends Gilbert Blythe and Diana Barry, Anne starts the Avonlea Village Improvement Society—only to discover that good intentions don’t always go according to plan. Meanwhile, Marilla Cuthbert, who took Anne in as a freckle-faced orphan, now finds herself caring for a pair of young twins who couldn’t be more opposite from each other. When Anne isn’t at school or lending Marilla a helping hand, she’s contending with her difficult new neighbor and his foul-mouthed parrot, getting overly involved in other people’s romances, and hoping that one day she’ll get to go to college. Since Anne of Green Gables was first published in 1908, L. M. Montgomery’s novels featuring the irrepressible Anne Shirley have delighted readers of all ages and inspired numerous adaptions, including the beloved Netflix series Anne with an E.

In this charming Anne of Green Gables novel, Anne’s children discover a special place where they befriend the children of a widowed minister. It’s been more than a decade since Anne Shirley married her childhood sweetheart, Gilbert Blythe, and these days the happy couple is busy with six young children of their own. But parenting is even more of a challenge for Glen St. Mary’s new minister. As a widower, Rev. John Meredith has had trouble looking after his four rambunctious youngsters since their arrival in town. Though the Meredith children have developed a bad reputation, they’ve also found friendship with the Blythe kids, often playing together in a hollow known as Rainbow Valley. When Jem Blythe’s scheme to help them behave goes terribly wrong, a new plan emerges—to find Reverend Meredith a new wife.

Fans of the Anne of Green Gables series can return to Avonlea in this collection of twelve short stories set in Anne Shirley’s fictional hometown. Tucked away on the northern shore of Prince Edward Island, just off the coast of Canada, is the tiny village of Avonlea. The home of Anne Shirley, who first arrived there as a freckle-faced orphan, Avonlea consists of a close-knit community of farming families and lobster fishermen whose joys, sorrows, grudges, and romances come alive in this charming collection of short stories. When a wedding brings the Penhallow family together, a long-standing grudge will either overshadow the festivities—or finally be resolved. A case of smallpox lands a quarrelsome man and woman in shared quarantine, resulting in an unlikely relationship. And Anne herself decides to take on the challenge of helping a bashful couple’s long courtship consummate in a proposal of marriage.

In this Anne of Green Gables novel, a beautiful wedding ushers our heroine into the joys and challenges of family life as she moves to a new seaside home. Years ago, Anne Shirley was a freckle-faced orphan girl and Gilbert Blythe was the schoolboy who taunted her. Now, standing in the Green Gables orchard, they are a young bride and groom with a beautiful life ahead of them, and to be near Gilbert’s medical practice, they move to the seaside village of Four Winds Harbor. Their charming little house is a dream come true for Anne, and in no time she’s acquainting herself with her new neighbors. But life has more in store for her than the simple pleasures of provincial living. As she and Gilbert start to plan for a family, they embark on a journey of challenges, sorrows, surprises, and celebrations—accruing all the sorts of memories that make a house into a home.

In the third Anne of Green Gables novel, the beloved heroine goes off to college—but discovers her true desires lie closer to home. After two years of teaching at the Avonlea school, Anne Shirley is ready to explore new horizons. Along with her dear friend Gilbert Blythe, she enrolls in Redmond College in Kingsport, Nova Scotia, to pursue her dream of higher education. Anne soon finds herself thrust on the adventure of a lifetime, pursuing her bachelor’s degree and setting up house with two of her female classmates. But when Gilbert suddenly proposes marriage, Anne is taken aback . . . and she turns him down. Anne always thought she would fall in love with someone tall, dark, and mysterious—someone like Roy Gardner, a Redmond student who showers her with romantic attention. As her friends back in Avonlea start to marry and settle down, Anne comes to realize that Roy is not the man for her after all. But when Gilbert is struck with typhoid fever, will she be too late to let him know how she truly feels? Since Anne of Green Gables was first published in 1908, L. M. Montgomery’s novels featuring the irrepressible Anne Shirley have delighted readers of all ages and inspired numerous adaptions, including the beloved Netflix series Anne with an E.