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Anne of Green Gables Mass market paperbound - 1995

by L. M. Montgomery


About this book

Anne of Green Gables is the first novel by Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery. The story tells of the adventures of Anne Shirley, an 11-year-old orphan girl who is mistakenly sent to Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert, a middle-aged brother and sister who had intended to adopt a boy to help them on their farm in Prince Edward Island.

Like many of her contemporaries, Montgomery did not consider submitting her first novel to a Canadian publisher, convinced that a more lucrative deal could be made with an American firm. The novel was completed in 1905, but was rejected by four major American publishing houses, and it was not until 1907 that Montgomery found a publisher. L.C. Page & Co. finally published Anne of Green Gables in 1908.

Anne of Green Gables has sold more than 50 million copies and has been translated into more than 30 languages. Following the success of her first novel, Montgomery went on to write seven more books about Anne, following the beloved protagonist through adulthood and motherhood. Several novels in the series have been adapted and made into a successful television miniseries. Montgomery museums, plays, and houses on Prince Edward Island draw international visitors.

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Tor Classics are affordably-priced editions designed to attract the young reader. Original dynamic cover art enthusiastically represents the excitement of each story. Appropriate "reader friendly" type sizes have been chosen for each title--offering clear, accurate, and readable text. All editions are complete and unabridged, and feature Introductions and Afterwords.

This edition of Anne of Green Gables includes a Foreward and Afterword by T.A. Barron.

Arriving on the train from the orphanage, Anne was enchanted by the green beauty of Prince Edward Island. She was an awkward, redheaded girl with a worn suitcase and a heart yearning for love. Was the little town on Avonlea, and the house called Green Gables, to be her new home?

To Anne's dismay, it was all a mistake. It was true that the old couple who lived at Green Gables had requested a child from the orphanage. But they had asked for a boy!

Anne did the only sensible thing. She burst into tears....

Thus begins the story of Anne of Green Gables, which continues in Anne of Avonlea. These beloved classics are among the most popular novels ever written; they have made their author, L.M. Montgomery, a legend in Canada and around the world.

First line

MRS. RACHEL LYNDE lived just where the Avonlea main road dipped down into a little hollow, fringed with alders and ladies' eardrops and traversed by a brook that had its source away back in the woods of the old Cuthbert place; it was reputed to be an intricate, headlong brook in its earlier course through those woods, with dark secrets of pool and cascade; but by the time it reached Lynde's Hollow it was quiet, well-conducted little stream, for not even a brook could run past Mrs. Rachel Lynde's door without due regard for decency and decorum; it probably was conscious that Mrs. Rachel was sitting at her window, keeping a sharp eye on everything that passed, from brooks and children up, and that if she noticed anything odd or out of place she would never rest until she had ferreted out the whys and wherefores thereof.

First Edition Identification

Anne of Green Gables was first published by L.C. Page & Co. in Boston in 1908. Bound in green cloth, true first editions state “First Impression, April 1908” on the copyright page and contain 8 illustrations by M.A. and W.A.J. Claus. In 2009, a first edition of Anne of Green Gables sold for $37,500 at a New York auction.

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  • Title Anne of Green Gables
  • Author L. M. Montgomery
  • Binding Mass Market Paperbound
  • Edition Unabridged
  • Pages 320
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Tor Classics, New York
  • Date May 15, 1995
  • ISBN 9780812551525 / 0812551524
  • Weight 0.34 lbs (0.15 kg)
  • Dimensions 6.77 x 4.25 x 0.93 in (17.20 x 10.80 x 2.36 cm)
  • Ages 09 to 12 years
  • Grade levels 4 - 7
  • Reading level 970
  • Library of Congress subjects Islands, Friendship
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

About the author

L.M. Montgomery (1874-1942) was one of the premier writers of her time. She is the author of Anne of Green Gables and Anne of Avonlea.

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Since 1908 readers across the world have been fallen in love with both Anne and the backdrop of Prince Edward Island through Montgomery's books making them some of the most popular books ever written. The bright, richly coloured cover of this 1995 paperback depicts an eventful outing on the pond Anne dubbed The Lake of Shining Waters.

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