Read the timeless classic about the beloved Anne Shirley, a red-haired orphan with a fiery spirit, before watching the NETFLIX series--and don’t miss the forward by Margaret Atwood, author of The Handmaid’s Tale, celebrating the 100th anniversary of this children’s favorite! Eleven-year-old Anne Shirley has never known a real home. Since her parents' deaths, she's bounced around to foster homes and orphanages. When she is sent by mistake to live with Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert at the snug white farmhouse called Green Gables, she wants to stay forever. But Anne is not the sturdy boy Matthew and Marilla were expecting. She's a mischievous, talkative redheaded girl with a fierce temper, who tumbles into one scrape after another. Anne is not like anybody else, the Cuthberts agree; she is special, a girl with an enormous imagination. All she's ever wanted is to belong somewhere. And the longer she stays at Green Gables, the harder it is for anyone to imagine life without her. "[Anne is] the dearest and most lovable child in fiction since the immortal Alice."-Mark Twain
Anne of Green Gables Series
This series follows the life of Anne, a young girl growing up in the picturesque Canadian town of Avonlea. Anne is an orphan who is taken in by an older couple who become her guardians. The story captures her adventures, friendships, and personal growth as she seeks to find her place in the world. The series is beloved for its nostalgia and strong emotional elements.
Recommended Reading Order
Anne of Avonlea
- 288 pages
- 11 hours of reading
The spirited redhead returns in this heartwarming sequel to" Anne of Green Gables." Now she's the schoolma'am in the same place where she was a student, and not much older than her pupils. Anne's determination provides the same "scope for imagination" that made this book's predecessor a treasure for young readers.
Continues the adventures of Anne Shirley and her friends at college.
Anne of Windy Willows
- 336 pages
- 12 hours of reading
Anne Shirley has left Redmond College behind to begin a new job and a new chapter of her life away from Green Gables. Now she faces a new challenge: the Pringles. They're known as the royal family of Summerside--and they quickly let Anne know she is not the person they had wanted as principal of Summerside High School. But as she settles into the cozy tower room at Windy Poplars, Anne finds she has great allies in the widows Aunt Kate and Aunt Chatty--and in their irrepressible housekeeper, Rebecca Dew. As Anne learns Summerside's strangest secrets, winning the support of the prickly Pringles becomes only the first of her delicious triumphs.
Anne's House of Dreams
- 320 pages
- 12 hours of reading
The fifth novel about Anne Shirley, the red-haired girl from Green Gables. Life seems perfect to Anne Shirley, about to marry her childhood friend Gilbert Blythe and set up home with him in her 'house of dreams' on the shores of Four Winds Harbor. There are new neighbours to meet and fresh problems to solve. But then tragedy strikes and there's huge heartache for the young couple which takes all of their courage and love to overcome.
Anne of Ingleside
- 272 pages
- 10 hours of reading
Originally published in 1939 by George G. Harrap & Co Ltd.
Rainbow Valley
- 288 pages
- 11 hours of reading
The grown-up Anne of Green Gables, her husband, and their six children live in a special hideaway known as Rainbow Valley.
