Synopsis Anne, an eleven-year-old orphan, is sent by mistake to live with a lonely, middle-aged brother and sister on a Prince Edward Island farm and proceeds to make an indelible impression on everyone around her.
This is the classic and immensely popular first novel in the series about Anne Shirley, an irrepressible red-headed orphan. The Cuthberts decide to adopt an orphan--a strong, hardworking boy to help with the farm chores. Anne is sent to live with them by mistake. Talkative, romantic and imaginative, Anne must convince the Cuthberts to keep her. Once adopted, Anne embraces her new life with energy, and no one who meets her is ever the same.
| Details | | Publication Date: | 1994-03-01 | | Series: | Stepping Stone Book Classic |
| Size | | Length: | 107 pages | | Height: | 7.5 in | | Width: | 5.3 in | | Thickness: | 0.2 in | | Weight: | 3.2 oz |
Publisher's Note When the Cathberts adopt an orphan, they aren't prepared for Anne Shirley. But the spunky heroine wins everyone's heart and finds herself a true home at last.
When the Cuthberts adopt an orphan, they aren't prepared for Anne ("with an 'e'") Shirley. But the spunky heroine wins everyone's heart and finds herself a true home.
Industry Reviews "No one concerned with the novel in our century can afford not to read it." Lawrence Durrell
"This fictional account of the day-by-day life of the English gamekeeper is still of considerable interest to outdoor-minded readers, as it contains many passages on pheasant-raising, the apprehending of poachers, ways to control vermin, and other chores and duties of the professional gamekeeper. Unfortunately one is obliged to wade through many pages of extraneous material in order to discover and savour these sidelights on the management of a Midlands shooting estate, and in this reviewer's opinion this book cannot take the place of J.R. Miller's 'Practical Gamekeeping'." Field & Stream - Anonymous
"I always labour at the same thing, to make the sex relation valid and precious, instead of shameful. And this novel is the furthest I've gone. To me it is beautiful and tender and frail as the naked self is." D. H. Lawrence
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