Media:Paperback Edition:Film & TV Tie-in ed Reading Level:Ages 9-12 Pages:256 Shipping Weight (lbs):0.4 Dimensions (in):6.9 x 4.3 x 0.7
ISBN:0140324623 EAN:9780140324624 ASIN:0140324623
Publication Date:January 4, 1988 Availability:Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days Condition:Very Good Condition Paperback. May contain minor creasing/scuffing to cover and mild tanning to pages. But otherwise will be of exceptional quality. FAST DISPATCH.
Leaves you with a warm glow!November 16, 2008 This is one of those classics that passed my by when I was young. But as soon as I began to read it I could understand how countless young (and not so young) girls over the decades have come to love Anne of Green Gables. Anne Shirley is an eleven year old orphan who is mistakenly sent to live with Marilla and Matthew Cuthbert after they had requested a boy to help on the farm. Their initial reluctance to keep her soon fades away as they become entranced by the bright but odd little girl. Her imagination continually lets rip and she chatters constantly veering rapidly from one idea to the next. (Today we would say she has verbal diarrhoea!) Her "homely" looks, red hair, freckles and skinny body are a continual worry to her but she nonetheless soon makes lots of friends including her "bosom" friend Diana.
The story moves gently through the years as Anne grows up in Avonlea. She is bright and hardworking and eager to please Marilla and Matthew but her imagination and day-dreaming get her into continual scrapes. And lurking in the background is the handsome Gilbert Blythe. He had teased her when she first arrived at school and she refused to have anything else to do with him. But, of course, we know she will relent in the end!
It's a delightful book. I didn't expect it to be so funny - for example when Anne complains that she is sure the teacher is saying her name without an `e' at the end! And I didn't expect to be able to say that Anne could be a role model for young girls of today. She is interested in fashion and hairstyles (nothing wrong with that) but she is also ambitious and really keen to work at school and achieve. And in the end she is willing to put the needs of Marilla before her own. It leaves you with a warm glow!
Absolutely brilliantJune 27, 2008 I first read Anne of Green Gables at the age of 19, and within two weeks had bought the rest of the books in the series and read them all. I still re-read them at frequent intervals and I am now 38! I would recommend this and the other books to any child or adult.
A ClassicMay 12, 2008 1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Yes, I agree with just about everyone else reviewing this. A very special book, even a great book in a very special series - funny, warm, sad, it has everything and is as fresh as the day it was written.
My daughter just loved this to bits.
LOVE THIS BOOKMarch 18, 2008 1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I read this book many years ago when a teenager and loved it so much went on to read the others in the series. It is a wonderful book, sad in places but mainly making you smile. My best friend still call each other 'kindred spirit' after this book introduced us to the idea you have one true kindred spirit in this world-I recommend this book to young and old!
Truly heart warming!December 26, 2007 2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I loved this book, Anne is one of the most lovable and worthwhile characters in fiction. The story is very uplifting and also really funny, the scrapes that Anne gets herself into with her over active imagination is a joy to read. I enjoyed this book so much that I instantly read the following two sequels and they felt just like a continuation of the same book so I would recommemnd reading them as one book.
