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Anne's House of Dreams (Anne of Green Gables #5)
Anne's own true love, Gilbert Blythe, is finally a doctor, and in the sunshine of the old orchard, among their dearest friends, they are about to speak their vows. Soon the happy couple will be bound for a new life together and their own dream house, on the misty purple shores of Four Winds Harbor.
A new life means fresh problems to solve, fresh surprises. Anne and Gilbert...more
A new life means fresh problems to solve, fresh surprises. Anne and Gilbert...more
Paperback, Special Collector's Edition, 256 pages
Published
November 1st 1983
by Starfire
(first published 1917)
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Sadly, my enjoyment of Montgomery's Anne series diminishes as the series goes along. While even those books set outside of Avonlea still manage to contain wonderful characters who add such lovely color to the stories, especially the Redmond group and the clan at Windy Poplars, once Anne is married and sets up house the appeal goes right out the window for me. One must agree with Gilbert's statement in House of Dreams, that many people would indeed think that Anne, a Redmond B.A. and a published...more
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Nov 21, 2011
Abigail
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4 of 5 stars
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Recommends it for:
Anyone Who Read and Enjoyed the Previous Four "Anne Books"
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childrens-fiction,
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2011 - I just recently listened to the first several Anne books on CD, in what is becoming a yearly ritual. This has always been my absolute favorite of the series - even when I was a kid, oddly enough (in retrospect I have no idea why since it's much more of an adult book than the first ones). I love everything about this book - the setting, the characters (I need a Captain Jim in my life!), the story of Leslie and Dick Moore, the added depth of character Anne earns as a result of her trials in...more
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Apr 02, 2008
Shannon
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4 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Anyone who loves the Anne of Green Gable series
Recommended to Shannon by:
I have always wanted to read about Anne and I love a good series
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I really enjoyed the Anne of Green Gable series and this book is no exception. In this book Anne marries and has her first 2 children. This book is sadder than the others and there is a sense of loss through the book that can be paralleled to the loss within L.M. Montgomery's life at the time. I don't want to say anymore than that and give anything away. I wish that we knew more what Gilbert is/was thinking in this book-- I think she (L. M. Montgomery) could have done more with his character, bu...more
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Ah, Anne is finally married to Gilbert! Which is interesting, because most books you read focus on courtship and resolve in a wedding, but you get to be a part of Anne's married and family life. However, for the rest of the series, Anne gradually becomes a less active character, and new characters, such as her children and neighbors, step up and take the spotlight.
This book really shows what Montgomery can do with a plot. (Which is why this is one of my five star books!) But that's all I'll say...more
This book really shows what Montgomery can do with a plot. (Which is why this is one of my five star books!) But that's all I'll say...more
I remember the first time I read this and have thought about all that has happened in my life between now and then. Sometimes a particular book just speaks to situations in your life and leaves you teary eyed...
Anne becomes the perfect housewife with a husband who adores her, no wonder Leslie Moore hates her. I was a bit confused by the writing, it's as though the author wasn't sure how grown up Anne was, in one part of the book she's skipping around on the beach and then in another bit making a perfect Christmas dinner for family and friends. I also found Anne's preganancies caused a problem for the author, it's either a vague 'happy event' or not mentioned at all until the stork brings baby Jem.It wo...more
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I probably first read this book back in elementary school, and have reread it a few times since then, but I sat down last weekend and actually reread every word, and just LOVED this book all over again. Anne and Gilbert are grown up and get married in an early chapter, and then leave Avonlea to start their lives together far away (60 miles!) from Green Gables. This book was moving, and sad, and funny, and everything that you want for a favorite character as she matures. There may not be as many...more
PBS recently showed the "Ann of Green Gables" miniseries, which got me feeling all nostalgic about the Ann books. I decided to start reading where the miniseries leaves off. As one might expect, it's a charming book, full of the poignancy and simple joys of a more "settled" married life with Ann and Gilbert.
I have to give credit to L.M. Montgomery for continuing her series past the artificial "happily ever after" of an engagement or wedding. Like all the Ann books, this one stands up well to the...more
I have to give credit to L.M. Montgomery for continuing her series past the artificial "happily ever after" of an engagement or wedding. Like all the Ann books, this one stands up well to the...more
I first read the Anne series in fourth grade, but I'm setting the date to my latest reread for my yearly book goal. :)
3.5 stars out of 5. Interestingly, although the Anne series is by far L.M. Montgomery's most famous work, the books have never had quite the reread appeal for me personally as some of her other series and standalone novels.
When I first read House of Dreams as a child, Leslie Moore was the most captivating character in my opinion. Rather like Anne in her youth, the most tragic fig...more
3.5 stars out of 5. Interestingly, although the Anne series is by far L.M. Montgomery's most famous work, the books have never had quite the reread appeal for me personally as some of her other series and standalone novels.
When I first read House of Dreams as a child, Leslie Moore was the most captivating character in my opinion. Rather like Anne in her youth, the most tragic fig...more
Ini adalah buku kelima dari serial Anne of Green Gables.Cerita dibuka dengan persiapan pernikahan antara Anne dan Gilbert. Terasa suasana hiruk pikuk dan semua bergembira menyambut pernikahan si rambut merah itu. Sayangnya momen bahagia itu hanya berlangsung dalam satu hari dan sepasang pengantin baru itu harus segera pindah ke desa kecil dekat pantai dimana Gilbert ditugaskan menjadi dokter prakter disana.
Lagi-lagi buku ini berputar pada kisah-kisah semua teman baru yang ada di lingkungan Anne....more
Lagi-lagi buku ini berputar pada kisah-kisah semua teman baru yang ada di lingkungan Anne....more
this book was absolutely amazing.I know i said this about all the other books in the series but this one was truely amazing.
In this book Anne and Gilbert,Now married(HOOOOOORAAAAYYY!LOL),move in to their new house.they meet a 28 year old woman named leslie who has had wuite a hard life and Anne becomes friends with her.I just love leslie.I know she's had a very hard life but still with everything that's happened to her she takes care of her husband and she accepts Anne as her friend.if i were he...more
In this book Anne and Gilbert,Now married(HOOOOOORAAAAYYY!LOL),move in to their new house.they meet a 28 year old woman named leslie who has had wuite a hard life and Anne becomes friends with her.I just love leslie.I know she's had a very hard life but still with everything that's happened to her she takes care of her husband and she accepts Anne as her friend.if i were he...more
reading this book as an adult, I have different reactions to it than I did as a child. When I was younger, I loved Anne and felt she was the best heroine I could imagine. Now, with an understanding of how women are held back by societal expectations, I am saddened by the underlying cultural sexism that I see. Anne quits teaching simply because she got married, even though she loves teaching. Also, in spite of being the best writer in her class at Redmond, and winning scholarships for her writin...more
Through the last four books, we have seen Anne Shirley grow up into a fine and intelligent young woman more than capable of holding her own, with her spirit tempered by her maturity.
Anne gets married and starts a new life with her husband, Gilbert, and moves into a place she can truly call her own. It's a small house, since Gilbert is still new in his career as a doctor, but Anne just loves her pretty House of Dreams and the new friends she makes, including Leslie Moore (who has a interesting st...more
Anne gets married and starts a new life with her husband, Gilbert, and moves into a place she can truly call her own. It's a small house, since Gilbert is still new in his career as a doctor, but Anne just loves her pretty House of Dreams and the new friends she makes, including Leslie Moore (who has a interesting st...more
I have really enjoyed this book. I'm debating whether it's my favorite of the series, I can't decided since they are all equally good, but I can say it's one of my favorites! This book is not only the half-way finished mark through the series, but it's also the first book were Anne is a married girl so I felt as if I was reading the second part of Anne's complete story. I loved how "homey" this book was. Anne was dearly enjoying married life and loved living in her little "house of dreams" and I...more
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I think this series has a standard. It doesn't really stand out like the first book of this series and it isn't so boring you can't read it. I really enjoy Anne and all her little issues but at times the story feels slow to me.
I do like Gilbert and it is nice to see him a little more in this story. It is hard to deal with the budding relationship in the previous book because you only ever see the gushing tales she tells Gilbert and never any response from him.
What I did enjoy about this book was...more
I do like Gilbert and it is nice to see him a little more in this story. It is hard to deal with the budding relationship in the previous book because you only ever see the gushing tales she tells Gilbert and never any response from him.
What I did enjoy about this book was...more
I was reading this book simontaneously with The Master of Margarita. I needed something to counterbalance that darkish novel. I meant to finish them at the same time, but I couldn't help myself and finished this one way ahead of time. I read someone else's review that said that Montgommery's writing cheered them up when they were in a bad mood and I certainly think its true for me too. Montgommery's writing is sometimes full of flaws, but I completely overlook them because her books are just so...more
I needed something to listen to last weekend and this book was available. Good grief, it was awful. The narrator made an already sentimental narrative unbearably mawkish. Captain Jim is a sexist pig. I fail to see why everyone likes him, plus the narrator gave him a Southern accent, for all love. Maybe PEI rustics have a similar accent, but I rather doubt it.
Also, Montgomery's research into trepanning was pretty minimal at best. If trepanning was a fairly well-known practice in 1801, when Stephe...more
Also, Montgomery's research into trepanning was pretty minimal at best. If trepanning was a fairly well-known practice in 1801, when Stephe...more
Not as interesting or as funny as Anne of the Island or the Emily books, but still good to read. Less Anne in this book, I thought, than in other books and more focus on other characters such as Cap'n Jim and Leslie Moore. I found it hard to get caught up in Anne's materialistic, petty-bourgeouis (sp?) dreams of a nice house surrounded by trees with a babbling brook, etc. Cap'n Jim & Leslie Moore seemed more sympathetic characters--their problems & realities were easier to empathize with...more
Just discovered this in a friend's school library Friday. I've read this whole series so many times, but this is the 1st time in a long time for this and, cliche though this is, I must say it was like meeting a dear friend once again. It likewise felt like a stroll through the deep woods to the ocean to sit and listen to the waves washing the shore and the wind whisking through the trees above.
One thing I noticed this time which I didn't before was how Gilbert seemed a shadow figure, barely pres...more
One thing I noticed this time which I didn't before was how Gilbert seemed a shadow figure, barely pres...more
Do you have a House of Dreams? I do. I've had one since I was a little girl. Of course, it involves a white picket fence and beautiful flowers and pretty green shutters. I imagine that it has just enough bedrooms for a family, a warm and welcoming kitchen and it's always Spring so I can keep the windows open.
Anne and Gilbert are finally married in Anne's House of Dreams. There is so much sweetness in the days leading up to the wedding that I ended up reading through those pages with tears holdin...more
Anne and Gilbert are finally married in Anne's House of Dreams. There is so much sweetness in the days leading up to the wedding that I ended up reading through those pages with tears holdin...more
This book is my favorite of the series.
What I love most about the Anne books is that a young girl can basically grow up with Anne. In the first book, she is a young, lonely orphan with an incredible ability to sort of live within herself to a certain extent. The second book finds Anne continuing her education, dealing with the usual teenage girl things-new opportunities, developing relationships with her childhood friends. In the third book, Anne goes to college and finds herself falling in lov...more
What I love most about the Anne books is that a young girl can basically grow up with Anne. In the first book, she is a young, lonely orphan with an incredible ability to sort of live within herself to a certain extent. The second book finds Anne continuing her education, dealing with the usual teenage girl things-new opportunities, developing relationships with her childhood friends. In the third book, Anne goes to college and finds herself falling in lov...more
Hehe, funny thing: I bought the "Anne of Green Gables" Collection on my Kindle for like 99 cents. But APPARENTLY it's not a very complete collection, it's missing #4 and #6! What kind of crap collection is that??? Anyhow, obviously I didn't feel like I'd missed out on anything because I read this whole thing never suspecting that i'd missed a book. I was looking at the publishing dates and it looks like maybe she added #4 later, like kind of an after thought.
ANYHOW, moving on... I really loved...more
ANYHOW, moving on... I really loved...more
Another interesting one to re-read as an adult. I have to admit, I was starting to sympathize with Leslie Moore in this book when she says that she resents Anne her happiness - books 3 & 4, and maybe book 2 are all about the precious adorableness of every single thing in Anne's life (which is why I think I especially get tired of Davy, and Elizabeth, and all the other charming sad little children that Anne saves...). But this is the book where I think things start getting more interesting -...more
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Anne of green gables by lisa barsky, i read more than half book. in the begining of the story is kind of funny and sad too. it is about an orphan girl who reached at mr.mthrew 's house by mistake beause they wants to a boy who hep them in farm. her feeling is so bad because of mrs. marilla did not want her but later she except anne.she made many problems by herself. she is strugling and crying for her mistake.she faced many problem one by one and may be she will still face problems later on....more
Anne of green gables by lisa barsky, i read more than half book. in the begining of the story is kind of funny and sad too. it is about an orphan girl who reached at mr.mthrew 's house by mistake beause they wants to a boy who hep them in farm. her feeling is so bad because of mrs. marilla did not want her but later she except anne.she made many problems by herself. she is strugling and crying for her mistake.she faced many problem one by one and may be she will still face problems later on....more
The only aspect I remembered from my high school reading of this were LMM's euphemisms for Anne being pregnant. I specifically remember reading aloud and laughing over the STORK passage with my sister.
With this go-round, I liked seeing Anne and Gilbert get all domestic, but would have enjoyed even more nesting and house-settling. I would also very much like a slice of Susan Baker's strawberry pie with a glass of milk. I simultaneously embraced and rolled my eyes over Leslie's melodrama, and tho...more
With this go-round, I liked seeing Anne and Gilbert get all domestic, but would have enjoyed even more nesting and house-settling. I would also very much like a slice of Susan Baker's strawberry pie with a glass of milk. I simultaneously embraced and rolled my eyes over Leslie's melodrama, and tho...more
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What should one do in the middle of the night when sleep's simply nowhere to be found? As for me, this time I picked up this book, wanting for something funny and cheerful, but not too impressive in its overall. What I can't stop loving Montgommery is that every now and then I find myself laughing out loud, fully entertained by a character or so. This time it was miss Bryant, an old lady with a terrible opinion about men, disliking the good ones for the fact she cannot find daults in them...
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Interesting and pretty, but not much more. It always seemed to me that Lucy M.'s books after Green Gables tasted more of "bread and circuses" than of art and genius.
Initially, in Green Gables, Anne's inner romance brought beauty to the real humdrum world. In some of the subsequent books, and definitely in this one, that inner romance appears less and less, and the interest of the story depends more and more on colourful characters and circumstances.
For example, the book's main story deals with...more
Initially, in Green Gables, Anne's inner romance brought beauty to the real humdrum world. In some of the subsequent books, and definitely in this one, that inner romance appears less and less, and the interest of the story depends more and more on colourful characters and circumstances.
For example, the book's main story deals with...more
The Anne of Green Gables story continues with Anne (FINALLY) marrying her perfect match, Gilbert Blythe. 'Anne's house of dreams' is about Anne settling into her new home far away from Avonlea, and the new people she meets. Though it may initially sound mundane, somehow Ms. Montgomery managed to make it enchantingly sweet and turn average occurances into charming and interesting stories. But the thing that kept me reading all throughout the book were the lovable characters. Once again, every pe...more
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Lucy Maud Montgomery was a Canadian author, best known for a series of novels beginning with Anne of Green Gables, published in 1908.
The author of the famous Canadian novel Anne of Green Gables, Lucy Maud Montgomery, was born at Clifton, Prince Edward Island, Nov. 30, 1874. She came to live at Leaskdale, north of Uxbridge Ontario, in 1911 after her wedding with Rev. Ewen Macdonald on July 11, 1911...more
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The author of the famous Canadian novel Anne of Green Gables, Lucy Maud Montgomery, was born at Clifton, Prince Edward Island, Nov. 30, 1874. She came to live at Leaskdale, north of Uxbridge Ontario, in 1911 after her wedding with Rev. Ewen Macdonald on July 11, 1911...more
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“I'd like to add some beauty to life," said Anne dreamily. "I don't exactly want to make people KNOW more... though I know that IS the noblest ambition... but I'd love to make them have a pleasanter time because of me... to have some little joy or happy thought that would never have existed if I hadn't been born.”
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