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Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables No. 1)
by Lucy Maud Montgomery

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 rating: 4 of 5 stars I loved the Anne of Green Gables movies on PBS when I was kid, and the thought just occurred to me recently that I should try Montgomery's novels. I am going to be starting book four, and I've loved reading them all so far. I hope to finish the entire series and read Story Girl, not in the series but the novel that was Montgomery's favorite.
 
 For the remaining books, I don't think I'll write much more than a synopsis of the events that occur in each novel, so I want to comment briefly on Montgomery's writing. I'm happy to say there hasn't been any great disparity between my experience of the PBS series and LMM's novels. The same spirited Anne is the star of both. For having been written in the early 20th century, Montgomery's writing style is extremely accessible, and she has a beautiful gift for dialogue and character development. The experience of reading the Anne series, for myself, has been experiencing Anne's life, thoughts and feelings, not so much the storyline. But her story telling does seem to be more sophisticated and nuanced in succeeding book. 
 
 As for book one, Anne of course arrives at Marilla and Mathew's. Her adventures lead her to winning the Avery prize at Queens Academy to attend Redmond college. However, Mathew dies suddenly (upon learning they've lost all their money in a bank that went under), and with Marilla beginning to loose her eyesight, Anne forgoes college to teach at the local school.
 
 
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** spoiler alert ** I loved the Anne of Green Gables movies on PBS when I was kid, and the thought just occurred to me recently that I should try Montgomery's novels. I am going to be starting book four, and I've loved reading them all so far. I hope to finish the entire series and read Story Girl, not in the series but the novel that was Montgomery's favorite.

For the remaining books, I don't think I'll write much more than a synopsis of the events that occur in each novel, so I want to comment briefly on Montgomery's writing. I'm happy to say there hasn't been any great disparity between my experience of the PBS series and LMM's novels. The same spirited Anne is the star of both. For having been written in the early 20th century, Montgomery's writing style is extremely accessible, and she has a beautiful gift for dialogue and character development. The experience of reading the Anne series, for myself, has been experiencing Anne's life, thoughts and feelings, not so much the storyline. But her story ...more

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message 1: by VJ

06/22/2008 08:45AM

I second that emotion, 'Drea. This is one time that dramatization replicated the print version of a most engaging story of an outstanding host of characters with accuracy and class.

Anne is as plucky and inspiring on the screen as she is in print.