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Anne of Windy Poplars / Anne's House of Dreams / Anne of Ingleside
Anne of Windy Poplars
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 triumphs.
Anne’s House of Dreams
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 will make new friends and meet their neighbors: Captain Jim, the lighthouse attendant, with his sad stories of the sea; Miss Cornelia Bryant, the lady who speaks from the heart—and speaks her mind; and the tragically beautiful Leslie Moore, into whose dark life Anne shines a brilliant light.
Anne of Ingleside
Anne is the mother of five, with never a dull moment in her lively home. And now with a new baby on the way and insufferable Aunt Mary Maria visiting—and wearing out her welcome—Anne’s life is full to bursting. Still, Mrs. Doctor can’t think of any place she’d rather be than her own beloved Ingleside. Until the day she begins to worry that her adored Gilbert doesn’t love her anymore. How could that be? She may be a little older, but she’s still the same irrepressible, irreplaceable redhead—the wonderful Anne of Green Gables, all grown up . . . she’s ready to make her cherished husband fall in love with her all over again!
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 triumphs.
Anne’s House of Dreams
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 will make new friends and meet their neighbors: Captain Jim, the lighthouse attendant, with his sad stories of the sea; Miss Cornelia Bryant, the lady who speaks from the heart—and speaks her mind; and the tragically beautiful Leslie Moore, into whose dark life Anne shines a brilliant light.
Anne of Ingleside
Anne is the mother of five, with never a dull moment in her lively home. And now with a new baby on the way and insufferable Aunt Mary Maria visiting—and wearing out her welcome—Anne’s life is full to bursting. Still, Mrs. Doctor can’t think of any place she’d rather be than her own beloved Ingleside. Until the day she begins to worry that her adored Gilbert doesn’t love her anymore. How could that be? She may be a little older, but she’s still the same irrepressible, irreplaceable redhead—the wonderful Anne of Green Gables, all grown up . . . she’s ready to make her cherished husband fall in love with her all over again!
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L.M. Montgomery
2,024 books13.5k followersLucy Maud Montgomery was a Canadian author whose novels, stories, essays and poems made her one of the most widely read writers in Canadian literary history. Publishing under the name L. M. Montgomery, she achieved international recognition with the novel Anne of Green Gables, released in 1908, which quickly became a bestseller and introduced readers to the imaginative orphan Anne Shirley. The success of the book transformed Montgomery from a schoolteacher and magazine contributor into a celebrated literary figure whose work reached audiences far beyond Canada. Raised on Prince Edward Island, she drew deeply on its landscapes, rural communities, and storytelling traditions, turning the island into the setting for many of her novels. The popularity of Anne of Green Gables led to numerous sequels, including Anne of Avonlea and Anne of the Island, establishing a beloved series that followed Anne from childhood to adulthood. Montgomery continued to write steadily throughout her life, producing twenty novels and more than a thousand short stories poems and essays. Her fiction often centered on young women, personal growth, and the emotional ties between people and place, combining gentle humor with reflections on memory, imagination, and belonging. Although she enjoyed enormous popularity, Montgomery also faced personal difficulties, including long periods of depression and the strain of caring for her husband, a Presbyterian minister who struggled with mental illness. Writing became both a profession and a refuge, allowing her to transform memories of childhood and observation of everyday life into vivid storytelling. In addition to the Anne series, she created other notable works, including the Emily novels and several stand alone stories that explored identity, creativity, and attachment to home. Her books were translated widely and attracted devoted readers around the world, helping shape the international image of Prince Edward Island as a place of pastoral beauty and warm community life. Scholars later studied her extensive journals letters and manuscripts, which revealed the complex inner life behind the cheerful tone of many of her books. By the time of her death in 1942, Montgomery had become one of the most successful and influential authors in Canadian literature. Her stories about imagination, resilience, and the search for belonging continue to inspire readers of all ages, and Anne Shirley remains one of the most recognizable characters in children's fiction. Through generations of readers, Montgomery's work has encouraged appreciation for storytelling, nature, and the emotional richness of ordinary life. Her legacy also includes a vast body of diaries and correspondence that document the challenges faced by a professional woman writer in the early twentieth century. Institutions such as the L. M. Montgomery Institute have continued to examine her influence on literature culture and tourism, particularly on Prince Edward Island, where sites associated with her fiction attract visitors from many countries. Adaptations of Anne of Green Gables for film, television, and theatre have introduced new audiences to her stories, ensuring that her characters remain part of global popular culture. Though critical opinion once dismissed her as merely a writer for children, later scholarship recognized the depth of her themes and the enduring craft of her storytelling. Today she is remembered as a central figure in Canadian literature whose imaginative vision gave voice to the beauty of rural life while celebrating the hopes of young dreamers who search for belonging.
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December 24, 2022
"Anne's House of Dreams" -- that's the one I'm reviewing here.
What a tender and sweetly optimistic story of Anne and Gilbert as newlyweds!
Lucy Maude Montgomery was so wise, I think, to set one of her Anne novels in this context. Many of us Goodreaders have been married. Others have partnered up. Well....
I wonder how many of us really felt like newlyweds for that entire first year.
Most Interesting to This Reader Was...
Very subtly, very delicately, Anne's sense of self expanded. Not every wife, and especially not every new wife, manages this neat trick:
* Keep her lifelong sense of self
* Share-and-expand that sense of self with the relationship to a spouse
* Solve problems independently, because at the place I call "Earth School," marriage doesn't magically vanish all future difficulties. And no spouse, however dreamy, must automatically become a knight in shining armor, etc.
* Most important, how many newlyweds keep their light of imagination alive?
In my view, imagination is compatible with love and sex. Yet some married people (and other adults) simply swap out their imagination for "the really important things," like love and sex and money.
Did You Notice this Yet, about Lucy Montgomery's Anne Books?
In my view, Lucy Maude Montgomery was a magnificent spiritual writer.
Quietly spiritual, spiritual without announcing her way of life, perfectly willing to write as somebody who was spiritual but not religious. (Long before that became a thing.)
Much as I love, and have often reread, C.S. Lewis's "Chronicles of Narnia," his job was easier. Wasn't it?
A writer who served as a Christian apologist, probably the most accomplished one of his generation, Lewis could gain extra impact by hinting at allegorical religious symbology (such as associating the death of the Lion with the cruxifiction of Jesus). In that way, Lewis could benefit from religious teachings that were -- and are -- so popular in collective consciousness.
Far more creativity and finesse are required to write as Lucy Maude Montgomery did. She created Anne as (in my view) as always deeply connected to God, and as morally upright without being preachy, and as consistently doing her human best in a world of unrelenting challenges.
Montgomery did this spiritual writing so seamlessly, readers didn't have to think that anything spiritual was happening.
But the truth is...
Spirituality Is Caught, Not Taught
To this nerdy kid who read all the Anne novels so many times, and felt so comfortable in that spiritually beautiful fictional world created by Lucy Montgomery...
I never dreamed that I'd grow up to do my best as a writer and teacher... and even, a spiritual teacher. Yet those Green Gables books showed me a way to move forward, like cherished hand-me-down clothes that some day I might grow into.
In Case You Hadn't Noticed
When you read any of the Anne books, if it pleases you...
Consider that the word "imagination" is Lucy Maude Montgomery's low-key word for "God."
What a tender and sweetly optimistic story of Anne and Gilbert as newlyweds!
Lucy Maude Montgomery was so wise, I think, to set one of her Anne novels in this context. Many of us Goodreaders have been married. Others have partnered up. Well....
I wonder how many of us really felt like newlyweds for that entire first year.
Most Interesting to This Reader Was...
Very subtly, very delicately, Anne's sense of self expanded. Not every wife, and especially not every new wife, manages this neat trick:
* Keep her lifelong sense of self
* Share-and-expand that sense of self with the relationship to a spouse
* Solve problems independently, because at the place I call "Earth School," marriage doesn't magically vanish all future difficulties. And no spouse, however dreamy, must automatically become a knight in shining armor, etc.
* Most important, how many newlyweds keep their light of imagination alive?
In my view, imagination is compatible with love and sex. Yet some married people (and other adults) simply swap out their imagination for "the really important things," like love and sex and money.
Did You Notice this Yet, about Lucy Montgomery's Anne Books?
In my view, Lucy Maude Montgomery was a magnificent spiritual writer.
Quietly spiritual, spiritual without announcing her way of life, perfectly willing to write as somebody who was spiritual but not religious. (Long before that became a thing.)
Much as I love, and have often reread, C.S. Lewis's "Chronicles of Narnia," his job was easier. Wasn't it?
A writer who served as a Christian apologist, probably the most accomplished one of his generation, Lewis could gain extra impact by hinting at allegorical religious symbology (such as associating the death of the Lion with the cruxifiction of Jesus). In that way, Lewis could benefit from religious teachings that were -- and are -- so popular in collective consciousness.
Far more creativity and finesse are required to write as Lucy Maude Montgomery did. She created Anne as (in my view) as always deeply connected to God, and as morally upright without being preachy, and as consistently doing her human best in a world of unrelenting challenges.
Montgomery did this spiritual writing so seamlessly, readers didn't have to think that anything spiritual was happening.
But the truth is...
Spirituality Is Caught, Not Taught
To this nerdy kid who read all the Anne novels so many times, and felt so comfortable in that spiritually beautiful fictional world created by Lucy Montgomery...
I never dreamed that I'd grow up to do my best as a writer and teacher... and even, a spiritual teacher. Yet those Green Gables books showed me a way to move forward, like cherished hand-me-down clothes that some day I might grow into.
In Case You Hadn't Noticed
When you read any of the Anne books, if it pleases you...
Consider that the word "imagination" is Lucy Maude Montgomery's low-key word for "God."
July 13, 2020
Check out my reviews on the main page of each individual book!
June 14, 2023
Anne of Windy Poplars is the fourth installment of L.M. Montgomery’s Anne of Green Gables stories. Although the first of the series is the most beloved, having now read the four, I am partial to Anne of Windy Poplars over books two and three. Anne, now college-educated, has gone to Summerside—about twenty miles away but still on Prince Edward Island—to spend three years as a principal at the local high school. That sounds lofty, but she is still teaching, and there are only two other teachers in this school. Anne boards at a house named Windy Poplars. In Summerside, Anne encounters a bevy of cantankerous, colorful people, and in her inevitable way, manages to change most of them—or at least get her way with them. These Summerside residents are varied, bold, and humorous, but above all, very outspoken. It is a delight to hear their ramblings. Along the way, Anne, of course, bonds with many of her students and, particularly, a very young neighbor. And, as we expect, Anne wins over everyone, gets into the middle of numerous disagreements, and makes tons of friends along the way. This novel hearkens back to the young Anne we first met in Anne of Green Gables, the Anne who is continually sticking her foot in her mouth, leaping without thinking, and generally making a mess of things that always seem to turn out right in the end. Anne of Windy Poplars is very entertaining, indeed.
December 6, 2014
I've read these books over and over (and even written a novel that takes place after Rilla of Ingleside) and love them fully. They are not equally consistent in writing and story—and some don't feature Anne as the central character—but I feel at home with them. Interestingly, Rainbow Valley was written after Rilla of Ingleside, and information about future events is hinted at.
October 4, 2011
I loved the Anne of Green Gable books! Although she grew up in late-nineteenth century Canada, I experienced many of the same things she did--falling in love, being teased, finding a best friend and going away to school.
March 19, 2008
see comment on first boxed set
July 2, 2008
I love these books!!!! I have never read about a more unique, fanciful, lovable heroine. Even in what would be the dullest situations, Anne makes them an adventure!
September 13, 2009
This is the only listing with my book cover. I am just using it for Anne's House of Dreams
February 7, 2010
Again, AMAZING!
January 10, 2011
Really enjoy the Anne books. Somehow I am not as interested in her kids. Her adventures were what was so fun and enjoyable to read. I think with six kids there are too many to follow.
October 18, 2012
One of the greatest series of my childhood! The kind of books I hope my own children will someday enjoy!
August 17, 2025
O quarto livro dessa saga segue o mesmo ritmo das obras anteriores. O ritmo da história é devagar e tem o caráter detalhado. Nesse quarto livro tem-se uma abundância de personagens secundários que acabam roubando o lugar da protagonista que é a Anne Shirley. No percorrer da trama é depositado sobre o leitor diversas informações sobre personagens que, muitas vezes, nem tinham fala no conto. Apesar de sentir falta da presença e do desenvolvimento da personagem principal, essa obra reproduz a mesma vibe aconchegante dos outros livros, o final me deixou de coração quentinho, apesar de odiar despedidas. Anne de Windy Poplars é um livro conforto, isto é indiscutível.
November 9, 2021
Anne of Green Gables is my favorite book series. It's uplifting.
January 12, 2026
Another charming episode in Anne's life and her adventures in teaching.
September 11, 2011
I thought I'd read all the Anne Shirley books, but found I'd only read the first two! This summer, I caught up by reading Anne of the Island, skipped the Windy Poplars and then read the House of Dreams and Ingleside.
Anne of the Island was great because this is where Anne and Gilbert finally get together, and I liked reading of her college life.
Gilbert is quite missing from the next two, as far as I could tell, and Anne doesn't figure in much in the Ingleside book, with the focus being on her children instead, and the focus in House of Dreams on two mysterious neighbors. Still, I like Montgomery's stories of life on Prince Edward Island of a time long gone. Anne is a fabulous mother (though she has help with the housework and 6! kids). It's a wonderful series.
Anne of the Island was great because this is where Anne and Gilbert finally get together, and I liked reading of her college life.
Gilbert is quite missing from the next two, as far as I could tell, and Anne doesn't figure in much in the Ingleside book, with the focus being on her children instead, and the focus in House of Dreams on two mysterious neighbors. Still, I like Montgomery's stories of life on Prince Edward Island of a time long gone. Anne is a fabulous mother (though she has help with the housework and 6! kids). It's a wonderful series.
April 5, 2011
The adult Anne is not quite as accident-prone, so not as funny, but the romance still satisfies, whle adding real-life situations such as the death of Anne & Gilbert's first child and the tragic story, then romance of a new friend that deepens and enriches the saga. Captain Jim is a great charaacter as is Miss Cornelia with their shared wisdom and quirks. Volume 6 is less of Anne and more of her children, but still delightful to read.
August 29, 2012
This was less about Anne and more about her neighbors but I liked them so it didn't bother me too much. I was actually surprised at how long it was because it really only focused on a few people whereas other books seemed to have a lot more side characters.
November 9, 2010
Oops! I hit the 5 stars thinking it was Anne of Green Gables. I have yet to read it, but I fully expect to enjoy it.
April 10, 2012
Anne is the principal at Windy Poplars for 3 years while Gilbert is studying medicine. Pringles, love, romance and fun at Spooky Lane.
April 18, 2008
Anne just becomes more lovable as she gets older.
May 23, 2008
I read these every year or two at least.
February 27, 2012
No matter what your parents love you and care for you.
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