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Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1)

L.M. Montgomery

Start date: August 1, 2021

Finish date: August 31, 2021

Discussion: CLASSICS READS

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Nov 30, 2016 Susannah rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: listened-to-audiobook, school-reading, re-read, my-childhood-books, five-star-reads, reading-the-classics, re-read-on-audiobook

Just as good as it was when I was 13 years old, though perhaps for different reasons. Terrifically comforting in an otherwise horrible month.

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Jun 01, 2024 Laurel Bradshaw rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: ebooks-owned, color-rating-blue, coming-of-age, childrens-fiction, audible-purchased, classics, nook, audiobook, prince-edward-island, 2024-reading-lists

A children's classic. I've read this, seen the movies, seen the TV show, and seen it as a play. Still delightful.

Description: Eleven-year-old orphan Anne Shirley has just arrived at Green Gables, and already her guardians want to send her back. First, she’s not the boy the Cuthberts expected. Second, she talks too much. And even with her generous spirit, the redhead’s a trouble magnet. She gets the neighbor drunk and nearly poisons the pastor! Still, despite a rocky start, the fiery Anne wins ov ...more

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Jan 27, 2019 Genevieve rated it it was amazing

Shelves: 2019-reading-challenge

Very much worthy of a reread. I am sad that I never read this book when I was a child, but I also don’t think I would have appreciated it as much as I do now. The whole time I fell in love with Anne and thought how much fun it would be to have her as one of my students.

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Aug 07, 2012 Brenda rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: favorite-books, own

I decided to re-read old favorites, and Anne of Green Gables definitely continues to be a favorite. Reading this book is like being wrapped in a warm blanket on a cold day.

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This story is absolutely charming! It's the type of book that can be enjoyed by adults and children alike. I feel at home as I'm reading, and feel like I know the characters. The movie that was made based on this book is excellent as well. I don't know which I like better, actually. ...more

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Jun 23, 2019 Josh rated it it was amazing

Shelves: literary

I loved this! I grew up watching the old movie staring Megan Follows. I loved the movie, but as usual, the book is far better. It is hard to cast an actress who needs to fit the part of an 11 year old who becomes a 16 year old over the course of the story. Much of the dialogue was verbatim from the book, but it felt so much more real in the book because the character was actually eleven instead of and older teen trying to portray an ll year old. Worth the read!

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