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Anne of Green Gables
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☯Emily  Ginder
Just as enjoyable reading as an adult as when I was a child. I probably appreciated Matthew and Marilla more as an adult. It is quite amazing that those two took on Anne while in their 60's with no experience in raising children.

I did find Anne's chatter more irritating now, but the descriptions of PEI were delightful and something I ignored as a child.

The last quarter of the book was a listing of all of Anne's achievements and little of her faults, so that dragged a little.

Overall, I enjoyed a
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My best friend reads this to me sometimes when I'm sick. It is one of my top three favourite books in the entire whole wide entire world. ...more
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