Anne of Green Gables

Author: Lucy Maud Montgomery (Canada)
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Publish Date: 2004-07-01
Features: Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874-1942) was born on Prince Edward Island, Canada, and was a romantic female writer with strong regional characteristics. Her novel Anne of Green Gables, published in 1908, depicts how an orphan girl finds a warm home in the rustic Green Gables farmhouse, how she maintains self-respect and independence, and how she enters society. The story is poignant and poetic. Later, she wrote a series of works such as Anne of the Island and Anne of Windy Poplars, making Anne a well-known and beloved teenage character in both Canada and the United States. As a result, her hometown—Prince Edward Island—as well as the Green Gables farmhouse where the novel's protagonist Anne lived, have become famous tourist destinations.