What makes ‘Anne of Green Gables’ a unique novel?

            Anne Shirley is an orphan who dreams of being part of a family. She has many dreams that have helped her cope with a harsh life. She is part of a programme to place older orphans with families that can use a young person’s assistance. Anne is placed at Green Gables, a farm on Prince Edward Island, Canada. Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert, the brother and sister, who run the farm where Anne is placed, are getting older, and thought a young orphan boy could be helpful.

            Instead, they get Anne. Matthew is alarmed initially at finding Anne instead of the desired boy to help out as a farmhand. Marilla has run the household on her own for years. Anne’s day-dreaming ways bump into Marilla’s practical habits, to the benefit of both.

            ‘Anne of Green Gables’ is a children’s novel by the Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery. It was first published in 1908. It is the first of eight books about Anne Shirley, her children, and the many people whose lives she changes.

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