The COMPLETE ANNE OF GREEN GABLES

The Life and Adventures of the Most Beloved and Timeless Heroine in All of Fiction

by L M MONTGOMERY

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Boxed set of 8 new softcover books still in shrinkwrap. Each book measures 18 x 11cm.

Favorites for over 100 years, these classic novels follow the adventures of the spirited redhead Anne Shirley, who comes to stay at Green Gables and wins the hearts of everyone she meets.

The moment an eleven-year-old, plucky orphan named Anne Shirley arrives at Green Gables, the lives of brother and sister, Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert, are changed forever. Anne is a skinny, self-possessed spirit with fiery, red hair, whose boundless imagination transports her from one adventure to another. Perpetually in search of like-minded spirits, Anne’s journey to belong is met with many obstacles along the way. However, she is determined to say and do anything to convince her mild-mannered hosts to let her stay at Green Gables. Montgomery’s classic is set against the spectacular beauty of Prince Edward Island, Canada; a place that captures both Anne’s heart and the emotions of legions of readers around the world.

The books in the set are:

• Anne of Green Gables
• Anne of Avonlea
• Anne of the Island
• Anne of Windy Poplars
• Anne's House of Dreams
• Anne of Ingleside
• Rainbow Valley
• Rilla of Ingleside

About the author

Lucy Maud Montgomery publicly known as L.M. Montgomery and always called "Maud" by family and friends (30 November 1874–24 April 1942) was a Canadian author, best known for a series of novels beginning with Anne of Green Gables which was published in 1908.

Anne of Green Gables was an immediate success when it was published. The central character, Anne Shirley, an orphaned girl, made Montgomery famous in her lifetime and gave her an international following. The first novel was followed by a series of sequels with Anne as the central character.

Montgomery found her inspiration for the book on an old piece of paper that she had written at a young age, describing a couple that were mistakenly sent an orphan girl instead of a boy, yet decided to keep her. Montgomery also drew upon her own childhood experiences in rural Prince Edward Island. Montgomery used a photograph of Evelyn Nesbit, which she had clipped from New York’s Metropolitan Magazine, and pasted the framed clipping on the wall of her bedroom, as the model for the face of Anne Shirley, the book's main character. Montgomery also found inspiration in the "formula Ann" orphan stories, the Anns without the e. Other characters, like Gilbert Blythe, were modeled, in part, on real-life characters. Montgomery wrote the novel in the twilight of the day, sitting at her window and overlooking the fields of Cavendish.

Since publication, Anne of Green Gables has sold more than 50 million books

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The Complete Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery