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Anne`s House of Dreams – Lucy Maud Montgomery

Anne’s House of Dreams is a wholesome, sunny and refreshing story and a close rival to the author’s success “Anne of Green Gables”. The winsome heroine of the earlier tales marries a doctor and goes away to live in an old white house in Four Winds Harbour. The young bride makes some interesting friends among her few and far-between neighbors. There is the sharp-tongued old spinster with a grudge against men and their ways and a helping hand for the weak and needy. Then there is the entertaining old sea captain, keeper of the lighthouse, and the beautiful tragic girl whose history forms one of the most engrossing episodes of the book. … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

Anne of the Island – Lucy Maud Montgomery

 “Anne of the Island” is the chronicle of the doings of Anne and her friends during four years spent at Redmond, pleasant adventures of the sort which might happen to any likable young people in a small co-educational college. Anne herself, now a beautiful, clever, and charming young woman, has manyadmirers. Among them is the faithful Gilbert Blythe, her childhood friend who is also a student at Redmond, and eventually Anne discovers that her heart has always been his. In the intervening vacations, the scene shifts from Kingsport, Nova Scotia, the seat of Redmond, back to the Island, Prince Edward Island where the author’s pen and heart are so much at home. … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

Anne of Avonlea – Lucy Maud Montgomery

Anne of Avonlea is the first sequel to the best-selling novel Anne of Green Gables. It tells of Anne Shirleys next adventures as a teenager and the two years that she teaches at Avonlea school, the school where she herself was taught. Finally love slips into her life so gradually that she does not even recognize it. Readers that enjoyed the first part will find many well-known characters.

Anne of Avonlea

Format: Paperback.

Anne of Avonlea.

ISBN: 9783849697259

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Summary of Anne of Avonlea (from Wikipedia):

Anne is about to start her first term teaching at the Avonlea school, although she will still continue her studies at … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

Anne of Green Gables – Lucy Maud Montgomery

Anne Shirley is an 11-year-old orphan waiting for an adoption. By mistake she comes to Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert of Prince Edward Island, a brother and a sister who actually wanted to adopt a boy to assist them with the work on their farm. When Anne finally arrives she has plenty to learn – and not only at school.

This is part one of the Anne of Green Gables series and one of the best-selling children novels of all time.

Anne of Green Gables

Format: Paperback.

Anne of Green Gables.

ISBN: 9783849697242

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Summary of Anne of Green Gables (from Wikipedia):

Anne Shirley, a young orphan from … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...