Anne of Ingleside (Anne Shirley Series #6) Kindle Edition

Title: Anne of InglesideAuthor: L.M. MontgomeryRead by: Barbara BarnesPublisher: Dreamscape AudioLength: Approximately 11 hours and 40 minutesSource: Purchased from Amazon.com.Anne of Ingleside is the sixth novel of the Anne of Green Gables series. Two years ago, I started to listen to the audiobooks of this series as I have always loved these novels. For some reason, I stopped at book five, but with the craziness of the world these days, I went back to this series that always makes me happy and decided now is the time to finish listening to the audiobooks.In Anne of Ingleside, the story is still about Anne and Gilbert, but the focus has started to shift to their six children: Jem, Nan, Diana, Walter, Shirley, and the newest arrival, Rilla. As I’ve gotten older, reading the books is a different experience than when I was younger. This book always fell through the cracks for me as a teen as I was looking more for the romance and action of the other novels. Now as a mother myself, I enjoyed and understood many parts of the story that I didn’t as a teen. I also loved the individual experiences of the kids as well. I feel like L.M. Montgomery remembered what is was like to be a child and how something that seems small for an adult, can be everything to a child.At the start of the novel, Gilbert’s Aunt Mary Maria has come to stay for two weeks, but the two weeks soon stretches into a year. Gilbert doesn’t want to kick out a relative, but Aunt Mary Maria Blythe has something negative to say about just about everything. With Anne having Rilla during Mary Maria’s stay, it adds an extra stress onto all of the family members. I thought these sections were hilarious. Especially now as an adult I’m had Aunt Mary Maria’s of my own in my family that visit and have nothing nice to say. I just can’t imagine an entire year of it. The birthday party that put an end to her visit was hilarious. I felt for Anne who is just trying to be nice, but there is no pleasing the Mary Maria’s of the world.I loved the scenes where people were telling stories. In particular Walter listens in to all of the stories about the inhabitants in town. I was Walter as a youth and loved to sit around and listen to the stories my Grandparents and Great-Grandparents had to tell. This reminded me of them.The kids learned many important lessons and had adventures during this novel and I greatly enjoyed them. I felt bad for Jem who had bad luck with dogs and for Diana who had bad luck in friends. Anne and Gilbert’s marriage matures and they face their own insecurities. I thought it was a very honest look at marriage at their fifteenth anniversary being at seventeen years myself. I also enjoyed that characters from the previous novels visited or were mentioned.Anne of Ingleside was written after the final two books in the series: Rainbow Valley and Rilla of Ingleside. I admit that the end where Anne laments about how the children are growing too fast and the book had a foreshadowing of Walter’s fate really struck me. It brought a tear to my eye.Barbara Barnes was a good narrator and brought unique voices to the characters. This was a very enjoyable audiobook.Overall, Anne of Ingleside is a good book that continues Anne’s story while starting to tell the story of her children. The book made me really happy. It’s a great story to listen to when times are troubled.

Again, I purchased this Kindle book separately because it was not included in the "Anne of Green Gables Collection." This is the other book (besides "Anne of Windy Poplars," 1936) that was published much later than the rest of the series, in 1939. The other books were published in 1908 through 1921. In "Anne of Ingleside" Anne and Gilbert are older and have several children. Like I have said with Mrs. Montgomery's other works, this book is comprised of a chapter or a few chapters, in this case on each of Anne and Gilbert's children. These stories would probably be very interesting to children. Again, I found it irritating that all their children extolled the praises of Anne to the nth; she is the perfect mother. It is only in the last couple of chapters, that Anne shows any human qualities like the rest of us. Early on Anne had a desire to write, but that dream seems to be totally gone; she has become a blah person for most of this book. By the way, I also find it irritating that for all of Anne's matchmaking, she never attempts to find someone for Susan, her housekeeper/cook, who would obviously like to be married.

We re-enter Gilbert and Anne's world quite a few years from book 5. Not only do they have Jem, but two more sons, Walter and Shirley, twin girls Nan and Diana and newborn Rilla.Things are not dull for the Blythe household. From an Aunt over staying her welcome, to the antics of the children, there's always someone up to or into some trouble.It's unexpected but there are so many things that occur in that time that could simply be slid into our time and vice versa. That proverb "The more things change, the more they stay the same." has never been more poignant.

I love the Anne Shirley books. I came to them as an adult and was charmed by the story. I prefer to not read about sexual situations, violence or profane characters and I find myself re-reading the classics over and over.

I enjoyed the first 5 novels of this series, some more than others. Having finally finished this book, though, I am done. The book seemed endless to me, filled with cutesy anecdotes involving far too many "main" characters. The only point to the book had to be to impress the reader with how charming Anne's family was and how many wonderful and sweet escapades could be stuffed into its pages. It took me a long time to read it because I kept putting it down and only picking it up reluctantly again just to get it finished. Cloying. Manipulative. Dull, not even interesting enough to give it one star instead of two; not worth any emotional reaction. Don't make me read any more of these novels!

All of the books in the "Anne" series are delightful, and I never get tired of re-reading them. Anne of Ingleside focuses mostly on Anne and Gilbert's children, but there are some stories from Anne's perspective as well. The stories are often funny, and heart-warming, and now and then I found myself tearing up a bit too. It makes you feel like a kid again yourself to read the stories from the children's perspectives, and all the characters are very well-rounded, and feel real to you. Read the whole series, you will not be disappointed!

This is a book i am not new to.But my fimiliarity ,has not affected my love for this book * book series plus the Chronicles and Further Chhronicles of Avonlea!If one wants the true Anne experience of her life,it is a must have.Because all eight books build on each other.The first 4 from a girl to engaged young woman!The other 4 as a wife and mother.Without Anne of Ingleside ,reading Rainbow Valley ,would give you a sense something was missing!This is why when they are sold in an e book collection on Amazon all eight books should be included ,for i had to purchase seperately Anne of Windy Poplars and Anne of Ingleside,because they werenot in the collectition!

This book is the account of Anne, Gilbert, and family after they had moved to Ingleside but when the children were still quite young. Bertha Marilla (Rilla) is born during this book. It is full of incident and poetic imagery in L. M. Montgomery's own style, and on the whole it is a happy book. There are some unhappy experiences, but good comes out of them. We read about young Jem wanting to go to the town to see someone being tattooed! Later on we see his love for dogs - and what comes of it. We read about poetic Walter, spending time with a family who tease him - and how he gets up in the night and walks home! Later on we read about the Ladies Aiders realising, with horror, that Walter has been listening to their conversation! We see Di, making friends with the wrong sort of girls - the girl with false tales of grandeur; the girl who fantasises about being ill-treated and who ends up telling lies about Di (and we see Di's scornful reaction!); We read about Nan's vivid imagination and its consequences - her idea that God wants her to walk round a graveyard at night, and, later, her fantasies about The Lady with the Mysterious Eyes. Then there is the time she thinks she was exchanged for another baby at birth! We read about how Rilla feels about carrying a cake! Then we read about Anne wondering if Gilbert still loves her and how that turns out. Throughout the book we see the children making up names of places and weaving imaginary stories around them, just as Anne did when she was young. And there is much, much, more! This is a great book, full of the fruits of L. M. Montgomery's great imagination.

I love the ‘Anne of Green Gables’ series and the cover of this is so lovely!

I think this is the last book of the Ann of Green Gables series. I understand she actually wrote nine books and I would love to find the others on eBooks.This book deals with Ann's growing family, and I did think that it might be rather dull, however I needn't have worried, on the whole it bowls along at great pace, although there are times when it becomes a little repetitive. I was very sad when it came to an end.

I just didn't enjoy this as much as the other books and felt a bit like I was waiting through treacle some times. some of the story lines were good but I can't say I really enjoyed the book. There were lots of little stories rather than bigger ones.

This book is one of the least popular of the end of Green Gables series, I think. And one can see why. It's a bit loose doesn't have much of a plot. But don't avoid it if you like Montgomery's books. It still written by Montgomery it's still a sweet and funny, it's still worthwhile.