Anne of Green Gables Collection: Anne of Green Gables, Anne of the Island, and More Anne Shirley Books (Xist Classics) Kindle Edition

Absolutely marvelous series. This is the first time I've read it through, though I've read the first two books and watched the movies since grade school. Lucy Maud Montgomery deserves unending applause through all of time. The beautiful un-marred story of Anne and family.

I’ve heard so many women say that the Anne of Green Gables books were their favorites growing up, but I’d never read them. When the series came through on BookBub, I grabbed it.My first impression of Anne of Green Gables was that the writing is very old-fashioned. (It reminded me of the Laura Ingalls Wilder books.) First published in 1908, it seems quaint compared to contemporary middle grades and young adult stories.Set on Prince Edward Island, Canada, it centers around a gawky orphan who is adopted by Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert, a middle-aged brother and sister who need a youngster to help them on their farm, Green Gables. They’d requested a boy, but their desire was miscommunicated, and a girl was sent instead. At first, Marilla intends to send Anne back; but Matthew lobbies to keep her, as he is captivated by her imaginative ramblings.To Anne, Green Gables seems like a paradise. She loves all the trees and flowers and ponds she passes in the countryside, and the garden at her new home. But she immediately gets herself in trouble when she throws a tantrum in response to a rude comment made by the Cuthbert’s neighbor, Mrs. Lynde.Marilla is determined that if Anne stays with them, she must be properly brought up. Marilla’s nature is practical; she teaches Anne household skills and discourages her flights of fancy.Anne meets another girl in the neighborhood, Diana, and they immediately become best friends. And though Anne hasn’t had regular schooling, she becomes an excellent and enthusiastic student, despite the ineptitude of Mr. Phillips, the teacher. She is well-liked by all the other girls, but Gilbert, the most popular boy in the school, makes a crack about her red hair, winning Anne’s ardent contempt and rivalry.Anne has one misadventure after another, such as accidentally getting Diana drunk, and incurring the wrath of Diana’s Great-Aunt Josephine by jumping onto the bed where the old woman was sleeping unbeknownst, and serving the new pastor and his wife a cake that had a wrong ingredient in it, and almost drowning in a sinking boat.A new teacher, Ms. Stacy, comes to take Mr. Phillips’ place, and she offers an after-school class to her advanced students for extra study to prepare them for the entrance exam for teacher training. Anne is invited to participate.This first book in the series takes Anne through ages 11 to 16. Through all of her hardships, Anne learns how to work hard toward her goals, and shy Matthew and stern Marilla learn to love her.Anne of Green Gables is a delightful classic, and I look forward to reading the entire series.

Content was very good, but did not include every Anne title.Style was simple, but fun.Kindle functionality was cumbersome. Page number froze at 252.

These are the first fiction books I have read in many decades. I read the Collection because I liked Kevin Sullivan's two-part movie rendition, "Anne of Green Gables, the Sequel." The movie was supposed to be based upon the books " Anne of Avonlea," "Anne of the Island", and "Anne of Windy Poplar." In truth, I liked the movie better. The movie was more for adults, pre-teen and teen girls. The books were more fore children and pre-teens, with the exception of "Rilla of Ingleside," which is probably not appropriate for children; it is probably for adults, and teen girls and boys. I also saw the movie "Anne of Green Gables" several years ago. (As an aside, as an American, I like much of what comes to us from Canada; what I have seen is clean, wholesome, uplifting.) Lucy Maud Montgomery should have been a botanist writer: Writing about flora and nature seemed to be where her heart was. In these books she wrote what would equal many chapters on the flora of Prince Edward Island. Unfortunately, this would be of interest to only a select group of people. There is very little characterization. Two books were not included in the Collection because of Copyright, Publisher problems: "Anne of Windy Poplar" and "Anne of Ingleside." So in order to read all the books of the series I had to buy those Kindle books separately, and I will review them separately. I was curious about the author, Mrs. Montgomery, and looked her up online. Mrs. Montgomery, a devout Presbyterian, married a Presbyterian minister, Ewan MacDonald, after her second book was published, and it is impossible not to read the progression of her relationship with her husband in all the Presbyterian ministers she writes about though all of her books. I'm not sure, but there also seems to be foreshadowing of her own life. A short comment on each book in the Collection: "Anne of Green Gables" is an enjoyable read, a spunky Anne. I almost quit reading the Collection with "Anne of Avonlea"; boring with too much on the flora until the last quarter or third of the book. "Anne of the Island" might be enjoyable to teen girls. [SPOILER ALERT: At the end Anne accepts Gilbert Blythe's proposal.] However, Mrs. Montgomery wrote Anne as the perfect young adult, whose meddling in other people's lives always made their lives better. I started to find it irritating. In "Anne's House of Dreams" Gilbert takes over his relative's physician practice, 60 miles away from Avonlea; and he finds the perfect home for them. Can't picture Anne as being so acquiescent as to allow him to choose their home site unseen by her. With this book I began realizing that Mrs. Montgomery's books were made up of short stories; a particular character for one or a few chapters. Again, Anne is perfect; and Gilbert has no more character than to say that he is a very busy doctor. There is one mystery twist at the end that I was not expecting. "Rainbow Valley" is made up of a few chapters each on each her children; Next to "Anne of Green Gables," I think children would like to be read/or to read this book best. "Rilla of Ingleside" was published shortly after World War I; and is the WWI diary of Anne and Gilbert's teenage daughter, Rilla. It deals with the Canadian boys feelings about joining the war, and then while serving. It also deals with those back on the homefront, especially Rilla and women as they scrabble for news on the battles of the Canadians (and British); and dealing with death, injury, missing in action, and the privations of war. I personally found "Anne of Green Gables" and "Rilla of Ingleside" the most interesting reads. The final two books in the Collection are "Chronicles of Avonlea" and "Further Chronicles of Avonlea." These are quite good short stories for children; strictly stories with extremely little talk of the flora.

Anne is such an awesome character!

Lovely to revisit this series in kindle format, it even has the Chronicles of Avonlea in addition to the 'Anne' books. I only gave it 4 stars as I don't like Anne of Avonlea as much as the other books - is it just me or are Paul Irving and Davy the most irritating characters in the series?

The Netflix Ann with an E is authentic to this novel

Enjoyed it.

Some of my favourite books from childhood.

Ye really good read book really good