L.M.

MONTGOMERY:
ANNE OF GREEN GABLES

Adam Csery
2.C 2017/11/12
BASIC INFO ABOUT THE BOOK:
 Genre : novel
 Level : 2

 Pages : 42

 About the author :

 Lucy Maud Montgomery

 November 30, 1874 - April 24, 1942)
 Canadian author
 series of novels -1908 - Anne of Green Gables - immediate success.
 Series were followed by:

 Anne of Avonlea (1909)

 Anne of the Island (1915)

 Anne of Windy Poplars (1936)

 Anne's House of Dreams (1917)

 Anne's House of Dreams (1917)
 Anne of Ingleside (1939)
 Rainbow Valley (1919)
 Rilla of Ingleside (1921)
 The Blythes Are Quoted (2009)

 Canadian literature, children’s novels, short fiction, poetry.

 Notable works
 Anne of Green Gables
 Rilla of Ingleside
 Emily of New Moon
 20 novels, 530 short stories, 500 poems, and 30 essays.
CHARACTERS :
 Main character : Anne Shirley – an orphan girl
 Other characters :
 Matthew Cuthbert, Marilla Cuthbert – Anne’s new parents
 Gilbert Blythe – a school student, classmate
 Diana – Anne’s best friend
 Mrs.Rachel Lynde – Cuthbert’s friend, old woman
 Mr.Phillips – the teacher at school
 Mr.Allan – the new vicar
 Miss Stacy – the new teacher
SHORT SUMMARY:
 Matthew and Marilla adopted Anne
 Mrs.Rachel Lynde disagreed

 Gilbert and Anne argued

 Anne made many mistakes

 Anne’s green hair had to be cut off

 Anne escaped from the boat
 Gilbert Blythe saved her
 hard study for the examination
 Anne and Gilbert were first
 studying at college in Charlottetown
 she won the Avery prize
 Matthew got a heart attack
 Anne refused Redmond college
 she decided to be a teacher
 Gilbert and Anne became friends
THEMES, SYMBOLS:
 Anne’s red hair (carrots)- Anne’s red hair which looked
like carrots.
 Theme: The life of Anne from her childhood until her
maturity.
FAVOURITE PART:
 The end of the story - where Gilbert offered Anne the
friendship
FAVOURITE CHARACTER:
 Marilla
 she accepted all Anne’s mistakes
 tried to raise her up in the best way
MY OPINION:
 easy and readable
 hard to find 8 new words

 the plot was understandable

 finished with the happy end