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Anne of Green Gables (All Aboard Reading)

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Look on the cover. It says "Adapted by". This is not Lucy Maud Montgomery's book, and it is not even well-written. The story has been ripped off and re-written for younger readers.

Anne of Green Gables is a children's classic, and would be enjoyed by girls with a reading level of 5th grade and above. Girls aged 5 - 12 would love the stories. It is best to wait until you can read the actual version, though, for the value of the literature and the humor in the author's brilliant pen. Purchase an unabridged edition instead of this adapted version.

In Anne of Green Gables, L.M. Montgomery's exciting story, Anne wants to be adopted by a famly who loves her. This imaginative, eleven year old, red-headed orphan girl changes Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert's lives forever.
Matthew and Marilla had wanted an orphan boy to help on the farm in Canada, but the orphanage sent Anne instead. Anne is spunky, adventurous, talkative, and fun to be around. She enjoys reading and using her imagination. Her best friend, Diana,and she have many exciting and funny adventures together. Anne does not like to do what she is told to do, but she'll do almost anything people dare her to do. Will Matthew and Marilla keep this lively young girl?
In my opinion I recommend this book to girls of ages 11 and older or for anyone that enjoys stories about adventurous girls. This book is definitely worth reading. Jonathan Cox

This classic illustrated edition of «Anne of Green Gables» is a joy to re-read and would make any Kindle reader who wants an 'older edition' type of book to read. I hope more of the old classics are available in this format.

This is a heavily abridged, dumbed down version of Anne of Green Gables. I recommend spending a little more and buying a complete version.

I liked Anne of Green Gables! It was fun to read and had lots of good writing in it. Sometimes the things Anne said were hard to understand but I finally figured it out. On the really boring pages I just kind of skim read. I think it's a good book though even if it is boring in some places...

This was a favorite from my youth, and then later I fell in love with the Movie version. I bought this one specifically for the audiobook free link, and then could not find it.
All should know that the link is at the very END of the story. Great story....haven't figured out how to download the audio version yet, but I'll let you know.

I'm sure if I read this story NOW, I'd have more appreciation for it. I was FORCED to read it in the 5th grade. However, it was an interesting story, and I've seen tv and film versions of it since.

This is a very interesting story following the antics of an orphaned girl who wants to be loved and accepted. She has a very dramatic imagination, which makes some of her antics rather amusing.

I vaguely remember most of the story, to be honest, but large chunks of it are still with me, even after all these years. It's a story that stays with you for your whole life after taking it in.

It's just a pity I couldn't appreciate it then.

Anne is a skinny, carrot haired, orphan with an extremely bad temper. Her wonderful imagination gets her in and out of trouble. When she finds she may finally have a home at Green Gables her soul is lifted. Though it soon falls, because the Cuthberts didn't want a girl! Anne spends the whole story trying to prove to the Cuthberts that she can call herself Anne of Green Gables.

What a wonderful treat this book was. I wasn't fortunate enough to have read it as a child, but upon discovering it had earned a place in the BBC's Top One-Hundred Books list, decided to give Anne of Green Gables a read. The story revolves around a young orphan girl named Anne Shirley, recently adopted by the Cuthbert family who live at Green Gables farm. Throughout the book Anne has many amusing adventures and the reader is allowed to experience the joys and heartache Anne encounters whilst growing up.

The way in which LM Montgomery portrayed the character of Anne within the novel was the literary equivalent of a large slice of chocolate fudge cake. Without being too large or overly sweet, it was delicious in its warmth. It was not unusual for Anne to begin a speech that would eventually last for two or even three pages. Far from being dull or tedious however, I found myself being drawn in to Anne's vivid world of fun and eccentricity. All too often in children's books central characters are two-dimensional or lacking a certain oomph necessary to bring the story to life. This book is quite the opposite. It is true that the other characters had great difficulty getting a word in edgewise when Anne launched into one of her frequent monologues, but still I felt a longing to have had a friend like her during my own childhood. I think a lot of readers (particularly children) would easily be able to relate to Anne, as the awe and enchantment she feels towards her surroundings is a pleasure to behold, and her tendency to rename the landmarks around her home is captivating (the dull-sounding `Barry's Pond' for example, becomes `The Lake of Shining Waters'). Anne has a habit of looking at the romantic aspects of her life and exaggerating them beautifully. Another feature of the book I enjoyed enormously was the humour value the author introduced into situations: "Anne, are you killed?" shrieked Diana. "No Diana, I am not killed but I think I am rendered unconscious." A lot of entertainment comes from Anne's loathing of her classmate Gilbert, the origin of such bad feeling stemmed from the time he took advantage of our heroines insecurity about her long red locks, and addressed her as `Carrots.' I felt that too many characters were introduced as Anne's school friends however, and it was often difficult to distinguish between the personalities of Jane, Josie, Ruby and Diana. Nevertheless, this was more than made up for by Anne's individuality, which as I mentioned previously is exceptionally warm-hearted.

A further side of LM Montgomery's writing I greatly appreciated was her talent in bringing across the splendour of the landscape and scenery of the small island off the coast of Canada, where the novel is set: "October was a beautiful month at Green Gables... the maples behind the orchard were royal crimson and the wild cherry trees along the lane put on the loveliest shades of dark red and bronzy green, while the fields sunned themselves in the aftermaths." As the book follows Anne's life over a four-year period, the description of the outside world is most useful in conveying the changing seasons. Often when reading a book, I imagine the setting to be a place well known to me, but so effective was the depiction here that I felt the author had managed a whole new world within my mind.

The story is not all games and fun however, and I felt that Montgomery was able to address many important issues in the account of Anne's background, both before and during her stay in the orphan asylum. During Anne's stay with the Cuthbert family too, her moral upbringing and Christian values are heavily featured within the story, and this is largely why the book was looked so favourably upon at the time of its original publication in the early twentieth century. In conclusion, I would whole-heartedly recommend Anne of Green Gables to old and young alike, and those who have enjoyed the book may also like LM Montgomery's further novels following Anne in later years. The author clearly possessed a great talent and Anne Shirley is a character that will remain in my heart for years to come.

what an absolute delight to happen upon this book again after so many years. I devoured this novel and was instantly transported to Anne's life. What a great escape from everyday grimness to Anne's happy positive outlook on life. It makes one want to sing and dance and be a child again. Love it and cant say too much about how wonderful to find it again.