Anne Of Green Gables & Anne Of Avonlea

A new series of beautiful bindups with cover illustrations by Briana Corr Scott brings readers affordable collectors' editions of the beloved Anne of Green Gables novels. With a beautiful new cover by celebrated illustrator Briana Corr Scott, Lucy Maud Montgomery's classic books Anne of Green Gables and Anne of Avonlea are available together as the first in a series of new bindup editions. In Anne of Green Gables, eleven-year-old orphan Anne Shirley arrives at Green Gables by mistake; Marilla and Matthew Cuthbert wanted a boy. But for Anne, the enchanting farm and surrounding island community are a dream come true. Thanks to her endearing nature, Anne wins the hearts of the Cuthberts, surprising them with adventure at every turn. At sixteen, Anne is grown up - sort of. The second book in the series, Anne of Avonlea follows L.M. Montgomery's red-headed darling as she begins her new job as a schoolteacher and becomes curious about the strange yet handsome Gilbert Blythe. Anne enters adulthood with her trademark humour, imagination, and sense of adventure. Books in the series: 9781774712627 Anne of Green Gables & Anne of Avonlea 9781774714294 Anne of the Island & Anne of Windy Poplars 9781774715031 Blue Castle 9781774715147 Anne's House of Dreams & Anne of Ingleside AUTHOR: Lucy Maud (L. M.) Montgomery, one of Canada's best-known authors, was born in Prince Edward Island in 1874. Her career spanned fifty years and included twenty-one novels, over five hundred stories, over five hundred poems, many essays and articles, as well as volumes of journals and letters. But it is her first novel, Anne of Green Gables (1908), that is her best-loved work, not only in Canada but all over the world.