# Anne of Green Gables

**Author:** L. Montgomery
**Tags:** Bildungsromans, Orphans, Islands, Friendship, Country life, Prince Edward Island, Canada, Shirley, Anne (Fictitious character), Girls
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**Added:** 10.07.2026
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Anne Shirley arrives on Prince Edward Island expecting a warm welcome, only to discover that Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert, the siblings who sent for an orphan, actually wanted a boy to help with farm work. Talkative, imaginative, and quick to feel things deeply, the eleven-year-old red-haired girl seems destined to be sent away, yet her irrepressible spirit soon begins to win over even the cautious Marilla. What follows is a tender, often funny chronicle of childhood in the farming community of Avonlea, where Anne stumbles through scrapes of her own making, forges a fierce friendship with kindred spirit Diana Barry, and turns a long-standing rivalry with classmate Gilbert Blythe into something more complicated as the years pass. Through school triumphs and mishaps, small-town gossip, and the quiet rhythms of rural life, Anne slowly transforms the reserved Cuthbert household into a real home filled with warmth and belonging. Blending humor, heartache, and vivid descriptions of island scenery, this beloved coming-of-age story captures the wonder of growing up and the enduring power of imagination, friendship, and found family.