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Anne of Green Gables Collection: Anne of Green Gables, Anne of the Island, and More Anne Shirley Books

The collection comprises the original novel 'Anne of Green Gables', followed by 'Anne of the Island', and additional works featuring the beloved character Anne Shirley, offering a comprehensive look into her adventures and growth. more

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Lucy Maud Montgomery
Lucy Maud Montgomery

Lucy Maud Montgomery was a Canadian author renowned for her children's literature, particularly the 'Anne of Green Gables' series. Her works are celebrated for their refreshing style and profound insights into human nature. more

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“…I'm sorry, and a little dissatisfied as well. Miss Stacy told me long ago that by the time I was twenty my character would be formed, for good or evil. I don't feel that it's what it should be. It's full of flaws.' 'So's everybody's,' said Aunt Jamesina cheerfully. 'Mine's cracked in a hundred places. Your Miss Stacy likely meant that when you are twenty your character would have got its permanent bent in one direction or 'tother, and would go on developing in that line.”

“You must pay the penalty of growing-up, Paul. You must leave fairyland behind you.”

“Anybody is liable to rheumatism in her legs, Anne. It's only old people who should have rheumatism in their souls, though. Thanks goodness, I never have. When you get rheumatism in your soul you might as well go and pick out your coffin.”

“That doesn't sound very attractive," laughed Anne. "I like people to have a little nonsense about them.”

“It seems to me a most dreadful thing to go out of the world and not leave one person behind you who is sorry you are gone,' said Anne, shuddering.”

“Poor soul, she always knew everything about her neighbors, but she never was very well acquainted with herself.”