Anne of Green Gables

Anne of Green Gables is a book by Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery. It was published in 1908. It was written as fiction for readers of all ages. Since the middle 20th century it has been classified as a children's book. Montgomery wrote the book after seeing a newspaper article about a couple that were mistakenly sent an orphan girl instead of a boy, yet decided to keep her.

Anne of Green Gables

Anne of Green Gables first edition cover.
Author	Lucy Maud Montgomery
Illustrator	M. A. and W. A. J. Claus
Country	Canada
Language	English
Series	Anne of Green Gables
Genre	Children's novel
Publisher	L. C. Page & Co.
Publication date	1908
Media type	Print (Hardcover)
Pages	429 pp (first edition)
Followed by	Anne of Avonlea

The book takes place on Prince Edward Island, Canada, where the author grew up.

Sequels

Montgomery continued the story of Anne Shirley in a series of sequels. They are listed in the order of Anne's age in each of the novels.

Lucy Maud Montgomery's books on Anne Shirley

#	Book	Date published	Anne Shirley's age
1	Anne of Green Gables	1908	11—16
2	Anne of Avonlea	1909	16—18
3	Anne of the Island	1915	18—22
4	Anne of Windy Poplars (US&Canada) Anne of Windy Willows (Other)	1936	22—25
5	Anne's House of Dreams	1917	25—27
6	Anne of Ingleside	1939	34—40
7	Rainbow Valley	1919	41
8	Rilla of Ingleside	1921	49—53
Related books in which Anne Shirley plays a lesser part
#	Book	Date published	Anne Shirley's age
—	Chronicles of Avonlea	1912	—
—	Further Chronicles of Avonlea	1920	—

Other websites

• Anne of Green Gables at Project Gutenberg.
• Anne of Green Gables free downloads in pdf, pdb and lit formats Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine
• ANNE OF GREEN GABLES Hypertext formatted version of the Project Gutenberg edition.
• Anne of Green Gables and L M Montomery in Spanish Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine
• Anne of Green Gables - The Musical(tm) Official Homepage
• Anne3.com Home of the Sullivan Anne of Green Gables trilogy with info on the movies and the Avonlea Message Boards Archived 2007-03-29 at the Wayback Machine
• UPEI LMM Institute Archived 2010-12-06 at the Wayback Machine University of Prince Edward Island L. M. Montgomery Institute