Anne of the Island

by Lucy Maud Montgomery

Overview

Anne of the Island was published in 1915, seven years after the bestselling "Anne of Green Gables." In the continuing story of Anne Shirley, Anne attends Redmond College in Kingsport, where she is studying for her BA.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781452821719
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	04/21/2010
Pages:	140
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.30(d)
Age Range:	13 - 17 Years

About the Author

Lucy Maud Montgomery OBE (November 30, 1874 - April 24, 1942), published as L. M. Montgomery, was a Canadian author best known for a series of novels beginning in 1908 with Anne of Green Gables. The book was an immediate success. Anne Shirley, an orphaned girl, made Montgomery famous in her lifetime and gave her an international following.[1]
The first novel was followed by a series of sequels with Anne as the central character. Montgomery went on to publish 20 novels as well as 530 short stories, 500 poems, and 30 essays. Most of the novels were set in Prince Edward Island, and locations within Canada's smallest province became a literary landmark and popular tourist site - namely Green Gables farm, the genesis of Prince Edward Island National Park. She was made an officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1935.
Montgomery's work, diaries and letters have been read and studied by scholars and readers worldwide.

Editorial Reviews

Anne Shirley is all grown up and ready to embark on her college career at Redmond. She is torn between leaving her beloved Prince Edward Island and the childhood haunts that have been home for so many years. Anne quickly, yet almost reluctantly, becomes accustomed to life at Redmond; she and old friend Priscilla fall into friendship with socialite Phillippa Gordon. The trio pal around with P.E.I. boys Charlie Stone and Gilbert Blythe, who both appear to have their intentions set on marriage to Anne. Gilbert has long been Anne's childhood chum and remains Anne's old standby at Redmond. Gilbert and Anne are nearly inseparable. Marriage is assumed to be a certainty by those on P.E.I. and at Redmond—until Anne rebuffs his advances and rejects his proposal of marriage. Anne finds joy in her homey college cottage, "Patty's Place," which she shares with her dear friends. The girls cope with proposals, boys, and college life as Anne finds that romance and love may not be what she had expected. This book will be a true delight for fans of Anne's other adventures, as well as for dreamy idealists willing to be transported into a romantic world of charm and spunk. 2005 (orig. 1915), HarperFestival/HarperCollins Publishers, Ages 12 to 18.
—Children's Literature - Sarah Nelson DeWald