Anne of Green Gables: Difference between revisions

All the settings in the original book are based around real places on the Island, and the many stories and characters woven into Anne's were often inspired by older family and traditional tales. The 'real' Green Gables and surroundings are today a veritable pilgrimage site for tourists from all over the world, and Lucy Maud Montgomery has found herself a place beside [[Lewis Carroll]] and [[L. Frank Baum]] in the canon of timeless children's literature.

 

* ''Anne of Green Gables'' - Chronicling Anne's initially reluctant acceptance by the Cuthberts and her subsequent conquest of the rest of Avonlea -- save impertinent new boy Gilbert Blythe, who gets the most famous slate in literature smashed over his head when he calls her 'Carrots'. Also contains the famous scenes in which Anne dyes her hair green (going for that 'raven black' again) and gets best friend Diana 'dead drunk' on what they think is raspberry cordial.

* ''Anne of Avonlea'' - Still living at home -- and now 'good friends' with Gilbert, who has given up the local school so that she can [[Schoolmarm|teach there]] for a couple of terms. Between times she has a lot of uncharacteristically frothy, girlish adventures. Written under duress mostly to satisfy clamor for a sequel, and generally considered the weakest of the series.