Puffin Books Anne of Green Gables

First published in 1908 and reprinted so many times since, 'Anne of Green Gables' hardly needs an introduction as many people, even if they have not read the book, will at least know some of the story through the television adaptations of the novel and its sequels. Therefore, briefly, L.M. Montgomery's children's novel, which is set on Prince Edward Island in Canada, tells the story of eleven-year-old auburn-haired orphan girl, Anne Shirley, who arrives at Green Gables, the home of Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert and, despite not being the boy they expected to adopt, nevertheless wins the hearts of the Cuthberts - and, indeed, all of those around her. With a cast of sympathetic and interesting characters and filled with all of the adventures (and misadventures) that the highly imaginative Anne encounters, this little novel was one that I read several times as a child and loved it, but not one that I have read as an adult - therefore, it was with some trepidation that I began rereading the first book in the Anne of Green Gables series. Well, I needn't have worried, because although I understandably didn't feel quite the same way about the story as I did when I read it as a child (and it's full of homespun philosophies and tales with a moral to them - which may not appeal to some readers today), I still very much enjoyed this little book and found it a heart-warmingly nostalgic read.4 Stars.

Comprei o livro pois vi o filme e a série original da Netflix. Fiquei apaixonada pela história sobre como uma menina orfã com uma imaginação sem fim crescia em um local onde muitos não tinham a mesma visão colorida do mundo como ela tem. Não me arrependi. Comprei em inglês para treinar e praticar o meu vocabulário e, apesar de haver algumas palavras que não estava familiarizada devido a época que ele foi escrito, não tive nenhum problema em entender o que acontecia na história ou dificuldade com a língua.Recomendo para quem quer começar a ler um livro em inglês e ainda está inseguro a respeito. É fácil de ler, letras grandes e vocabulário comum, do dia a dia.A capa é magnífica. Muito bem feita, colorida e encantadora como é o livro.Paguei muito barato e chegou rápido, sem nenhum problema.Recomendo 100%

This is a very good audio version of "Anne of Green Gables". It is a "full cast dramatization", rather than a reading of the book, and it is good to listen to this new version, which is very close to the original book and misses nothing of any importance. We hear about Matthew Cuthbert meeting - not the boy he had expected, to help with the farm, but a girl - a girl with real character, who really appeals to him. His sister Marilla is slower to accept this young girl with fiery hair and a fiery temper - but a heart of gold - but she does. We hear what happens when Anne meets the opinionated middle-aged Rachel Lynde - and later on how she has her first, never to be forgotten, spectacular encounter with Gilbert Blythe when she really loses her temper with him! We hear about how her friendship with Diana starts - how it ends in disaster after Anne confuses raspberry cordial with currant wine and Diana arrives home intoxicated - and how the friendship is renewed after Anne saves Diana's baby sister's life. We hear how Gilbert saves Anne from drowning - yet she still doesn't want to be friends with him - yet! We hear about how Anne falls off a roof - and there is much, much more! "Anne of Green Gables" is a great book with both serious parts and funny parts and this CD set is an excellent version of it, with various actors and actresses reading their parts well so that we really feel we are in the story as we listen to it.

I tried to read Anne Of Green Gables at the age of about 7, didn't "get it" and had to admit despite my precociousness that I was "probably a bit too young".Anne Of Green Gables then remained unread and misremembered as tedious until I had a dream in which I was held hostage by terrorists in a bookshop whilst trying to buy a copy! After a dream like that - well I had to read it then, so I downloaded it for humour value.It was not at all as I remembered it. I fell in love with it from the off. Unmarried brother and sister Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert getting on in years decide they will take in a young boy from an orphanage to help on their farm, in the days before emails and phones and general legal enquiry, their message goes awry, and Matthew is met by a red haired eleven year old Anne Shirley.Anne Shirley is no ordinary girl. With a flair for imagination, the dramatic and romantic notions about the world, she talks non stop and takes interest in everything around her.Anne makes the book what it is, she is actually hilarious, over the top, and theatrical, her long speeches made me smile so much. She reminded me of a young me, and I hope that if I ever get to have a daughter she is a total Anne. Anne's funniest moments often come when by some unintentional mishap she gets into trouble, which like any teenager usually leads to her behaving as if the world had ended and refusing to leave her room.Secondary characters are fun as well, Anne's touching relationship with Marilla that develops over time, and her understated secret love hidden beneath animosity for academic rival Gilbert Blythe.Anne Of Green Gables was an utter joy to read, and there are several sequels yet to be read, though I doubt any of them will quite live up to this, I tore through this book, smiling constantly. From a book I once dismissed as being complicated and dull I'm now a massive, massive fan. 10/10

It's a mistake to think that the Anne Shirley books are just for young girls, or even "for children and women". LM Montgomery's books *far* transcends their genre. Sure, they are sweet and romantic, but they have much more than that. Montgomery was a divinely blessed writer, in my opinion. Her characters are fabulous, always memorable but never caricatured. The stories are gripping.Her writing is deceptively simple, meaning more complex than they seem. She writes to her audience without writing down to them. And I have no doubt whatsoever that she, had she wanted, could have written as complex and "literary" books as *any* writer. Her intelligence and education is never put in the foreground, but if you care, you can sense it in the background, a looming big machine which drives everything under these "innocent little" stories.And the same is true of her humor. She never writes comedy as such, and yet the humor is everywhere, and the books (all of them) are often wonderfully funny.I am male, and fifty, and like Mark Twain did, I warmly recommend these books. (The same goes for her Emily series, though they are a notch darker than the Anne books.)