Anne of Green Gables

Read the timeless classic about the beloved Anne Shirley, a red-haired orphan with a fiery spirit, before watching the NETFLIX series--and don t miss the forward by Margaret Atwood, author of The Handmaid s Tale, celebrating the 100th anniversary of this children s favorite!
 
Eleven-year-old Anne Shirley has never known a real home. Since her parents' deaths, she's bounced around to foster homes and orphanages. When she is sent by mistake to live with Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert at the snug white farmhouse called Green Gables, she wants to stay forever. But Anne is not the sturdy boy Matthew and Marilla were expecting.
 
She's a mischievous, talkative redheaded girl with a fierce temper, who tumbles into one scrape after another. Anne is not like anybody else, the Cuthberts agree; she is special, a girl with an enormous imagination. All she's ever wanted is to belong somewhere. And the longer she stays at Green Gables, the harder it is for anyone to imagine life without her.

"[Anne is] the dearest and most lovable child in fiction since the immortal Alice."-Mark Twain

Ein Mädchen? Das muss ein Irrtum sein! Denn die Cuthberts hatten das Waisenhaus ausdrücklich um einen Jungen gebeten. Aber dann steht ein dünnes Mädchen mit feuerroten Haaren und einem von Sommersprossen übersäten Gesicht vor ihnen. Und innerhalb kürzester Zeit erobert die quirlige Anne ihr Herz. Doch schon bald ziehen dunkle Wolken auf. Warum macht der schreckliche Gilbert aus der Schule Anne das Leben bloß so schwer?