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Anne of Green Gables made a red-haired orphan the most beloved character in Canadian literature — and changed how the world thought about girlhood.
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MRS. Rachel Lynde lived just where the Avonlea main road dipped down into a little hollow, fringed with alders and ladies’ eardrops and traversed by a brook that had its source away back in the woods of the old Cuthbert place; it was reputed to be an…
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- CHAPTER I. Mrs. Rachel Lynde Is SurprisedFree
- CHAPTER II. Matthew Cuthbert Is SurprisedFree
- CHAPTER III. Marilla Cuthbert Is SurprisedFree
- CHAPTER IV. Morning at Green GablesFree
- CHAPTER V. Anne’s HistoryFree
- CHAPTER VI. Marilla Makes Up Her MindFree
- CHAPTER VII. Anne Says Her PrayersFree
- CHAPTER VIII. Anne’s Bringing-up Is BegunFree
- CHAPTER IX. Mrs. Rachel Lynde Is Properly HorrifiedFree
- CHAPTER X. Anne’s ApologyFree
- CHAPTER XI. Anne’s Impressions of Sunday-schoolFree
- CHAPTER XII. A Solemn Vow and PromiseFree
- CHAPTER XIII. The Delights of AnticipationFree
- CHAPTER XIV. Anne’s ConfessionFree
- CHAPTER XV. A Tempest in the School TeapotFree
- CHAPTER XVI. Diana Is Invited to Tea with Tragic ResultsFree
- CHAPTER XVII. A New Interest in LifeFree
- CHAPTER XVIII. Anne to the RescueFree
- CHAPTER XIX. A Concert, a Catastrophe, and a ConfessionFree
- CHAPTER XX. A Good Imagination Gone WrongFree
- CHAPTER XXI. A New Departure in FlavoringsFree
- CHAPTER XXII. Anne Is Invited Out to TeaFree
- CHAPTER XXIII. Anne Comes to Grief in an Affair of HonorFree
- CHAPTER XXIV. Miss Stacy and Her Pupils Get Up a ConcertFree
- CHAPTER XXV. Matthew Insists on Puffed SleevesFree
- CHAPTER XXVI. The Story Club Is FormedFree
- CHAPTER XXVII. Vanity and Vexation of SpiritFree
- CHAPTER XXVIII. An Unfortunate Lily MaidFree
- CHAPTER XXIX. An Epoch in Anne’s LifeFree
- CHAPTER XXX. The Queen’s Class Is OrganizedFree
- CHAPTER XXXI. Where the Brook and River MeetFree
- CHAPTER XXXII. The Pass List Is OutFree
- CHAPTER XXXIII. The Hotel ConcertFree
- CHAPTER XXXIV. A Queen’s GirlFree
- CHAPTER XXXV. The Winter at Queen’sFree
- CHAPTER XXXVI. The Glory and the DreamFree
- CHAPTER XXXVII. The Reaper Whose Name Is DeathFree
- CHAPTER XXXVIII. The Bend in the RoadFree
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