Chapter 1
'Mrs. Rachel Lynde lived just where the Avonlea main road dipped down into a little hollow...' The famous opening establishes setting, tone, and Mrs. Lynde as a community watcher who notices everything.
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From Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
The novel opens not with Anne but with the gossipy Mrs. Rachel Lynde watching the world from her window, establishing Avonlea's tight-knit, observant community.
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