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Anne of Green Gables

Classic Family Friendship Female Lead

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When a chatterbox red-haired orphan arrives at a quiet Prince Edward Island farm by mistake, she turns the Cuthbert household and the whole village of Avonlea upside down. A warm, funny series about imagination, friendship, and growing up.

L.M. Montgomery
L.M. Montgomery
Maud Montgomery grew up lonely on a small Canadian island and made up the most beloved fictional orphan ever, Anne Shirley. Mark Twain called Anne 'the dearest child since Alice in Wonderland.'
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Episodes

1. A Mistake at the Station
Matthew Cuthbert drives to Bright River to collect the orphan boy he and his sister Marilla have sent for. When a chatterbox red-haired girl steps off the train instead, nothing goes quite as planned, and Marilla must decide what to do about the mistake.
~3,824 words
2. Kindred Spirits
Anne settles into life at Green Gables, clashes spectacularly with Mrs. Rachel Lynde, makes her first best friend in Diana Barry, and lands in serious trouble over Marilla's missing amethyst brooch.
~3,866 words
3. Broken Slates and Currant Wine
Anne's first year at Avonlea school brings a cracked slate over Gilbert Blythe's head, an accidental glass of currant wine that gets Diana sent home dizzy, and a midnight emergency at the Barry house with no grown-ups to help.
~3,906 words
4. Puffed Sleeves and Liniment Cakes
Anne frightens herself half to death in the Haunted Wood, flavors a cake for the minister's wife with liniment, accepts a dare to walk the Barry kitchen ridgepole, and goes into Christmas hoping for one long-dreamed-of gift.
~3,321 words
5. The Pass List
Anne dyes her red hair green, nearly drowns playing Elaine on the pond, joins the Queen's class under Miss Stacy, studies for the Entrance exam, and waits breathlessly to see if her name is on the pass list.
~3,712 words
6. The Bend in the Road
Anne leaves Green Gables for Queen's Academy in Charlottetown. A year of hard study with Gilbert Blythe at her heels leads to exam day. Then a homecoming that will test everything she has learned about what she wants.
~3,630 words
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