Anne of Green Gables

L. M. Montgomery’s novel of Anne Shirley, a talkative, imaginative orphan sent by mistake to an elderly brother and sister on Prince Edward Island who had asked for a boy to help on their farm.

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Famous quotes

• Isn’t it good just to be alive on a day like this? I pity the people who aren’t born yet for missing it. They may have good days, of course, but they can never have this one.

  Chapter XVIn context

  • Happiness
  • Life & Death

• I’m so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.

  Chapter XVIIn context

  • Happiness
  • Nature

• Kindred spirits are not so scarce as I used to think. It’s splendid to find out there are so many of them in the world.

  Chapter XIXIn context

  • Friendship

• Marilla, isn’t it nice to think that to-morrow is a new day with no mistakes in it yet?

  Chapter XXIIn context

  • Failure
  • Hope

• For we pay a price for everything we get or take in this world; and although ambitions are well worth having, they are not to be cheaply won, but exact their dues of work and self-denial, anxiety and discouragement.

  Chapter XXXVIIn context

  • Motivation & Goals
  • Work

Contents

1. Dedication
2. Chapter IMrs. Rachel Lynde Is Surprised
3. Chapter IIMatthew Cuthbert Is Surprised
4. Chapter IIIMarilla Cuthbert Is Surprised
5. Chapter IVMorning at Green Gables
6. Chapter VAnne’s History
7. Chapter VIMarilla Makes Up Her Mind
8. Chapter VIIAnne Says Her Prayers
9. Chapter VIIIAnne’s Bringing-up Is Begun
10. Chapter IXMrs. Rachel Lynde Is Properly Horrified
11. Chapter XAnne’s Apology
12. Chapter XIAnne’s Impressions of Sunday-school
13. Chapter XIIA Solemn Vow and Promise
14. Chapter XIIIThe Delights of Anticipation
15. Chapter XIVAnne’s Confession
16. Chapter XVA Tempest in the School Teapot
17. Chapter XVIDiana Is Invited to Tea with Tragic Results
18. Chapter XVIIA New Interest in Life
19. Chapter XVIIIAnne to the Rescue
20. Chapter XIXA Concert, a Catastrophe, and a Confession
21. Chapter XXA Good Imagination Gone Wrong
22. Chapter XXIA New Departure in Flavourings
23. Chapter XXIIAnne Is Invited Out to Tea
24. Chapter XXIIIAnne Comes to Grief in an Affair of Honour
25. Chapter XXIVMiss Stacy and Her Pupils Get Up a Concert
26. Chapter XXVMatthew Insists on Puffed Sleeves
27. Chapter XXVIThe Story Club Is Formed
28. Chapter XXVIIVanity and Vexation of Spirit
29. Chapter XXVIIIAn Unfortunate Lily Maid
30. Chapter XXIXAn Epoch in Anne’s Life
31. Chapter XXXThe Queen’s Class Is Organized
32. Chapter XXXIWhere the Brook and River Meet
33. Chapter XXXIIThe Pass List Is Out
34. Chapter XXXIIIThe Hotel Concert
35. Chapter XXXIVA Queen’s Girl
36. Chapter XXXVThe Winter at Queen’s
37. Chapter XXXVIThe Glory and the Dream
38. Chapter XXXVIIThe Reaper Whose Name Is Death
39. Chapter XXXVIIIThe Bend in the Road