Anne of the Island, L. M. Montgomery
Anne of the Island, L. M. Montgomery
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Anne of the Island

Author: L. M. Montgomery

Narrator: Megan Follows

Unabridged: 2 hr 55 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/05/2000


Synopsis

"How horrible it is that people  have to grow up!"  

Wishing couldn't keep Anne of Green Gables from  growing up. Anne's whole world was changing. Her  childhood friends were beginning to get married, and  Anne herself was leaving the island for four years  of college. Now handsome Gilbert Blythe wants to  win Anne's heart, and suddenly Anne must decide if  she's ready for love...and for following her dreams  if they mean leaving Green Gables behind forever.

About The Author

Lucy Maud Montgomery was born in Clifton, Prince Edward Island, in 1874. Educated at Prince Edward College, Charlottetown, and Dalhousie University, she embarked on a career in teaching. From 1898 until 1911 she took care of her maternal grandmother in Cavendish, Prince Edward Island, and during this time wrote many poems and stories for Canadian and American magazines.Montgomery’s first novel, Anne of Green Gables, met with immediate critical and popular acclaim, and its success, both national and international, led to seven sequels. More autobiographical than the books about Anne is the trilogy of novels about another Island orphan, Emily Starr.In 1911 Montgomery married the Rev. Ewan Macdonald, a Presbyterian clergyman, and they lived in Ontario, where he was the pastor of parishes in Leaskdale and, later, in Norval. They retired to Toronto in 1936.Lucy Maud Montgomery died in Toronto in 1942.


Reviews

Goodreads review by emma on August 26, 2024

I know a lot of people are still waiting for their Hogwarts letter, and that’s fine and all, but I’m still over here waiting for my formal invitation to attend college with Anne and Gilbert and Philippa and the gang. I’m sure it just got lost in the mail. I adored Anne of Green Gables (in spite of the......more

Goodreads review by Ruby on February 03, 2021

I think this might just be my favourite book in the series so far. In this book, Anne heads off to Redmond and becomes a college student. The book captures the wistful sorrows which come with growing up, but also retains all of the wonder which makes the Anne books so special.......more

Goodreads review by Miranda on December 10, 2020

Now this is the college life I longed for Anne Shirley is about todo the unthinkable- postpone marriage and attend off to Redmond College. She still plans to get married, but only after her education. She's found a darling houseto rent with Prissy Grant (from Avonlea) and Phillipa Gordon (from Redm......more

Goodreads review by Maureen on January 17, 2016

OH MY HEART. I love Anne and I love Gilbert and I love everyone and I love these books. Following Anne's story has made me SO HAPPY it's just so lovely and I can't deal with how good this series is. Anne at college and all her adventures are so lovely. <3 I have no other words besides that I love these......more

Goodreads review by April (Aprilius Maximus) on January 25, 2016

THAT LAST PARAGRAPH OMG I WILL GO DOWN WITH THIS SHIP......more