ANNE OF GREEN GABLES (CHAPS 1-2) by LUCY MAUD MONTGOMERY

TIMELESS CLASSICS: ANNE OF GREEN GABLES

Chapters 1 & 2

By L. M. Montgomery

1001 Stories For The Road

Welcome to the very first presentation in TIMELESS CLASSICS, our special series from 1001 Stories For The Road, where we enjoy the great novels that generations of readers have loved, two chapters at a time.

And what better place to begin than Anne of Green Gables, L. M. Montgomery's beloved 1908 novel and the beginning of the Anne of Green Gables series. [ancientinkpress.com], [anneofgree...fandom.com]

Chapters 1 & 2: Welcome to Avonlea

Our story opens in the wonderfully observant little community of Avonlea, where very little escapes the attention of Mrs. Rachel Lynde.

So when Matthew Cuthbert drives past her house dressed in his good clothes, Rachel knows immediately that something unusual is happening.

And it certainly is.

Matthew and his sister, Marilla Cuthbert, who live together at their family farm, Green Gables, have decided to adopt an orphan boy. [sparknotes.com], [bookcompanion.com]

They expect someone who can help Matthew with the work around the farm.

But when Matthew arrives at the railway station, the child waiting for him isn't the boy he expected.

It's Anne Shirley.

Anne is an orphan with red hair, freckles, a tremendous imagination and an extraordinary ability to talk. She's also desperately hoping that she has finally found someplace where she can belong. Anne is the central character of Montgomery's novel, while Matthew quickly becomes one of Anne's most sympathetic companions. [sparknotes.com], [litcharts.com]

The quiet, painfully shy Matthew finds himself facing a problem he never expected.

And something rather wonderful begins happening on the ride back to Green Gables.

Anne talks.

Matthew listens.

And before they have even reached home, this talkative little stranger is already beginning to find a place in Matthew Cuthbert's heart.

Of course, Marilla hasn't met her yet.

And Marilla was expecting a boy.

Meet Our Principal Characters

Anne Shirley is the imaginative orphan at the heart of our story. Anne's intelligence, stubbornness, loyalty, love of beauty and vivid imagination will shape everything that follows. [sparknotes.com]

Matthew Cuthbert is the shy, gentle 60-year-old bachelor who lives at Green Gables with his sister. Matthew takes an immediate liking to Anne. [sparknotes.com]

Marilla Cuthbert is Matthew's practical, no-nonsense sister. Where Matthew is quiet and sympathetic, Marilla believes very firmly in order, responsibility and proper behavior. [sparknotes.com]

Mrs. Rachel Lynde is Green Gables' observant neighbor, an active member of the Avonlea community who keeps a particularly sharp eye on what is happening around her. [litcharts.com]

And this is only the beginning.

Soon we'll meet the people who will become an unforgettable part of Anne's world, including Diana Barry and Gilbert Blythe. [sparknotes.com]

But for now, a quiet farmhouse called Green Gables is about to receive a visitor nobody expected.

And nothing there will ever be quite the same.

Join us now for Chapters 1 and 2 of Anne of Green Gables, by L. M. Montgomery, on TIMELESS CLASSICS from 1001 Stories For The Road. [ancientinkpress.com]

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