Review: Wonderful to Have These Great Titles All in One Collection
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 09 18, 2013
Anne Shirley is one of my all-time favorite fictional characters so when DOMA Publishing offered me the chance to review their Anne of Green Gables Collection I almost literally jumped at the opportunity.Their edition more than fulfilled my expectations. While it is missing two of the "Anne" books, Anne of Windy Poplars and Anne of Ingleside, both of which are still currently available as paperbacks, it offers a spectacular surprise to make up for these two missing books - If you want to know what it is you will simply have to buy the book to find out.I lost myself readily and easily in the Anne of Green Gables Collection. Every turn of a page was like meeting an old friend as characters like Matthew, Marilla, Mrs. Lynde, Gilbert, Diana, and Pyes came to glorious life once again. I would recommend this book as the perfect gift for young and old readers alike. It is one that will be read time and time again and will bring to vivid life a bygone era and a coming of age that is both tender and sweet as well as filled with challenges, albeit much simpler ones than those we face to today.For those of you unfamiliar with the books, they are the story of Anne Shirley, an orphan girl who comes to live an older brother and sister on Prince Edward Island, Canada. It is set in the early 1900s and paints a picture of the life just over a century ago, that is wonderful, but very realistic for the time and can be a poignant reminder of the values of that era, many of which still apply today.I cannot recommend this collection highly enough. It is one I will always treasure and hope you will find it in yourself to add it to your collection and get lost in its pages.* I received a copy of this book from the publisher in return for my honest and frank review *