num_pages: 400
description: Marilla and Matthew Cuthbert had planned to adopt a boy to help out around Green Gables farm. But waiting for Matthew at the train station is freckle-faced, red-headed Anne Shirley -- a talkative eleven-year-old orphan with a heart full of dreams and a desperate longing for a home. From the minute Anne sets foot in Matthew's buggy, Green Gables will never be the same! Discover one of the most delightful, irrepressible young heroines of all time in L. M. Montgomery's classic novel.
language: English
title: Anne of Green Gables
titlecomplete: Anne of Green Gables
characters: Rachel Lynde, Ruby Gillis, Matthew Cuthbert, Marilla Cuthbert, Josie Pye, Prissy Andrews, Mrs. Allan, Muriel Stacey, Anne Shirley, Gilbert Blythe, Mr. Phillips, Jane Andrews, Diana Barry
genres: Middle Grade, Audiobook, Canada, Coming Of Age, Historical Fiction, Historical, Childrens, Young Adult, Classics, Fiction
ratings_count: 939456
places: Canada, Avonlea, Prince Edward Island, Prince Edward Island
series: Anne of Green Gables
publisher: HarperFestival