Maud confided her excitement to her journal. From the Official Site of Prince Edward Island Maud returned to P.E.I. in the summer of 1891 to attended teachers' college. The next decade was very productive for Maud. Her stories and poems were published in many newspapers and magazines. In 1906 Maud was doing research for a serial story that she was writing for a Sunday School paper when she found an old note that she had written to herself.
Elderly couple apply to orphan asylum for a boy.
Maud thought the idea would make a great book, and she started to write Anne of Green Gables. Special Collector's Edition Anne of Green Gables Photo courtesy of Seal and Bantam Books Anne of Green Gables was the story of Anne Shirley who lives at the end of the 19th century in Avonlea on Prince Edward Island. The book begins when Marilla and Mathew Cuthbert decide to adopt an orphan boy to help with chores on the farm. Anne - instead. Maud drew on many of her own experiences to write Anne of Green Gables.