Charlie Sloane

"And of course that's Charlie Sloane. He hasn't changed - couldn't! He looked just like that when he was born, and he'll look like that when he's eighty."

- Priscilla Grant about Charlie. Charles "Charlie" Sloane was member of Sloane family, student of Avonlea School, Queen's Academy and Redmond College and also one of Anne Shirley's romantic relationships.

Early life
Charlie was born to Mr. and Mrs. Sloane in Avonlea probably in 1865. He raised there along with his friends and family. When he was six years old, he attended Avonlea School.

Queen's Academy
Charlie along with Anne Shirley, Gilbert Blythe, Jane Andrews, Ruby Gillis, Josie Pye and Moody Spurgeon MacPherson joined special class for future Queen's Academy students. They all passed the examination and attened school in September 1880. Charlie studied there for two years along with Moody, Ruby and Josie and in September 1882 he probably started teach.

Next spring Charlie was rumoured to have written the Charlottetown 'Daily Enterprise'.

"Gossip ascribed the authorship thereof to Charlie Sloane, partly because the said Charlie had indulged in similar literary flights in times past, and partly because one of the notes seemed to embody a sneer at Gilbert Blythe."

- Anne of Avonlea, Chapter 24

Redmond College
Charlie was one of three people who left Avonlea in September 1883 and went study at Redmond College. He along with Anne and Gilbert sailed the boat from the Island to Kingsport. He promptly became so seasick that he had to go below, and Anne and Gilbert were left alone on deck.

Later life
Charlie was engaged in 1888 with an unknown girl. They had wedding one year later probably in Avonlea.

Personality
Charlie was not very pleasant - there wasn't anything wrong with him, he merely was Charlie Sloane. He had goggle-eyes, did not have a good humour, and could not laugh over anything like Gilbert.

Anne Shirley
Charlie was in love with Anne when she was seventeen, as was Gilbert. There was a great deal of back-and-forth between Gilbert and Charlie - Anne attended parties with both. She disliked Charlie's goggle-eyes and didn't think he could marry her.

On the other hand, Charlie proposed her at Harvey twins' house.

"Will you promise to be Mrs. Charlie Sloane some day?"

- Charlie proposed Anne Shirley.

Anne refused. The Sloanes were all cold to Anne due to that.

Etymology
Charles is a male given name of Old German origin and means free man.

Behind the scenes
Portrayal Trivia
 * Peter Settelen portrayed Charlie in five episodes of 1975 TV series Anne of Avonlea.
 * Kazuyo Aoki was his voice actress in Japanese TV series Akage no An (1979).
 * Charlie also appeared in two films by Kevin Sullivan, Anne of Green Gables (1985) and its sequel Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story (2000). Names of actors who portrayed him are unknown.
 * In Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story (2000), Charlie enlisted to World War I. He was killed along with Moody Spurgeon MacPherson and other boys from Carmody.

Appearances
Book appearances
 * Anne of Green Gables
 * Anne of Avonlea
 * Anne of the Island
 * Anne of Windy Poplars (mentioned only)
 * Anne's House of Dreams (mentioned only)

Film appearances TV series appearances
 * Anne of Green Gables (1985)
 * Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story (2000)
 * Anne of Avonlea (1975)
 * Akage no An (1979)

Charlie Sloane