Anne of Avonlea

Anne of Avonlea is the second book in the Anne of Green Gables series by L. M. Montgomery. In this book, Anne Shirley, the protagonist, is sixteen and has taken up the post of teacher in her small village of Avonlea. Anne of Avonlea chronicles her adventures from age sixteen to age eighteen.

Dedication
"to

my former teacher,

HATTIE GORDON SMITH

in grateful remembrance of her

sympathy and encouragement"

Book description
At age sixteen, Anne is grown up... almost. Her grey eyes shine like evening stars, but her red hair is still as peppery as her temper. In the years since she arrived at Green Gables as a freckle-faced orphan, she has earned the love of the people of Avonlea and a reputation for getting into scrapes. But when Anne begins her job as the new schoolteacher, the real test of her character begins. Along with teaching the three Rs, she is learing how complicated life can be when she meddles in someone else's romance, finds two new orphans at Green Gables and wonders about the strange behavior of the very handsome Gilbert Blythe. As Anne enters womanhood, her adventures touch the heart and the funny bone.

Chapters

 * 1) An Irate Neighbor
 * 2) Selling in Haste and Repenting at Leisure
 * 3) Mr. Harrison at Home
 * 4) Different Opinions
 * 5) A Full-fledged Schoolma'am
 * 6) All Sorts and Conditions of Men... and Women
 * 7) The Pointing of Duty
 * 8) Marilla Adopts Twins
 * 9) A Question of Colour
 * 10) Davy in Search of a Sensation
 * 11) Facts and Fancies
 * 12) A Jonah Day
 * 13) A Golden Picnic
 * 14) A Danger Averted
 * 15) The Beginning of Vacation
 * 16) The Substance of Things Hoped For
 * 17) A Chapter of Accidents
 * 18) An Adventure on the Tory Road
 * 19) Just a Happy Day
 * 20) The Way It Often Happens
 * 21) Sweet Miss Lavendar
 * 22) Odds and Ends
 * 23) Miss Lavendar's Romance
 * 24) A Prophet in His Own Country
 * 25) An Avonlea Scandal
 * 26) Around the Bend
 * 27) An Afternoon at the Stone House
 * 28) The Prince Comes Back to the Enchanted Palace
 * 29) Poetry and Prose
 * 30) A Wedding at the Stone House

Characters
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Timeline
This setting of the book is in early 1880s. It starts in August 1881 and ends in August 1883.

Films

 * Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel (1987), a television film directed by Kevin Sullivan of Sullivan Entertainment and starring Megan Follows as Anne, Jonathan Crombie as Gilbert Blythe, Schuyler Grant as Diana Barry and Colleen Dewhurst as Marilla Cuthbert. It was first aired in Canada under the title Anne of Avonlea, and is the sequel to the 1985 television film Anne of Green Gables, based on Anne of Green Gables. It was followed up by Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story (2000) and Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning (2008), neither of which are based on the books.

Television series

 * Anne of Avonlea (1975), a six-episode TV series starring Kim Braden as Anne. It is the sequel to the TV series Anne of Green Gables (1972), now believed to be lost.

Stage

 * Anne & Gilbert (since 2005), a stage production that has been playing since 2005. Its first act is based on Anne of Avonlea, while the second part is based on Anne of the Island. It follows very closely to the books, with only a few minor changes.