Anne of Windy Poplars

Anne of Windy Poplars is the fourth book in the Anne of Green Gables series by L. M. Montgomery. In this book, 22-year-old Anne Shirley is has left college to serve as principal of Summerside High School and settles down in Windy Poplars.

Dedication
"To the Friends of Anne Everywhere"

Book description
Anne Shirley has left Redmond College behind to begin a new job and a new chapter of her life away from Green Gables. Now she faces a new challenge - the Pringles. They're known as the royal family of Summerside - and they quickly let Anne know she is not the person they wanted as principal of Summerside High School.

But as she settles into the cosy tower room at Windy Poplars, Anne finds she has great allies in the widows Aunt Kate and Aunt Chatty - and in their irrepressible housekeeper, Rebecca Dew. As Anne learns Summerside's strangest secrets, winning the support of the prickly Pringles is only the first of her delicious triumphs.

Chapters
The book is divided into three parts, one for each year. However, there are no chapter names. There are 17 chapters in the first part, 13 chapters in the second part, and 14 chapters in the last part.

Characters
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Timeline
This setting of the book is at the end of 1880s. It starts on September 11, 1887, and ends on June 27, 1890.

Film adaptation
A 1940 film version of this book was made with the actress Anne Shirley. Anne of Windy Poplars also serves as the primary source for the 1987 television mini-series Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel.

Behind the scenes

 * The book was published as Anne of Windy Willows in Great Britain and Australia. It should be noted that Anne of Windy Poplars, the Canadian and US version, has had some scenes omitted. However, the British version contains the omitted scenes.