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."
Blurb[]
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 learning 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. (from the 1998 Bantam Books reissue)
Plot[]
Chapter 1: An Irate Neighbor[]
Chapter 2: Selling in Haste and Repenting at Leisure[]
Chapter 3: Mr. Harrison at Home[]
Chapter 4: Different Opinions[]
Chapter 5: A Full-fledged Schoolma'am[]
Chapter 6: All Sorts and Conditions of Men ... and Women[]
Chapter 7: The Pointing of Duty[]
Chapter 8: Marilla Adopts Twins[]
Chapter 9: A Question of Colour[]
Chapter 10: Davy in Search of a Sensation[]
Chapter 11: Facts and Fancies[]
Chapter 12: A Jonah Day[]
Chapter 13: A Golden Picnic[]
Chapter 14: A Danger Averted[]
Chapter 15: The Beginning of Vacation[]
Chapter 16: The Substance of Things Hoped For[]
Chapter 17: A Chapter of Accidents[]
Chapter 18: An Adventure on the Tory Road[]
Chapter 19: Just a Happy Day[]
Chapter 20: The Way It Often Happens[]
Chapter 21: Sweet Miss Lavendar[]
- Read: Anne of Avonlea (Chapter 21: Sweet Miss Lavendar)
Chapter 22: Odds and Ends[]
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Chapter 23: Miss Lavendar's Romance[]
- Read: Anne of Avonlea (Chapter 23: Miss Lavendar's Romance)
Chapter 24: A Prophet in His Own Country[]
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Chapter 25: An Avonlea Scandal[]
Chapter 26: Around the Bend[]
- Read: Anne of Avonlea (Chapter 26: Around the Bend)
Chapter 27: An Afternoon at the Stone House[]
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Chapter 28: The Prince Comes Back to the Enchanted Palace[]
- Read: Anne of Avonlea (Chapter 28: The Prince Comes Back to the Enchanted Palace)
Chapter 29: Poetry and Prose[]
- Read: Anne of Avonlea (Chapter 29: Poetry and Prose)
Chapter 30: A Wedding at the Stone House[]
- Read: Anne of Avonlea (Chapter 30: A Wedding at the Stone House)
Timeline[]
This setting of the book is in the early 1880s. It starts in August 1881 and ends in August 1883.
Editions[]
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Adaptations[]
Radio dramas
- Anne of Avonlea (1954), a Canadian radio drama, originally produced and broadcast on CBC Radio in 1954. It starred Toby Tarnow as Anne.
- Anne of Avonlea (1979), a Polish radio drama, originally produced and broadcast in 1979. It was directed by Maria Wachowiak and starred Anna Romantowska as Anne.
Television films and miniseries
- Anne of Avonlea (1959), a Polish television film starring Danuta Przesmycka as Anne.
- Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel (1987), also known as Anne of Avonlea, a television film directed by Kevin Sullivan and starring Megan Follows as Anne. A sequel to the 1985 television film Anne of Green Gables, it is also based on Anne of the Island and Anne of Windy Poplars. It was followed by Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story (2000) and Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning (2008), neither of which is based on Montgomery's work.
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. The last two episodes are based on Anne of the Island.
Books
- Anne of Green Gables (1998), a manga based on Anne of Avonlea.
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.
Audio dramas
- Anne of Avonlea (2008), a German audio drama produced by Titania Medien, adapted into four parts and starring Marie Bierstedt as Anne.
- Anne of Avonlea (2021), an American audio drama produced by and starring Mary Kate Wiles.
Web
- Green Gables Fables (2014–2016), an American-Canadian web series set in the present day Avonlea. It stars Mandy Harmon as Anne. Season 1.5 and its transmedia are based on Anne of Avonlea.
- Project Green Gables (2015–2018), a Finnish web series. The second season is based on Anne of Avonlea. It stars Laura Eklund Nhaga as Anne.
Behind the scenes[]
Hattie Gordon Smith
- Anne of Avonlea is dedicated to Hattie Gordon Smith, Lucy Maud Montgomery's favourite teacher who taught her in Cavendish, Prince Edward Island, when Montgomery was fourteen years old. Miss Gordon was probably the first teacher who helped Montgomery cultivate her writing talent.
- Montgomery began writing this book in winter 1908 and finished it on August 3, 1909.
- The original manuscript of Anne of Avonlea no longer exists.
External links[]
Anne of Avonlea on Classic Reader- Anne of Avonlea at L.M. Montgomery Online
Anne of Avonlea on Wikipedia- Anne of Avonlea full text, ebook, and PDF