Customer Reviews
Sheer brilliance - THE childrens' classic. - By: Lisa van Veen, 20 Nov 2008 
I read & reread alll of the Anne books many times as a child. The books are just as captivating today as then - some 30 years ago. They still make me laugh out loud & bring a lump to your throat & a tear to your eye.
In my opinion the Anne books are THE childrens' classics. Highly recommended.
Leaves you with a warm glow! - By: Wynne Kelly, 16 Nov 2008 
This is one of those classics that passed my by when I was young. But as soon as I began to read it I could understand how countless young (and not so young) girls over the decades have come to love Anne of Green Gables. Anne Shirley is an eleven year old orphan who is mistakenly sent to live with Marilla & Matthew Cuthbert after they had requested a boy to help on the farm. Their initial reluctance to keep her soon fades away as they become entranced by the bright but odd little girl. Her imagination continuallly lets rip & she chatters constantly veering rapidly from one idea to the next. (Today we would say she has verbal diarrhoea!) Her "homely" looks, red hair, freckles & skinny body are a continual worry to her but she nonetheless soon makes lots of friends including her "bosom" friend Diana.
The story moves gently through the years as Anne grows up in Avonlea. She is bright & hardworking & eager to please Marilla & Matthew but her imagination & day-dreaming get her into continual scrapes. And lurking in the background is the handsome Gilbert Blythe. He had teased her when she first arrived at school & she refused to have anything else to do with him. But, of course, we know she will relent in the end!
It's a delightful book. I didn't expect it to be so funny - for example when Anne complains that she is sure the teacher is saying her name without an `e' at the end! And I didn't expect to be able to say that Anne could be a role model for young girls of today. She is interested in fashion & hairstyles (nothing wrong with that) but she is also ambitious & reallly keen to work at school & achieve. And in the end she is willing to put the needs of Marilla before her own. It leaves you with a warm glow!
Absolutely brilliant - By: Joanna Gwynne, 27 Jun 2008 I first read Anne of Green Gables at the age of 19, & within two weeks had bought the rest of the books in the series & read them alll. I still re-read them at frequent intervals & I am now 38! I would recommend this & the other books to any child or adult.
A Classic - By: Humpty Dumpty, 12 May 2008 Yes, I agree with just about everyone else reviewing this. A very special book, even a great book in a very special series - funny, warm, sad, it has everything & is as fresh as the day it was written.
My daughter just loved this to bits.
LOVE THIS BOOK - By: L. Robinson, 18 Mar 2008 I read this book many years ago when a teenager & loved it so much went on to read the others in the series. It is a wonderful book, sad in places but mainly making you smile. My best friend still calll each other 'kindred spirit' after this book introduced us to the idea you have one true kindred spirit in this world-I recommend this book to young & old!
