| Title | : | Anne of Avonlea (Anne of Green Gables, #2) |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | |
| ISBN | : | 0553213148 |
| ISBN-10 | : | 9780553213140 |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Mass Market Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 276 |
| Publication | : | First published January 14, 1909 |
Anne of Avonlea (Anne of Green Gables, #2) Reviews
-
I was more enchanted by this book the first time I read it. More recently, I was put off by the description of the pair of twins Anne and Marilla adopt: Davy and Dora.
Davy is a handful, asking impossible questions, getting into trouble and so forth. Dora is quiet and well-behaved. Anne and Marilla love Davy more (by their own words). The idea is repeated three or four times. Good little Dora is respectable, obedient, predictable and boring; she just doesn't need as much attention and direction as Davy does, and thus is less lovable.
I found this idea actually repulsive. I kept thinking it would serve Anne and Marilla right if little Dora -predictable, obedient, second class Dora- shaved her head, pierced her nipple, got pregnant and ran off with a Hell's Angel, just because she figured out that the trouble maker rated higher in their affections. Aren't they familiar with the saying "still waters run deep?" Someone has to care enough about this quiet, obedient, seemingly unimaginative person to find out what her interests and passions are. -
Why did Anne have to grow up so fast?
The first book was fabulous! Lots of fun mischief but the second has her at 16 already! Where did those four years go?
Laura Ingalls Wilder didn't skimp out on the childhood.
I enjoyed this book - seeing Anne blossom into a young school teacher (aside: Totally not fair that everyone get such great jobs out of high school?? Same with Laura Ingalls Wilder. They just handed out jobs to anyone who would take them!)
A pet peeve of mine was really played upon. All kids are precocious angels. Yes, Anne has some struggles but you know from the start that she's going to overcome them magnificently.
It's a little too predictable. And the precocious moments were bordering annoying.
Also, did anyone else feel for poor Dora? Her twin brother, Davy, is a complete bullying snot yet Anne and Marilla just adore him (they even admit that the care more for that little snit)?!
Sure Dora is quiet, but she is dutiful and obedient and deserves twice as much attention as they are lavishing on that horrible Davy.
Still loved this book though!!
Audiobook Comments
Read by Barbara Caruso and she really let this audio shine.
YouTube |
Blog |
Instagram |
Twitter |
Facebook | Snapchat @miranda_reads -
I picked up a book I had no intention of reading on a whim and discovered one of my new favorite series.
This must be positive karma for an immensely lovely deed I did in a past life. (It couldn’t have been this life, because I spend most of my time reading and eating cookies, and while I’d count both of those as immensely lovely activities I don’t know if I can unbiasedly say they’re really contributing to the greater good.)
I did not own this book when I finished the first one, an evil I had to counteract by purchasing this the next day. And then reading it immediately. And, once again, enjoying every second of it.
I do not know where all this good karma came from but I DO NOT want it to stop.
These books are just so lovely. I don’t even want to pick up the next one (which would be book #4) because then I’m one book closer to finishing the series, and I absolutely can’t have that because I want to live in this series forever.
I don’t know if I’ll ever really be able to write a true review of an Anne book. I definitely couldn’t with
Anne of Green Gables. I think the best I’ll ever be able to do is write at length about how desperately I wish Anne and her kindred spirits were real, and I could live in Avonlea with them and visit Green Gables and all their beautifully named haunts. I’d go to school in the early twentieth century (previously a nightmare scenario for me) in a heartbeat if Anne Shirley would be there.
I just love these books so much.
Bottom line: It’s a very rare thing to find a story you love so desperately that you feel lucky to have discovered it. That’s how I feel about Anne.
------------------
pre-review
i.
love.
Anne.
infinity stars / review to come!!!! -
I LOVE ANNE SO MUCH.
This book was a great continuation of her story and I love seeing Anne and her friends start to become adults while still keeping their fantastic personalities.
Gilbert is also my fave forever especially because he is WAITING FOR HER without expecting anything beyond friendship - though he is still hopeful, he's more concerned about being a man worthy of her while being her friend, not convincing her he's a "nice guy". -
Anne of Avonlea (Anne of Green Gables #2), L.M. Montgomery
Anne of Avonlea is a Canadian and American novel by Lucy Maud Montgomery. It was first published in 1909. Following Anne of Green Gables (1908). Anne is about to start her first term teaching at the Avonlea school, although she will still continue her studies at home with Gilbert, who is teaching at the nearby White Sands School. Her gray eyes shine like evening stars, but her red hair is still as peppery as her temper. 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.
تاریخ نخستین خوانش: روز بیست و پنجم ماه سپتامبر سال2012میلادی
عنوان: آنی در آونلی - کتاب دوم؛ نویسنده ال.ام مونتگمری؛ مترجم: محمد حفاظی؛ تهران، نشر نقطه، سال1377؛ در380ص؛ شابک9645548500؛ چاپ دیگر تهران، نشر هرم، سال1384؛ در380ص؛ شابک9649557148؛ موضوع داستانهای نویسندگان کانادا - سده20م
عنوان: آنی شرلی در اونلی - کتاب دوم؛ نویسنده: ال.ام مونتگمری؛ مترجم: سارا قدیانی؛ تهران، نشر قدیانی، سال1386؛ در414ص؛ چاپ سوم1388؛ چاپ هفتم سال1392؛ شابک9789645361950؛
دومین کتاب از سری کتابهای «آن شرلی»؛ «آن شرلی»، اینبار، پس از دوره دیدن در آکادمی «کوئین»، در مدرسه ی «آونلی» آموزگار است، او انجمن اصلاح روستا را نیز تشکیل میدهد، «گیلبرت بلایت»، که در جلد پیشین، برای رویدادی، با «آنی» قهر کرده بود، دوباره با او دوست و عاشق و دلباخته ی «آنی» موقرمز میشود
تاریخ بهنگام رسانی 29/03/1399هجری خورشیدی؛ 30/02/1401هجری خورشیدی؛ ا. شربیانی -
"We always love best the people who need us."
The second book of Anne picks up immediately after Anne of Green Gables, to move across her first two years back at Avonlea as the school teacher. To be honest, I'm one of those who felt in love with the original mainly because how entertaining little Anne's life was. It took a bit getting used to the new period. However, with introduction of several new characters, some of which share certain characteristics of little Anne, made the book have some similarities with the first book.
The way Anne see the world is still as beautiful as ever, and had become more poetic. Given the ending of the first book, which introduced a bit of a sadness, it is obvious most reader of Anne of Green Gables would most likely move through Anne of Avonlea, and they will definitely be satisfied.
"After all, when one can see stars and skies like that, little disappointments and accidents can't matter so much, can they?" -
It's almost worse now that Anne and Gilbert are actually friends. *rubs fist over heart*
BUT.
I will persevere! -
Ahhhh!
This was exactly what I needed . . . the long soak in a hot tub, the breath of fresh air, the perfect antidote to the hatred and venom spewed by the racist, rabid yam currently running for President. Yes, after a week of watching a 70-year-old toddler throw daily tantrums, it was so refreshing to pick up this book and escape to a world where you could stumble upon a stranger's house and be invited in for tea.
This volume concentrates on Anne's two years spent teaching. There are good days and bad days as she attempts to mold the young minds of Avonlea.
Newly orphaned twins - the lifeless Dora and the way-too-lively Davy - come to live with lifelong spinster Marilla, prompting Mrs. Rachel Lynde to quip, "You're never safe from being surprised till you're dead." A local kook successfully predicts a wicked storm, and the Village Improvement Society, a group spearheaded by Anne and Diana to spruce up Avonlea, is born.
Love and laughs abound, and yes, it's sappy as hell, but as I said, exactly what I needed.
I have a feeling I'm going to be rereading the rest of this series before November rolls around. It's so nice to know that when I wake with a 3 AM panic attack, convinced that Trump has already won and life as we know it is over, that Anne's simple, and simply beautiful, world will be waiting for me. -
"I’d like to add some beauty to life. I don’t exactly want to make people know more… though I know that is the noblest ambition… but I’d love to make them have a pleasanter time because of me… to have some little joy or happy thought that would never have existed if I hadn’t been born."
I think my timing with this book was just perfect. I read this around the Thanksgiving holiday, and I believe not only is it a comforting piece, but also a wonderful reminder to be thankful for the small joys in life that make the heart sing. A stroll through the woods, picking flowers, spending time with old, dear friends, making new friends with those eccentrics that might otherwise go unnoticed, teaching a small child an important lesson, cooking a special meal for a guest, and remembering and honoring those that have passed from our lives – these are all things that Anne makes part of her daily life with exuberant delight and much grace. I wish there were more Annes in the world!
Anne of Avonlea is the second book in the Anne of Green Gables series by L.M. Montgomery. You likely will assume that these are re-reads for me. They are not! Somehow I missed the pleasure of reading the Anne books as a child or teen and read my very first one this past June. Well, I’m late to the party, but hopefully at least fashionably late – I’m sure Anne would somehow agree. In this book, we see Anne at the age of sixteen and just beginning her career as a teacher in Avonlea. She has grown and matured, but still carries that zest for life that makes her the person everyone loves so much. "Those who knew Anne best, felt, without realizing that they felt it, that her greatest attraction was the aura of possibility surrounding her… the power of future development that was in her. She seemed to walk in an atmosphere of things about to happen."
Anne and her friends decide to take on a new project, that of the Village Improvement Society. They are not exactly sure what this will entail, but they hope to make Avonlea an even better place to live. As Anne and company get out and about in the community, we make the acquaintance of a number of interesting new characters right along with them. Anne may not have thought it quite funny, but some of their little predicaments while fundraising managed to bring a smile to my face. Not everyone is on board with their ideas! Always the pragmatist, Mrs. Rachel Lynde can’t help offering her two cents on the endeavor: "What’s this I hear about your going to start up a Village Improvement Society, Anne?... you’ll get into no end of hot water if you do. Better leave it alone, Anne, that’s what. People don’t like being improved." I can’t say I disagree with Mrs. Lynde in this case! Some people are just not willing to make a change.
From the surly Mr. Harrison and his foul-mouthed parrot to the angelic Paul Irving to the quirky Miss Lavendar at Echo Lodge to the mischievous twin Davy, I delighted in sitting down with these folks for a short while and taking my mind off the holiday grind. If you haven’t read these before, I highly recommend them. They are not just for kids! I have the next three or four books in the series just waiting to be read. I will pull them out from time to time when I need to be reminded of the small pleasures in life, and savor them as they should be – much like my little stash of Dove dark chocolates. I don’t want to gobble them down all at once! 4.5 stars for Anne of Avonlea – naturally, I’m rounding up!
"After all, I believe the nicest and sweetest days are not those on which anything very splendid or wonderful or exciting happens, but just those that bring simple little pleasures, following one another softly, like pearls slipping off a string." -
I'm not a violent person, but if I could punch any literary character in the face it would be $%^&*!@ Davy.
-
Yes, I remember liking L.M. Montgomery's Anne of Avonlea immensely when I first read it as a young teenager, and during my recent rereads, I have still managed to enjoy most of the story (most of the featured episodes) almost as much as I did then, especially the anecdotes about the Avonlea Village Improvement Society (AVIS). But even more than the AVIS interludes, I have been rather pleasantly surprised at how much I have loved reading about both Paul Irving and Lavendar Lewis (two characters to whom I did not really feel all that drawn when I first read Anne of Avonlea
However, I did and do find myself having rather major problems universally liking the character of Davy Keith. And indeed, it is not Davy's rather mischievous nature that I find problematic, but the fact that he is so often deliberately cruel and nasty to his twin sister Dora. Not only that, but I have also and with flustered sadness noticed that Dora is more often than not ignored and denigrated by almost everyone, from Anne to even Mrs. Lynde, simply because she is a quiet, unobtrusive child (and "must" therefore by extension also be boring and monotonous). And when one recalls what Anne's own childhood was like, and how she was both emotionally and spiritually neglected before she came to Green Gables, it is supremely ironic and annoying that Anne now seemingly approaches Dora in a similar manner, often ignoring her because Davy's exploits are more interesting, or more to the point, are perceived as being more interesting.
Furthermore, I also tend to believe that there is actually a rather uncritical acceptance by L. M. Montgomery herself, as Anne's (and others') often rather negative assumptions of and towards Dora are never really actively criticised (yes, Anne realises that she might have a bit of an unfair and careless attitude towards Dora, but even though she is aware of this, she does not really ever strive to rein in her at times quite overt favouritism of Davy, and actually even attempts to justify it to herself and others). And as someone who also was rather quiet and unobtrusive as a child and teenager, this has quite bothered me during my recent rereads and continues to more than somewhat chafe (strangely enough though, when I was a teenager, when I first read Anne of Avonlea, this fact did not seem to bother me all that much, although at that time, I often did feel rather ignored and under-appreciated by both my family and the world).
Now I would still most strongly recommend this novel, as well as the entire Anne of Green Gables series. It is just that Anne of Avonlea, while certainly magical, does indeed and in my opinion have its potential issues (at least it did and does for me), with specifically the often overt favouritism of Davy Keith over his sister, over Dora, being majorly potentially problematic, a favouritism actually made considerably worse by the fact that it also so often seems universally accepted, even justified (and thus, from the Anne of Green Gables series, Anne of Avonlea while definitely enjoyable, does also not rank amongst my personal favourites). -
"In the twilight Anne sauntered down to the Dryad's Bubble and saw Gilbert Blythe coming down through the dusky Haunted Wood. She had a sudden realization that Gilbert was a schoolboy no longer. And how manly he looked—the tall, frank-faced fellow, with the clear, straightforward eyes and the broad shoulders. Anne thought Gilbert was a very handsome lad, even though he didn't look at all like her ideal man. She and Diana had long ago decided what kind of a man they admired and their tastes seemed exactly similar. He must be very tall and distinguished looking, with melancholy, inscrutable eyes, and a melting, sympathetic voice. There was nothing either melancholy or inscrutable in Gilbert's physiognomy, but of course that didn't matter in friendship!
Gilbert stretched himself out on the ferns beside the Bubble and looked approvingly at Anne. If Gilbert had been asked to describe his ideal woman the description would have answered point for point to Anne, even to those seven tiny freckles whose obnoxious presence still continued to vex her soul. Gilbert was as yet little more than a boy; but a boy has his dreams as have others, and in Gilbert's future there was always a girl with big, limpid gray eyes, and a face as fine and delicate as a flower. He had made up his mind, also, that his future must be worthy of its goddess. Even in quiet Avonlea there were temptations to be met and faced. White Sands youth were a rather "fast" set, and Gilbert was popular wherever he went. But he meant to keep himself worthy of Anne's friendship and perhaps some distant day her love; and he watched over word and thought and deed as jealously as if her clear eyes were to pass in judgment on it. She held over him the unconscious influence that every girl, whose ideals are high and pure, wields over her friends; an influence which would endure as long as she was faithful to those ideals and which she would as certainly lose if she were ever false to them. In Gilbert's eyes Anne's greatest charm was the fact that she never stooped to the petty practices of so many of the Avonlea girls—the small jealousies, the little deceits and rivalries, the palpable bids for favor. Anne held herself apart from all this, not consciously or of design, but simply because anything of the sort was utterly foreign to her transparent, impulsive nature, crystal clear in its motives and aspirations."
"Perhaps, after all, romance did not come into one's life with pomp and blare, like a gay knight riding down; perhaps it crept to one's side like an old friend through quiet ways; perhaps it revealed itself in seeming prose, until some sudden shaft of illumination flung athwart its pages betrayed the rhythm and the music, perhaps. . . perhaps. . .love unfolded naturally out of a beautiful friendship, as a golden-hearted rose slipping from its green sheath."
...oh, Gilbert Blythe...<3 -
I enjoyed Anne of Avonlea but I did not find it as engaging as Anne of Green Gables. Here's why.
Anne of Green Gables gave the reader lots to look forward to. Will Marilla let Anne stay? When will Anne meet Diana? Will she ever forgive Gilbert?
While reading Anne of Avonlea, I didn't find myself asking any such questions or looking forward to anything. The book didn't seem to be leading up to anything as far as Anne was concerned. It read more like a series of situations involving Anne while the actual "story" was happening to another character named Miss Lavender. Marilla adoped twins in this one and Montgomery focused so much on the boy, Davy, that I couldn't help but wonder why she bothered to write in his twin sister Dora at all.
Anne of Avonlea basically felt like a "passing of time" for Anne. I kept waiting for something to happen to her but it just didn't. I'd still like to continue with the series to see how things progress. Even though Anne of Avonlea didn't quite meet my expectations I found it a charming read and would recommend it to anyone who enjoyed Anne of Green Gables. It was nice to visit the old beloved characters again. -
در این جلد آنی معلم شده
قسمتی که نامههای بچهها و موضوعات انشا و کلا مربوط به تدریسش و کلاسداریش بود برام خیلی دوست داشتنی بود.
کلا رابطهی خوبی با بچهها داره، بخصوص اون قسمتی که دوقلوها رو ماریلا به سرپرستی گرفت و شیطنتهاشون خیلی بامزه بود. -
I can't even put into words how much I adore this series<3
-
I loved the book Anne of Green Gables so much. I enjoyed this book, but it did not have the same impact on me that the first one did. There was much about this book that I loved, but I did miss Anne as a child. She is becoming an adult, a better adult than most.
I did love the hilarious things the children said. I mean they were things I could hear any child saying. Davey was a little crazy. That kid has some sociopathic tendencies. Still, he was so funny. He enjoyed causing some excitement around that place. It was pretty amazing. Davey's poor sister though was so boring even the adults thought she was boring.
Paul was another good student. I liked him. He was very Anne-like. The children were the highlight of the book. Lucy Montgomery really know how to write children. It is her gift.
Anne is a teacher at like 16 going on 17. She teaches for one year before she is going on to college. This is the year that the book covers. She is a young teacher. She also doesn't want to squash the imagination and hopes of children. She wants to befriend them instead of corporeal punishment. That is funny too as everyone keeps telling her to beat the children.
I thought the book was a little long in places and the story dragged a little. I am also used to a faster pace thanks to modern literature. It's nice to slow down the pace of story and read something different. Still, the language does cast a spell and Prince Edward Island seems magical.
I look forward to reading the next one. This is a wonderful series. -
Such a wonderful reading day, thanks to Anne! I loved the new characters and the fact that we see Anne teaching, as I'm a teacher myself. As in the previous book, there were plenty of amazing quotes and cute moments. It's great to know that there are many other books in the series!
4.5 stars rounded up -
Mel 🖤🐶🐺🐾
-
It was wonderful to be back with Anne again! This was a buddy read with Carolyn and Leeanne and it is lovely to be able to have a discussion about the story, to see what stands out to each reader and the different observations made. I am very excited by the prospect of following Anne's journey through life, and I loved every moment of this book.
Anne's time as a teacher was very enjoyable, and her endeavours with the Avonlea Village Improvement Society and the rather amusing results of their efforts was more interesting than I would have guessed. What I loved about the first book, and what continues with the second, is how it is all so engaging and exciting, even though it is not an action focused book. Anne's friendships, her 'kindred spirits', her earnest enthusiasm for life and the world makes for captivating reading. L.M. Montgomery's writing has this magical quality to it that makes even the simplest chapter riveting.
The addition of Davy and Dora to the family was a mostly enjoyable one. While I wasn't as fond of Davy as Marilla and Anne seemed to be, he did not irritate me as much I had feared. I suppose that is damning him with faint praise, but he was quite an exasperating child! I much preferred Dora. In our discussion, Carolyn called Dora 'serene' and I think that fits her so well. I tend to think of her now as Serene Dora, a title of sorts. She is such a sweet little thing and thoroughly unappreciated by Anne, Marilla and everyone else really.
I adored Miss Lavendar just as much as Anne did, and also found Charlotta the Fourth a fun character. Her fervent admiration of Anne was completely understandable. I know Davy was probably a little too precocious and earnest for some readers, essentially a young boy version of Anne herself, but I really did love him and found the talk he has with Anne about his mother and her mention of her own parents particularly touching.
I had spied the title of the final chapter at the start of the book and I admit my heart had dropped a little. I was very satisfied with every part of the book, but especially the final chapters, which felt perfect.
I restrained myself to only a few chapters a day so that I didn't devour the book in one sitting, and after a few days I found myself making sure it was the final thing I read before trying to sleep. There was something so calming and heartwarming about finishing the day with Anne's adventures and observations.
I look forward to seeing what comes next for Anne and everyone else in Avonlea.
🐄🦜💐 -
I've read Anne of Green Gables many times over the years (this one's my favorite
Anne of Green Gables), but it's just now that I decided to continue with the series. I'm so glad I did, because I was really missing out!
In Book 2, Anne is now 16 yrs old and is a teacher at Avonlea School. Anne is still as cheerful and optimistic as ever, and isn't too old to get into all sorts of trouble. Lots of new characters were introduced in this book, but Matthew was terribly missed.
It was so nice to catch up with Anne again! I really enjoy
Lucy Maud Montgomery's writing style and creativity. I'm looking forward to reading the rest of the books in this series. -
OH Marilla!
Anne's back! She older and wiser and more beautiful than that gangly red-headed girl that first came to Avonlea. This book walks us through Anne as a older teenager, she's back as a schoolteacher at the local school with difficult pupils, she refuses to rule by corporal punishment, but simply to treat her students with kindness. Marilla ends up adopting two twins who are orphaned- Dora & Davy and little Davy just stole my heart in this story. My other favorite was Miss Lavender and her story. Another batch of Anne was just what I needed to break up some of the deeper, darker reading out there right now.
I must confess after reading
Anne of Green Gables, I was enthralled. I then did watch Anne with an E on Netflix and became HOOKED! Cannot wait to now continue on with the series as all kindred spirits must. -
Oh, Anne.
What can I say about this story? Anne as a young girl was sweet, fun loving, silly, and just a tad too imaginative for her own good. Always getting into scrapes. But always, always finding the good and the beauty in life. Anne as a young woman? Even better. I absolutely loved seeing Anne in her role as teacher of the Avonlea school. Her spirit is just so sweet and pure - there's literally nothing not to like about her.
I also really enjoyed the introduction of new characters like Mr. Harrison, Miss Lavender, and the twins. I also have such a soft spot for sweet, old, pessimistic Marilla 😆
LM Montgomery's writing is probably some of the prettiest I have ever read. I am constantly amazed at the breathtaking imagery of her stories.
Simply cannot wait to see where Anne goes next. -
After the first book about Anne, I was a bit late to read this one. That's mostly due to the fact that at first it completely failed to draw me in. I felt like it's just filler up to like a third of the book in! Where's all the fun? Where did Anne's spunkiness go?
But thankfully, the book picked up, and by the end I can say I enjoyed it almost as much as the first one. I'll certainly be reading on! I've decided to give you 5 reasons to read about Anne, so here we go. If you want to read this with proper formatting, go ahead and
read it here on my blog.
The Shenanigans
The funny scrapes Anne gets into is part of the fun in stories about her. So at first, as I was reading it, I was so baffled by the fact that Anne grew up – a school mistress now, what fun is there even going to be?? At first it does go like that, but it picks up, and you've got Anne traipsing around Green Gables making a fool of herself as always. Hilarity ensues. (I won't be kidding when I say I literally laughed out loud about the roof scene. Good lord.)
The Kids
There are a lot of children in this book, and if you've read Montgomery before, you'll know that she is great at writing them. From the best to the worst - you'll find kids with a heart, kids with a brain, and kids that basically crawled their way up from hell (I'm looking at you, Davy Keith.) Good or bad, they are truly entertaining to read about and something chug out some quite deep thoughts. (Although I was a little sad Dora was so disregarded because she was 'too good and docile')
The Romance
Oh, the romance. If you're thinking anything finally happens between Anne and Gilbert – well, think again. But Montgomery has some other romance to offer, and it's truly adorable in the way it can be only from this particular time - the turn of the century. So innocent, so beautiful and lovely, so plainly obviously orchestrated - in a way that makes you like it even more. Swoon!
The Feel
I will risk repeating myself, but I can't take away from the book. Anne of Avonlea will let you enjoy another "episode" oh the calm and quiet that you loved when you were reading the first book. Most of us long for something like that... once we get old and overworked enough, I suppose. The promise of green, rolling fields, sunshine and flowers picked in the field.............
The Promise For More
As it's the second book, you're getting into a sort of pleasant sync with the story. And you don't want it to end. The ending of Anne of Avonlea promises our heroine a nice, bright future just round the bend, and you'll want to find out all about it. It reminds me the time I was going off to university myself, off to a new start, to a life I knew nothing about. So let's hope that it will be as Anne would probably hope it would be:
So that's why I think you should continue with this series! It might be slow to start, but it gets good afterwards. I'm sure you'll enjoy it if you pick it up.
Read Post On My Blog |
My Bookstagram |
Bookish Twitter -
The way I'm obsessed with this series. Anne has to be one of my favorite fictional characters of all time.
Booktube |
Instagram |
Twitter -
Anne of Avonlea by L. M. Montgomery
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
How can you not love any books written by L. M. Montgomery. I absolutely love all the series of books of Anne. Anne of Avonlea as an audiobook I listened to, the narrator was fantastic and made the story line even better. I remember reading the Anne series when I was very young. As an adult the Anne series is even more enjoyable. -
کتاب درست در زمان درست بیشتر از هرچیزی به آدم احساس درک شدن میده و این جلد برام دقیقاً همون حرفها، دغدغهها و فکرهایی بود که اینروزا احاطهام کردن.
حتی میتونم بگم خوندنش قشنگترین اتفاقِ این تابستون بود، چون بعدش مثل آنیشرلی واردِ مرحلهی جدیدی از زندگی میشم و مثه اون باید خیلی از دوستداشتنیهای زندگیم رو رها کنم و برم دنبالِ چیزایی که آینده رو میسازن، اینکه حس کنی تنها نیستی و فارغ از دنیای واقعی توی داستانها بخشی از خودت رو پیدا کنی، زیباترین حسیه که انسان میتونه در زندگی تجربه کنه و در کنارش بدونی و باور داشته باشی که زندگی همیشه در گذره، برای ما واینمیسته و پیش میره.
یا باید تصمیم بگیریم که زندگی کنیم گاهی با درک نشدنها، ناامیدیها و تاریکیها ولی با تلاش و امید به روزهای روشنتر.
یا هم بشینیم، گذر عمرمون رو تماشا کنیم، از کاه کوه بسازیم، همهچیز رو سخت بگیریم و همیشه سفت و زیاد از حد منطقی باشیم و فرصتِ پرواز خیال و آسودگی به خودمون ندیم و آخرش به تهِ جادهی زندگی برسیم و تازه بفهمیم که عه الان که دیگه دیره.
علاوه بر اینها، حسوحال متفاوتی که آخر این این جلد گفته میشه وَرای چیزیه که جلد اول و حتی خودِ جلد دوم در بر داره، حسی زیبا اما متفاوت با هر آن چیزی که آنیشرلی قبلاً تجربه کرده، دوستداشتن و دوستداشته شدن از سمت یک نفر، جوری که هر دو برای همدیگه مهم و به بودنِ یکدیگر دلخوشان.
چقدر این پاراگراف دوستداشتنی و قشنگ بود:
"شاید قرار نبود محبت با بوق و کرنا وارد قلب کسی شود و شاهزادهای سوار بر اسب را به رخ بکشد، شاید محبت احساسی خزنده بود که از جانب دوستی قدیمی آرامآرام در قلب نفوذ میکرد، شاید احساس دوستانهای بود که به نثر نوشته میشد، اما ناگهان برقی معجزهآسا روی کلماتش فرود میآمد و به آنها وزن و قافیه میداد، شاید محبت روزی از میان یک رابطهی زیبای دوستانه سر برمیآورد، چون گل سرخی که غلاف سبزرنگش را کنار میزند." -
Full review now posted!
Anne of Green Gables is one of my favorite books ever. But the story doesn’t stop there! I’ve never read the entire series, so I’m on a mission to do just that. This second installment I have read before, and I love it just as much as the preceding book. Here, Anne takes her first halting steps into adulthood, and the change is both charming and sad. Anne will always be a free spirit, but seeing her temper that spiritedness enough to become an effective teacher was fascinating to behold.
I’ve always loved schoolmarm stories. There’s something about one-room schoolhouses and having to teach to so many age groups simultaneously that blows my mind. I’m a teacher, but I can’t even fathom having to teach every subject to every age group every single day. I don’t know how teachers of the past did it. The thing is, I know that if I had lived in the same time period, I would have sought out to do exactly that. Though it was undoubtedly hard work, there’s a romance to being a schoolmarm that has always appealed to me. Because of this, I love reading about school teachers of the past. I have to say, Anne Shirley made a remarkable schoolmarm. She’s kind and thoughtful and is just barely out of childhood herself, so she remembers what it’s like to be on the other side of the blackboard, so to speak. All of those traits coupled with her renowned imagination means that Anne can relate to her students better than most, and that she finds new and unique methods of teaching them.
One of my favorite parts of this book was the introduction of two new little boys: Paul Irving and Davy. I don’t think you could possibly find two more radically different boys in real life or in fiction. Paul Irving is a sweet, smart, thoughtful boy with an imagination that rivals Anne’s, and he and Anne are undoubtedly kindred spirits. Davy is a spitfire, a rambunctious boy with the greatest propensity for questioning I’ve ever seen. And the questions that boy comes up with! There’s no way I could’ve kept a straight face while trying to answer some of those questions. Though both boys are as different as can be, they’re both incredibly dear to Anne.
In this book we also visit Echo Lodge for the first time and meet Miss Lavendar, another kindred spirit. Miss Lavendar is an old maid unlike any other. She refuses to go gently into spinsterhood, and has instead built a beautiful if lonely life for herself. Echo Lodge is beautiful and magical, almost like a fairy realm. And Miss Lavendar makes a stunning fairy queen; the only way you could guess her age is by her snow-white hair. She’s just as imaginative as Anne, and she gets a wonderful happy ending in this book.
The book ends with Anne and Gilbert both deciding to head off to college. Even though I love knowing where their story is heading (after all, theirs is often billed as one of the greatest romances in fiction), I’m loving every second of the journey. It’s so nice to have a romantic element that isn’t instantaneous, but instead builds over the course of multiple books. Romance when approached this way just feels both more realistic and more wholesome to me.
Can you tell I love this series? I wish I had discovered it when I was a child, but I’m enjoying it immensely now as an adult. If you love historical fiction with a bright and uplifting worldview, you owe it to yourself to read this series. It’s one of easiest classics to read that I’ve yet to come across.
For more of my reviews, as well as my own fiction and thoughts on life, check out my blog, Celestial Musings. -
“I’d like to add some beauty to life,” said Anne dreamily. “I don’t exactly want to make people know more…though I know that is the noblest ambition…but I’d love to make them have a pleasanter time because of me…to have some little joy or happy thought that would never have existed if I hadn’t been born.”
It's an ultimate joy when the second book in the series is even better than the first - and if the first was perfect then the second is square of perfection? Perfection × Perfection.Math was never my strong point
In this book, Anne is 16 going on 17, back at Avonlea and Green Gables taking care of dear Marilla and the little twins, walking across the paths and valleys with their magical names, going on perfect picnics with her friends, meeting new kindred spirits, forming a society for The Improvement of Avonlea and starting her new job as a teacher.
Of course, she gets into a lot of adventures, she learns a lot of new things and she always believes in her ideals.
At the end of the day, the reader loves Anne for precisely that; her ability to dream with her eyes open, her endless faith in the good, her wish for Improvement and knowledge and enjoyment of the worldly things like finding a flower in the garden or making friends aka kindred spirits, baking a cake, and helping people be themselves.“After all ,” Anne had said to Marilla once, “I believe the nicest and sweetest days are not those on which anything very splendid or wonderful or exciting happens but just those that bring simple little pleasures, following one another softly, like pearls slipping off a string.”
L. M. Montgomery let her views on many topics be present in the work, each chapter an episode for itself; just like book one, this one is following the episodic structure."I’m really a very happy, contented little person in spite of my broken heart. My heart did break, if ever a heart did, when I realized that Stephen Irving was not coming back. But, Anne, a broken heart in real life isn’t half as dreadful as it is in books. It’s a good deal like a bad tooth…though you won’t think that a very romantic simile. It takes spells of aching and gives you a sleepless night now and then, but between times it lets you enjoy life and dreams and echoes and peanut candy as if there were nothing the matter with it. And now you’re looking disappointed. You don’t think I’m half as interesting a person as you did five minutes ago when you believed I was always the prey of a tragic memory bravely hidden beneath external smiles. That’s the worst…or the best…of real life, Anne. It won’t let you be miserable. It keeps on trying to make you comfortable…and succeeding…even when you’re determined to be unhappy and romantic."
Final thoughts: I completely agree with Mark Twain, this is the sweetest story about childhood and growing up ever written.next to Little women
“I suppose that’s how it looks in prose. But it’s very different if you look at it through poetry…and I think it’s nicer…” Anne recovered herself and her eyes shone and her cheeks flushed…“to look at it through poetry.”
Marilla glanced at the radiant young face and refrained from further sarcastic comments. Perhaps some realization came to her that after all, it was better to have, like Anne, “the vision and the faculty divine”…that gift which the world cannot bestow or take away, of looking at life through some transfiguring…or revealing?…medium, whereby everything seemed apparelled in celestial light, wearing a glory and a freshness not visible to those who, like herself and Charlotta the Fourth, looked at things only through prose."
---------------------------------------------------------------
I never thought that there will ever be a book that I will love just as much as Little Women but here it is. Review to come. -
This isn't as good as the first, in my opinion. I was hoping for more interaction with Anne and Gilbert. Though they are both members of the Avonlea Village Improvement Society, the two of them actually do not have many scenes together since he teaches at a school that is further away and is only home on weekends (I think?) and during summer break.
The addition of the troublemaking orphan Davy to the story nearly ruined this book for me. He has a twin sister named Dora who is a total angel, but Anne plainly states (and Marilla feels the same way) that she loves Davy more. I didn't find him charming, adorable, funny, precious, etc. I wish I could erase his existence in these pages. I hated how Anne was around him: she would feel guilty for punishing his bad behavior and she would give in whenever he turned on the charm around her. Everything I loved about Anne would disappear when she's around this boy. You can't even argue that Anne prefers him because he was a troublemaker like she was when she was a child, because while Anne did get into crazy predicaments, she always had good intentions behind her actions. Davy does not. He makes mischief because he can, because he's bored. I hated how poor Dora would be ignored, but I guess that's really the author's fault since she didn't think of her as much of a character.
I still plan on reading at least the third book in the series, but I really, really hope Davy is nowhere to be found in it.
