| Title | : | Anne of the Island (Anne of Green Gables, #3) |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | |
| ISBN | : | 0553213172 |
| ISBN-10 | : | 9780553213171 |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 243 |
| Publication | : | First published November 1, 1915 |
Anne of the Island (Anne of Green Gables, #3) Reviews
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I know a lot of people are still waiting for their Hogwarts letter, and that’s fine and all, but I’m still over here waiting for my formal invitation to attend college with Anne and Gilbert and Philippa and the gang.
I’m sure it just got lost in the mail.
I adored
Anne of Green Gables (in spite of the fact that I read it for the first time at 21 years old, on a whim, having no intention of reading it beforehand and, in fact, only having a copy at all because it was very pretty and I’m very book-shallow). Against all odds, I loved
Anne of Avonlea just as much.
And even more unlikely-ly, I loved Anne of the Island most of all. (So far.)
The writing is beautiful. The settings are immersive. The storyline(s) are charming. And somehow all the characters are lovely, regardless of whether they’ve been there since the beginning or were just introduced two pages ago. I love all of them.
So you understand my confusion at the fact that I have not yet been invited to Prince Edward Island, let alone accepted to Redmond College, LET ALONE inducted into Anne’s friend group.
But like I said, I’m sure it’s just a matter of time.
(I love this series way too much to consider the alternative.)
Bottom line: GIVE ME THE NEXT ANNE BOOK!!! Please.
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i was late for work because i physically could not put this book down.
review to come / 5 stars
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hello i would like to live inside these books and be best friends with anne and also be of the island thank you that is all -
I think this might just be my favourite book in the series so far. In this book, Anne heads off to Redmond and becomes a college student. The book captures the wistful sorrows which come with growing up, but also retains all of the wonder which makes the Anne books so special.
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Now this is the college life I longed for
Anne Shirley is about to do the unthinkable - postpone marriage and attend off to Redmond College. She still plans to get married, but only after her education.
She's found a darling house to rent with Prissy Grant (from Avonlea) and Phillipa Gordon (from Redmond). And now, her life will begin.
I loved the feel of this one - the hopeful wondering, the exciting change of scenery and the true friendships she finds. However. I do have a few issues with the way this one is written.
It almost feels like everything is solved too simply. All challenges are overcome with a bit of plucky effort and everything always works out just the way it needs to. Always.
And honestly, the first two novels I didn't mind this...but by the third novel of such coincidences, I am starting to grow a little tired of the sheer perfection of everything.“It will come sometime. Some beautiful morning she will just wake up and find it is Tomorrow. Not Today but Tomorrow. And then things will happen ... wonderful things.”
I still enjoy this series but there are a few problems/inconsistencies that are really throwing me off.
Dropping Diana Barry like a hot tamale
Remember Diana Barry - Anne's one, true bosom friend?Kindred spirits alone do not change with the changing years.
Anne is such a liar.
Diana Barry - who was so essential to the first books - is pushed aside now that Anne's in college and Diana's raising a family.
I understand that friends grow apart over time but if that was the case, there should be a paragraph or two explaining that.
It's like...Diana was no longer useful to the plot so L. M. Montgomery just stopped writing about her. I mean, how hard would it be for Anne to write a few letters to Diana or for her to talk about missing her.
I feel so betrayed on Diana's behalf. So much for friendship.
The Schrodinger Cat
And I couldn't have been the only one completely flabbergasted by the cat story.
Upon discovery of a semi-friendly tom cat, Anne, Prissy and Phillipa decide to kill it with chloroform under a basket.
After leaving the cat under the deathtrap for a night, Anne lifts up the basket only to discover that the cat survived. She then adopts the cat and becomes best friends with the feline.
You almost MURDERED the cat - seriously, what the hell Anne?
The Revolving Plot
There seems to be a pattern to these books - Anne meets new bosom friends, one grumpy/ornery one and one miserable one (due to bad luck with true love).
Anne befriends the grump, tries (and ultimately fails) meddling in the miserable one's life...Then she learns valuable life lessons about not judging/meddling someone by their first impression. And everything ends happy.
Repeat.
Concluding Thoughts
Honestly, I'm more than a little disappointed by this one but not enough to stop the series. There were plenty of wonderful of moments and I really want to finish the series. Hopefully it picks up!
Audiobook Comments
Read by Renée Raudman - and it was a rather pleasant audio to listen to.
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OH MY HEART.
I love Anne and I love Gilbert and I love everyone and I love these books.
Following Anne's story has made me SO HAPPY it's just so lovely and I can't deal with how good this series is.
Anne at college and all her adventures are so lovely. <3
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THAT LAST PARAGRAPH OMG I WILL GO DOWN WITH THIS SHIP
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My sentimental favorite of the Anne series. I always thought college was going to be just like that - my best friends, a cute little house in a great neighborhood, and my childhood friend, madly in love with me. Anne is one of my favorite literary heroines, and I liked her transition between girlhood and adulthood. She's grown out of classic Anne of Green Gables, but she's still the same person.
I must have read this book 30 times, and it never gets any less fun. It's one of my top 5 comfort books. -
"Redmond was splendid and Bolingbroke delightful - but Green Gables is HOME."
In this third book of series, Anne's adventure continues through her college years. Honestly, I was a bit sad when I read the second book, first because of the heartbreaking end of first book and then because of the I missed the little mischievous Anne (Though Davy certainly made it interesting.) But that all changed with this book and it was just delightful!
"Oh," she thought, "how horrible it is that people have to grow up - and marry - and CHANGE!"
I thoroughly enjoyed the entire book, save a little bit where Anne's was a substitute teacher, and loved is just as the first book. Though there were several sad incidents, the story is narrated in a highly engaging way, and the ending was the favorite of the series so far.
"I'm sure no life can be properly developed and rounded out without some trial and sorrow - though I suppose it is only when we are pretty comfortable that we admit it."
"Sunburst and marble halls may be all very well, but there is more 'scope for imagination' without them." -
After this book the series has lost its charm, I don't think I'll read any of the other books. This wasn't exactly a bad book... just kind of tedious. It takes place over 3 years and goes between Anne being at college and at Green Gables.
The best part: Anne and Gilbert finally get together!
The good part: It's fun to see Anne and her friends making a home out of Patty's place, even if her new friend Phil is extremely annoying.
The bad part: Davy is still disturbing to read about. He cries because he missed the "fun" of seeing Mrs. Lynde fall down the cellar stairs and hurt herself. Anne is proposed to 6 times. She turns down pretty much every one of them, it gets a little silly.
The worst part: The author is constantly inserting her views on god and politics into the story.
The horrifying part: Anne and her friends find a stray cat and they decide to kill it by putting it into a box with chloroform. WTF. Even worse, Mr. Harrison decides he doesn't want his dog anymore so he hangs it. After it survives and tries to hide in the barn, he hangs it again. WTF. I know things were different back then but WTF!!! It's horrifying how calm they all are about murdering animals when they get so offended by statements like "God knows." -
جلد سومم تمومشد. این سه جلد تو این دوران واقعا انرژی خوبی بهم داد. خیلی خوشحالم که دارم میخونمش. از هر صفحش کلی حس خوب میگیرم، به نظرم این مجموعه، یکی از صادقترین و واقعیترین شخصیتهای کتابها رو داره. شخصیتهایی که خود واقعیشون هستند و خواننده هر لحظه در فضا ومکان
داستان غرق میشه. جلد سوم خیلی خوب بود😍
آنی تقاضای ازدواج گیلبرت رو رد میکنه و وارد دانشگاه میشه و اونجا دوستان جدیدی پیدا میکنه.
در آخر این جلد گیلبرت بیمار میشه و دوباره آنی رو میبینه و اونها تصمیم دیگهای برای زندگیشون میگیرند. -
Holy crap, do you guys know what this is?! It’s a New Adult book that was written ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO! (Seriously, that’s what this is!) I had no idea this sub-genre existed back then, lol!
College? Check. Relationship drama and angst? Check. Sassy, funny girlfriend? Check. Handsome, cocky love interest? Che— Wait, NO. No, no, nope! Move over all you hot, arrogant assholes, cuz Gilbert Blythe blows ALL of you out of the fricken water!
I totally loved this. LOVED. THIS.
Love love love love love :)
There were a lot of different things to love in the first book (and I loved it all), but I’ll admit that the thing that REALLY hooked me in was the cute rivalry between Anne and Gilbert. Oh, those two. . .
Omg, the angst! I had no idea! I didn’t know this book was gonna make me feel like this. All frustrated and hopeful and swoony and annoyed.
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Ah . . . more comfort food in the form of a book.
After an eventful summer, changes are in store for Anne as she prepares to leave Avonlea for Redmond College.
Anne dressed in the cheerless gray dawn, for an early start was necessary to catch the boat train; she struggled against the tears that would well up in her eyes in spite of herself. She was leaving the home that was so dear to her, and something told her that she was leaving it forever, same as a holiday refuge. Things would never be the same again; coming back for vacations would not be living there. And oh, how dear and beloved everything was -- that little white porch room, sacred to the dreams of girlhood, the old Snow Queen at the window, the brook in the hollow, the Dryad's Bubble, the Haunted Wood, and Lover's Lane -- all the thousand and one dear spots where memories of the old years bided. Could she ever be really happy anywhere else?
But, there are new friends to meet and more challenges to conquer. Leaving home may bring heartache, but there is plenty of joy in store for our Anne.
This book covers four eventful years in Anne's life, including the hilarious circumstances surrounding the publication of her first short story, the death of an old schoolmate, and the marriage of another. Anne herself receives some mighty strange marriage proposals. This is my favorite:
"Yeh're a likely-looking girl and hev a right-smart way o' stepping," said Sam. "I don't want no lazy woman. Think it over. I won't change my mind yit awhile. Wall, I must be gitting. Gotter milk the cows."
This makes my husband's proposal of "You're sturdy enough for farm chores" seem almost romantic. (At least he didn't skedaddle off to feel up a bunch of cow's udders.) -
Anne of the Island, L.M. Montgomery
Anne of the Island is the third book in the Anne of Green Gables series, written by Lucy Maud Montgomery about Anne Shirley. Anne of the Island was published in 1915, seven years after the bestselling Anne of Green Gables. In the continuing story of Anne Shirley, Anne attends Redmond College in Kingsport, where she is studying for her BA.
تاریخ نخستین خوانش: بیست و پنجم ماه سپتامبر سال 2012 میلادی
عنوان: آنی شرلی در جزیره - کتاب سوم؛ نویسنده: ال.ام. مونتگمری؛ مترجم: سارا قدیانی؛ در 225 ص؛
آن شرلی در جزیره سومین جلد از مجموعه کتابهای آن شرلی اثر لوسی ماد مونتگمری است. خلاصه داستان: این بار آن شرلی قدم به دانشگاه ردموند میگذارد، و به همراه دوستانش در خانهای به نام خانه «پتی» ساکن میشود. او با «رویال گاردنر» آشنا میشود. اما در انتها «رویال» را ترک کرده و با «گیلبرت بلایت» نامزد میشود. ا. شربیانی -
Montgomery, L.M. 1915. Anne of the Island.
"Harvest is ended and summer is gone," quoted Anne Shirley, gazing across the shorn fields dreamily.
I don't know if there are enough words to describe how I feel about Anne of the Island. It is one of the most magically, wonderful, giddy-making, purely-delightful, satisfying books I've ever read...and reread...and reread. Reading this book makes all the world seem right. (At least during the reading process.) It picks up shortly after where Anne of Avonlea leaves off. Anne Shirley and Gilbert Blythe are preparing to go off to Redmond college. (Along with Charlie Sloane and Priscilla Grant who you may or may not remember.) Diana Barry is engaged to Fred Wright. And there is a hint of love in the air.
This is the story of Anne's college years; it spans four years. The books focus on her friendships with Priscilla Grant, Philippa Gordon, and Stella Maynard, her roommates. And of course the book focuses on her romantic-and-not-so-romantic dealings with men. Many men propose to Anne during the course of the book including Billy Andrews--who sends his sister in his place--and Sam Toliver with his bumbling, "Will yeh heve me?" (Charlie Sloane, Gilbert Blythe, and Royal Gardner are others.)
There are many side stories in Anne of The Island. And while these little asides and tangents are not employed much in modern fiction, within the works of L.M. Montgomery, they are so thoroughly charming that they just work well. Really really well.
I loved this one. Loved the romance. Loved the characters. Loved everything.
Here's my favorite bit of the book:
There is a book of Revelation in every one's life, as there is in the Bible. Anne read hers that bitter night, as she kept her agonized vigil through the hours of storm and darkness. She loved Gilbert—had always loved him! She knew that now. She knew that she could no more cast him out of her life without agony than she could have cut off her right hand and cast it from her. And the knowledge had come too late—too late even for the bitter solace of being with him at the last. If she had not been so blind—so foolish—she would have had the right to go to him now. But he would never know that she loved him—he would go away from this life thinking that she did not care. Oh, the black years of emptiness stretching before her! She could not live through them—she could not! She cowered down by her window and wished, for the first time in her gay young life, that she could die, too. If Gilbert went away from her, without one word or sign or message, she could not live. Nothing was of any value without him. She belonged to him and he to her. In her hour of supreme agony she had no doubt of that. He did not love Christine Stuart—never had loved Christine Stuart. Oh, what a fool she had been not to realize what the bond was that had held her to Gilbert—to think that the flattered fancy she had felt for Roy Gardner had been love. And now she must pay for her folly as for a crime. (237)
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Eeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!! :D :D :D :D
I loved this book SOOOOO much!! Probably as much as the first book, if not maybe even a little bit more! :)) It was really hard at first to determine which one I liked better, but I think I like Anne of the Island more since she just starts college and all ^_^ I felt like I could relate to her and the things she went through more in this book. There were so many little, tiny things that I enjoyed about this book, but the main thing I loved…....(I think you can guess what that is by now XD lol)..….it’s Anne & Gilbert <3 <3 They will forever be my favorite fictional couple! ^_^ I really liked that they were friends/enemies ;) hehe since they were kids before they even thought about starting a relationship. I felt like Anne was being a little stupid at times about what she expected in a relationship, but I’m glad she finally figured out who was best for her in the end ;)
I also really enjoyed getting to see Anne and her friends go to college and pick out a home to live in. When they picked their house, Patty’s Place, there was this cat that followed Anne home and she and her roommates didn’t want it living with them, so they did this really sad—but also kind of funny :p—thing to it…Anne’s roommate, Philippa or Phil, tried to chloroform it to kill it and that scene was a little cruel and hilarious at the same time XD *cowers in shame* hehe I seriously didn’t mean to laugh at that scene, but I couldn’t help it haha…I’m glad that it didn’t end up dying though because I would have felt terrible if it did :p
I’ve mentioned this before, but I just really adore the characters in this series!! ^_^ They all seem like old friends now or ‘chums’, as they call it in the book, and I enjoy just reading about their day-to-day lives...By now, I think everyone on Goodreads knows how much I love the Anne of Green Gables series hehe so of course, I think all of you should go and pick these books up ;) -
"In imagination she sailed over storied seas that wash the distant shining shores of "faery lands forlorn," where lost Atlantis and Elysium lie, with the evening star for pilor, to the land of Hearts Desire. And she was richer in those dreams than in realities; for things seen pass away, but the things that are unseen are eternal."
Dear Lucy Maud,
Thank you.
Love,
Jo.
Dear Manchester,
Anne says hi.
Hope you’re well.
Jo.
Gilbert,
[Censored]
Always,
J.
Mrs Gardner,
You called your son Royal?
ROYAL?
What is wrong with you?
Yours Truly,
J.Williams.
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Another (mostly) wonderful story following the wonderful Anne Shirley. If it weren't for the unexpectedly cruel events of chapters 16 and 17, I would have considered this a perfect book. There's something magical about following along as Anne makes her way in the world, and I find the books so comforting and joyous to read. They are a lovely thing to begin and end the day with, and I almost always put the book down in a good mood, eager to return as soon as possible.
Rather bizarrely Chapter 16, Adjusted Relationships, depicts a stray cat that follows Anne home. Anne decides they must get rid of him, and Phil declares that they will chloroform him. This is attempted, the cat survives and Anne ends up keeping him. This was framed as a somewhat comedic incident, but I just couldn't find it funny. It felt odd that Anne would be so blasé about killing a cat, especially one that appeared to be in good health. While I understand this book is not from recent times, would it not be unheard of to simply try to rehome the cat?
Then, in the following chapter Davy sends a letter that recounts Mr Harrison hanging his dog, which fails on the first attempt but succeeds on the second. Again, this felt like an alarmingly casual depiction of animal abuse.
These were the only parts of the book I didn't enjoy, but I have to say they did lower my enjoyment of the book enough that I can't love it as much as I wanted to. My tolerance for animal abuse varies quite a bit depending on the book in question, so I know it might seem unfair that it bothers me here, while in another type of book it might bother me less, but it felt so out of place. I think it was the fact that it was supposed to be humorous that I found most jarring.
Now that I have addressed that, I will focus on the parts I did enjoy. Horrible as it may sound I enjoyed the way Ruby's illness and death was handled. I thought it was beautifully written and I have thought about those chapters often in the days since I read them.
I liked that Anne continued her friendship with Diana, but was able to strengthen old friendships and make new ones as well. Diana will probably always be my favourite of Anne's friends, but in this book their relationship undergoes a change. By the end of the book Diana is a wife and mother, while Anne is not. She feels happy for her friend, and also a little left behind, something that I think remains utterly relatable. I hope they stay close in the books to come.
Anne's relationship with Gilbert is a strong focus in this book, and I appreciate that there was something of a slow build. Anne is still young, so I love that she was able to take the time to focus on her education, to live in a house with her friends, to be her own person for a while. I even like that she rejected Gilbert's proposal. Wonderful as he is, it felt important that she could take her own time with that. When they actually do get together, I was happy because of course I love Gilbert, (how could you not) but I was also relieved that they wouldn't be marrying immediately. I'm excited to see what Anne does with herself during the time that they are engaged.
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this book is just anne getting proposed to by 36473 different guys and her being like ‘yall hear sumn???’ before it finally takes gilbert almost dying for her to realize she’s only ever wanted one mans and that mans is gilbert
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5+ stars & 9/10 hearts. One of my favourite things about this series is that Anne grows up through them. Seeing her leave Avonlea and really begin the adult life by herself in another province, at college, is so much fun, every time.
Anne just becomes sweeter and wiser and lovelier throughout the series, and she remains such an inspiration to me. Priscilla, Philippa, and Stella are excellent sidekicks and teach you a lot, all the while diverting with all their humour… as do dear Aunt Jimsy, fun Reverend Joe, darling Gilbert, and poor Roy. As a college student and a beginning adult, I am motivated and encouraged by the girls.
It’s really such an excellent book to grow up with and read consistently. I love the humour and beauty of this book, and how real it is—the stories and characters and thoughts and lessons are real—most of them boiling down to how to be a responsible, beautiful person. The romance is lovely and such a good lesson (is romance what you expect it to be, or do you imagine it to be something else and become confused?). I can hardly explain how strong and elegant and timeless and good this book is, and how wonderful the writing style. And the ending of this one is just so so beautiful... Montgomery is a genius for endings. <3
A Favourite Quote: “It must not be with her as with poor butterfly Ruby. When she came to the end of one life it must not be to face the next with the shrinking terror of something wholly different—something for which accustomed thought and ideal and aspiration had unfitted her. The little things of life, sweet and excellent in their place, must not be the things lived for; the highest must be sought and followed; the life of heaven must be begun here on earth.”
A Favourite Beautiful Quote: “...the Lake of Shining Waters was blue—blue—blue; not the changeful blue of spring, nor the pale azure of summer, but a clear, steadfast, serene blue, as if the water were past all moods and tenses of emotion and had settled down to a tranquility unbroken by fickle dreams.”
A Favourite Humorous Quote: “‘I had a nickel with me when I got on the car. I thought it was in the left pocket of my coat. When I got settled down comfortably I felt for it. It wasn't there. I had a cold chill. I felt in the other pocket. Not there. I had another chill. Then I felt in a little inside pocket. All in vain. I had two chills at once. ... I concluded I must have put it in my mouth and swallowed it inadvertently. Just ... when all hope had fled, ... I suddenly remembered where I had put that wretched coin of the realm. I hadn't swallowed it after all. I meekly fished it out of the index finger of my glove and poked it in the box. I smiled at everybody and felt that it was a beautiful world.’” -
These books honestly make me so happy. Anne is one of my all time favourite characters, I’ve grown to care for her so much and I get so absorbed reading about her life. And now that I’m older I relate so much more to what she starts going through as an adult, it really makes rereading these books a pleasure!
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The spell is broken. You guys know how much I loved the first book in this series but its sequels annoy and bore the shit outta me. I loved Anne as a character in the first book because she has flaws, gets into silly scraps and has so much to learn. In Book 2 and 3, she is just insufferable. She has become such a Mary Sue. Everything comes natural and easy for her, every-fucking-body worships and loves her, every man she interacts with proposes to her, everyone wants to be her friend, she's everyone's favorite, she's the best in college, she's a gifted writer, her looks are captivating ... yada yada yada. I can't take it anymore.
Also Montgomery's writing feels much more (out-)dated in Book 2 and 3 than in the first book. All of a sudden she has become this hyper-Christian and moralising writer. Her work reads more like Christian propaganda, and I found it insufferable. Anne has become so moralising and patronising herself, I could literally picture Montgomery sitting at her desk thinking to herself how well she did with infusing her (Christian) lessons and values into her young readers. Big yikes. Book 2 and 3 read as if Montgomery was writing a pamphlet on how a proper woman (aka wife) should be.
Apart from Phil I also didn't enjoy any of the new characters. I hated how Anne let Roy Gardner on. He truly deserved better but he was a useless character bc it was clear from the start that Anne would end up with Gilbert. Didn't care for Miss Lavendar and Davy in Book 2, so no surprise that I didn't warm to them in this one. There's decidedly too little of Diana Barry in this book. And Rachel and Marilla are still my faves (I love that they are flat mates now!) but I also would've loved to see more of them. Their scenes were the best!
The last chapter was sickly sweet but it fuelled me with some energy. Gilbert is decidedly too good for Anne but I am happy that they ended up together. However, I hate that Montgomery basically insinuates that it is a woman's place to get married and have children. I feel like it would've been the bolder choice to have Gilbert move on and marry Christine and Anne ending up alone (... not necessarily permanently, but at least for the time being of Book 3 and 4). All in all, I feel like the gang grew up way too fucking fast. I'll forever cherish Book 1 and their childhood merriments, but basically straight up beginning with Book 2 it was "you're an adult woman now, so get it together and find a husband now". I'm not saying that that wasn't the reality for most women of Montgomery's time but Book 1 felt so progressive and daring, whereas the rest of the series is so mainstream/run-of-the-mill and tame. I'm afraid Green Gables has lost its charm. The spell has been broken. -
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Good Lord! It was extremely trying to get through this one. I think it's safe to say I've had enough Anne for the time being. There were still elements that I liked in this book, but I had some major issues with Anne herself here.
What a blind idiot! You had the tingly feelings for Gilbert in the past and just brushed them off as nothing. In my experience, that tingly feeling doesn't evaporate. Every time you see that person, it grows and grows until eventually something needs to be done about it either way. How can you blush every time someone mentions that persons name and have no idea why? You're a smart lady! Why are you acting so dumb?
Second of all, I don't know if this was typical back in the day, but what was up with dating people but hardly ever seeing them but once or twice a year, even though you go to school together and live close by? How do you date someone for two years and hardly know them? Why are you being proposed to every thirty seconds.
Also that story about that guy whose mom wouldn't let him marry anyone until she died was extremely effed up because he wouldn't propose to his girlfriend after twenty years until the mom died but he PROPOSED TO ANNE when the mom was still alive. What a crock of poooooop!
Anne became pretty stuck up the older she got. I liked her better as a little crazy kid. By the end of the first book she matured and I was like: fine. This is fine. Everybody grows up at some point. However, Anne needs to get over herself, thank you very much. She walks around with her perfect nose acting all better than everyone and is worshiped everywhere she goes and just blech. Stop.
Lastly, I was upset by the animal abuse featured in this book. At one point, Anne and her friends try to kill a cat by suffocating it in a box. Thankfully it doesn't work but SERIOUSLY!?! You were going to kill a cat just because it was ugly and liked you? Then later on, she got pissed about something in her own life and took it out on the poor puss by boxing its ears. WTF, ANNE!?!
The ending is what I wanted all along but it shouldn't have taken until the last few pages to get it. This was a frustrating read!
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Splendidly delightful! This is not quite the same Anne we first met in Green Gables but a maturing and horizons-broadened Anne. The new characters she meets while away at college add depth to the ongoing story; but her connections to Avonlea remain ever strong. I love Davy's letters describing his many plights. I positively love these books even more as an adult now!
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Anne is now 18 years old and attending Redmond College. Seven years before, she had arrived at Green Gables as a precocious orphan. Now she's left home to embark on a new adventure. This book focuses on Anne's experience as a college student: making new friends, living away from home, her visits back home to Avonlea, and figuring out what she wants in life.
My favorite book of the series is still Anne of Green Gables (probably always will be), but this is second best. I enjoyed reading about Anne's experiences at this exciting time in her life. She's becoming an adult and her world is getting bigger and more exciting. -
Third in the Green Gables series and we meet Anne again between the ages of 18-20.
A lot goes on in these years, she has a fair few marriage proposals, studying for a BA and a host of social events.
Anne is really starting to grow up now and I'd say she has lost her charming imagination. Its a shame but I'm still endeared to her and look forward to seeing where the path leads her next. -
ریرید برای بار پونصد و چندم:)
کلا هر وقت میخوام از نظر اخلاقی و تحصیلی و اهدافی موتیویت بشم میام یک دور این جلد رو میخونم و همیشه جواب میده. این سن آنه رو از همه بیشتر دوست دارم چون آزاد، عاقل، رها و مصممه. انگار این جلد دقیقا خود خونه پتیه که هروقت احساس دلتنگی میکنم واردش میشم و به خوبی ازم پذیرایی میشه. -
I absolutely do love love love Lucy Maud Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables series, and indeed, especially the third book, in particular her Anne of the Island is and always will be a total favourite, and yes, a very special and personal favourite that I have in fact and actually read more than ANY of the other series books, including the first novel, including Anne of Green Gables (with my conservative guesstimate being that my reading amount for Anne of Green Gables is probably around ten times but that I have read, laughed and cried over Anne of the Island probably twenty times and perhaps even considerably more than that).
Honestly and truth be told, I definitely and certainly massively both adore and appreciate absolutely everything about Anne of the Island. Anne Shirley finally going to Redmond College to get her BA, her rather humorous but also a bit frustrating travails trying to learn how to write proper and not too exaggerated, too overwrought fiction, her on and off again romantic entanglements with Gilbert Blythe and yes, even poor Ruby Gillis' death from consumption (although part of me has always chafed that L.M. Montgomery could not have let Ruby live), all of these (and of course many many more) episodes and anecdotes, they always make me feel comforted, and like a hot cup of tea, Anne of the Island is to and for me a panacea to and for both my and the world's ills and woes. But still and nevertheless, even though totally like a blanket of loveliness and softly positive wonder, Anne of the Island also portrays sadness (and even tragedy) at times, albeit always in a manner that is easily digestible and tolerable, acceptable, perhaps even necessary and required, and with the glowing and very much appreciated fact that L.M. Montgomery makes most of her characters, makes Anne, Stella, Priscilla, Philippa, Diana etc. appear, act as realistically conceptualised individuals with both positive and negative characteristics, and also has them make their share of mistakes (such as for example how Anne Shirley at times a bit callously approaches and deals with Gilbert Blythe, and her acceptance and then rather harsh refusal of Roy Gardiner before finally managing to realise that Gilbert truly is the one for her) being the absolute icing on the cake for me (even though I do sometimes tend to find that episode of Gilbert being ill with typhoid before Anne realises how much she loves him just a bit too much). For what makes the Anne of Green Gables series as a whole and what in my opinion makes especially Anne of the Island so delightfully wonderful and readable, relatable, is how deeply developed and nuanced Montgomery's characters for the most part are, how none or at least how the vast majority of them are never one-sided, are both lovable and sometimes indeed most annoyingly infuriating (that the characters who inhabit the pages of Anne of the Island have been rendered by Montgomery as basically real and breathing, living human beings, individuals whom one can both like/love but also occasionally not stand, a wonderfully both imaginative and realistic reading experience that is like a breath of fresh air and a total personally enchanting and endearing comfort whenever I decide to reread). -
Anne is a little older and goes to school at Redmont with her friend, Prissy. Along the way they meet Phillippa Gordon (who may be my favorite character so far in the series, I mean besides Anne of course!). Phil, Prissy, and Anne find a house to let -- quaint and practically perfect. The house is called Patty's Place and they all soon move in. They find themselves with three cats- a fireplace, and imagination which makes for a lovely setting. Anne is trying to figure out what love is and how she feels about it, she gets proposed to multiple times (a few times elicited chuckles from me) and finally meets Roy Gardner- a wealthy man that meets Anne under an umbrella after "rescuing" her from the sudden rainstorm. (sigh)
I really enjoyed Anne at this age, even still her stubborness got in her own way in regards to Gilbert. I almost got to a point where I would never forgive her, but luckily it all worked out in the end. THis book was more mature and as a byproduct had sadder events that tug at my heartstrings. Looking forward to the next book in Anne's story. -
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just finished reading "Anne of the Island" and it is so far the best book in the series ✨ I cannot wait until next year so that I can get the rest of the books (am currently on a book buying ban..) I love Anne so dearly and seeing her grow up, meet new kindred souls and find what love truly means makes me so happy🤍 I was skeptical at first to continue reading the following books but am so glad I did!
