Deseret News | Reader comments: 'Anne of Green Gables' turns 100

Reader comments
'Anne of Green Gables' turns 100

Rebecca | 6:22 a.m. Sept. 2, 2008

I love Anne of Green Gables. It's a good, clean, entertaining story.

Jenie | 7:53 a.m. Sept. 2, 2008

I have read ALL of the Anne books, and did so as an adult. I loved them! After reading this article this morning I am seriously considering giving these books to our grandaughters for Christmas. There must be six or seven, if I remember correctly. Have any of them been combined into larger volumns? They would sure help to beat the trend towards vampires!!

Anne is the best | 8:15 a.m. Sept. 2, 2008

Love this series and love the movie adaptations (although the 3rd is a clear departure from the novels). Classic story, beautifully told. Definite must for every child's library.

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Cats | 10:09 a.m. Sept. 2, 2008

I loved the "Anne" books and the series, although, it is true, the third one was not based on the novels. These books are wonderful and full of good moral teachings. Anne gives hope to everyone.

Re: Jenie | 11:31 a.m. Sept. 2, 2008

There are eight Anne books:

Anne of Green Gables
Anne of Avonlea
Anne of the Island
Anne of Windy Poplars
Anne's House of Dreams
Anne of Ingleside
Rainbow Valley
Rilla of Ingleside

By all means, all children should read these books! You might also try the Emily of New Moon series by the same author if you liked the Anne Books.

Love it too | 11:40 a.m. Sept. 2, 2008

My daughter just finished reading all 8 books (she is 9 years old) and started writing a 9th book because she was upset they were "only" eight books. She is homeschooled and we prefer her reading educating wonderful classics like "Anne of Green Gables" over - like high school musical or something trivial.

Can't wait to go to PEI someday!

Tinkerwrks | 11:40 a.m. Sept. 2, 2008

I love the Anne books and the first two movies. The third one was rather terrible (not based on the books) and I think I'll skip the prequel. Other good books by L.M. Montgomery include Jane of Lantern Hill, A Tangled Web and my absolute favorite, The Blue Castle.

Jenie | 12:33 p.m. Sept. 2, 2008

Thank you for answering my question to how many Anne books there are. Trying to find paper-back books would be the cheaper way for me to go. Wish me luck!

GAC | 12:35 p.m. Sept. 2, 2008

My ancestors were born and raised on Prince Edward Island since 1805. I was given "Anne" books for presents since I was three years old. My parents did not read "Cat in the Hat" books to me before I started school. They read "Anne" books. The best trip I ever made with my own children was a trip to PEI and a visit to Green Gables. I always felt Anne was my relative and I loved her as a cousin or a sister. May she live and be loved another 100 years.

HeatherD | 1:20 p.m. Sept. 2, 2008

I don't want sunbursts in marble halls--I just want you!

TINKY LOO | 2:37 p.m. Sept. 2, 2008

If you read the comment "love it too," it was my mom. I am 9 years old and I did read all the Anne books and I am writing a book. I got them for Christmas. My mom read them before I got them.

I LOVE THE ANNE BOOKS

mmm | 2:38 p.m. Sept. 2, 2008

Ah, yes, Anne of GG-- Every frumpy, lonely, unmarried woman's best friend on Friday nite...

Grandma S from NM | 2:51 p.m. Sept. 2, 2008

I am not frumpy, lonely or unmarried and I love the movies about Anne, with an "E". My granddaughters do, too. I've never read the books but I will when I retire.

Looshi | 3:09 p.m. Sept. 2, 2008

My husband is from PEI and after we were married, he took me there for a vacation. We were able to see the house, Lover's Lane and the Haunted Forest in Cavendish. We also saw the musical, which was so much fun! PEI is such a magical place...no wonder L.M. Montgomery had such an imagination!

One guy's opinion | 3:14 p.m. Sept. 2, 2008

Hey, I'm a happily married male elementary teacher who happens to love these books-the first one,anyway. MMM, I think your comment was downright rude. I think you must be related to Josie Pye, because that sounds just like a comment she would make.

Anne of GG is full of wonderful writing, and LM Montgomery has developed a character so full of imagination and creative blood that anyone with even the least amount of charm and goodness can't help but love Anne.

Sally | 3:21 p.m. Sept. 2, 2008

The Anne of Green Gable books were my favorite as a young girl. My husband and I only had boys, but I have shared the books and the movies with my granddaughters - I never tire of Anne. I have a niece who named her little girl Avonlea because Anne is her favorite.

Great series | 4:09 p.m. Sept. 2, 2008

Enjoyed these books very much as a young girl, and still occasionally pick one up and read it. I particularly liked the fact that it continued her life after arriving as an orphan in Matthew and Marilla's home. The final one in the series of 8, Rilla of Ingleside, is about her youngest daughter named after Marilla, and goes up into the First World War.

Another group of books I enjoyed were the Heidi books, and also What Katy Did and What Katy Did Next. Just thought you might like some more good reads!

Cora | 4:50 p.m. Sept. 2, 2008

I have always loved Anne of Green Gables. I was a troubled teenager once so I felt I had alot in common with Anne. No matter how many times I watched the movies or read the books, I always enjoy it.Anne is the stubbornest character I ever read about , but she's definitely amusing. Missing Anne of Green Gables is missing a major part of growing up.

Kindred spirits | 5:51 p.m. Sept. 2, 2008

I thought nothing could be as bad as red hair. Green is ten times worse.

LOL! I LOVED the Anne books, and still have my collection, proudly displayed on the bookshelf in my living room.

To the nine-year-old girl who loves them: check out The Blue Castle by Lucy Maud Montgomery). It was so good, I stayed up until 1:00 a.m. on a school night reading it when I was a girl.

Oh, and another good one by the same author is A Tangled Web. :)

A hopeful romantic | 11:50 p.m. Sept. 2, 2008

Anne inspired me to always look for the best in life and not to complain. I love her hope for romance, not necessarily in the love of your life sort of way, but in her love for life and adventures way. Every few years, I find that I need the innocence and hope that is found within the pages of these books, and so I re-read the whole series. It's a fun way to escape and dream for a while.

All of Montomery's books are full of charm and life. I highly recommend them all.

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