Anne of the Island
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Throughout her time at Redmond College, Kingsport, Anne grapples with her aspirations of becoming a writer, faces the complexities of love and friendship. As Anne immerses herself in college life, she stays connected to Avonlea through heartfelt letters and visits home. Discovering more about herself and her island, it seems as though Anne is drifting apart from her childhood friend, Gilbert Blythe. Will she be able to truly recognise the bond they share?
This story captures Anne's experiences as she navigates the challenges and triumphs of young adulthood, between her island home and the wider world that is opening up to her.
Read & Co. Children's is proudly republishing Anne of the Island as the third volume of Montgomery's matching Anne of Green Gables collection – a beautifully made keepsake edition for the re-reader, complete with a brand-new introductory biography of the author.
Key features:
- The third volume of L. M. Montgomery's matching Anne of Green Gables series.
- Montgomery's 1915 novel of Anne's college years at Redmond, Kingsport.
- Anne leaves Avonlea for the wider world and takes on new adventures away from home.
- A beautiful collector's edition to build the matching Anne of Green Gables Series.
- A new introductory biography of Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874–1942).
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About the author
L. M. Montgomery (1874–1942) was a Canadian author whose fiction drew on the landscape of her native Prince Edward Island. Her first novel, Anne of Green Gables (1908), has sold more than fifty million copies and been translated into thirty-six languages. Throughout her life, she wrote more than twenty novels across several beloved series – the further Anne books, the Emily of New Moon trilogy, the Story Girl books, and the Pat of Silver Bush novels – as well as standalones such as Jane of Lantern Hill. Her work remains among the best-loved in classic children's literature.
