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Anne of Green Gables

L. M. Montgomery

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MRS. Rachel Lynde lived just where the Avonlea main road dipped down into a little hollow, fringed with alders and ladies’ eardrops and traversed by a brook that had its source away back in the woods of the old Cuthbert place; it was reputed to be an intricate, headlong brook in its earlier course through those woods, with dark secrets of pool and cascade; but by the time it reached Lynde’s Hollow it was a quiet, wel…

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  • AuthorL. M. Montgomery
  • SourceProject Gutenberg #45
  • Length101,921 words · 6h 48m of reading
  • Chapters39
  • DictionaryNot yet generated
  • CopyrightPublic domain in the United States
  • Source checked2026-08-28

Contents

39 chapters

Recovered from the original source text, so you can open the book at any of them.

  1. 01Table of Contents
  2. 02CHAPTER I. Mrs. Rachel Lynde Is Surprised
  3. 03CHAPTER II. Matthew Cuthbert Is Surprised
  4. 04CHAPTER III. Marilla Cuthbert Is Surprised
  5. 05CHAPTER IV. Morning at Green Gables
  6. 06CHAPTER V. Anne’s History
  7. 07CHAPTER VI. Marilla Makes Up Her Mind
  8. 08CHAPTER VII. Anne Says Her Prayers
  9. 09CHAPTER VIII. Anne’s Bringing-up Is Begun
  10. 10CHAPTER IX. Mrs. Rachel Lynde Is Properly Horrified
  11. 11CHAPTER X. Anne’s Apology
  12. 12CHAPTER XI. Anne’s Impressions of Sunday-school
  13. 13CHAPTER XII. A Solemn Vow and Promise
  14. 14CHAPTER XIII. The Delights of Anticipation
  15. 15CHAPTER XIV. Anne’s Confession
  16. 16CHAPTER XV. A Tempest in the School Teapot
  17. 17CHAPTER XVI. Diana Is Invited to Tea with Tragic Results
  18. 18CHAPTER XVII. A New Interest in Life
  19. 19CHAPTER XVIII. Anne to the Rescue
  20. 20CHAPTER XIX. A Concert, a Catastrophe, and a Confession
  21. 21CHAPTER XX. A Good Imagination Gone Wrong
  22. 22CHAPTER XXI. A New Departure in Flavorings
  23. 23CHAPTER XXII. Anne Is Invited Out to Tea
  24. 24CHAPTER XXIII. Anne Comes to Grief in an Affair of Honor
  25. 25CHAPTER XXIV. Miss Stacy and Her Pupils Get Up a Concert
  26. 26CHAPTER XXV. Matthew Insists on Puffed Sleeves
  27. 27CHAPTER XXVI. The Story Club Is Formed
  28. 28CHAPTER XXVII. Vanity and Vexation of Spirit
  29. 29CHAPTER XXVIII. An Unfortunate Lily Maid
  30. 30CHAPTER XXIX. An Epoch in Anne’s Life
  31. 31CHAPTER XXX. The Queen’s Class Is Organized
  32. 32CHAPTER XXXI. Where the Brook and River Meet
  33. 33CHAPTER XXXII. The Pass List Is Out
  34. 34CHAPTER XXXIII. The Hotel Concert
  35. 35CHAPTER XXXIV. A Queen’s Girl
  36. 36CHAPTER XXXV. The Winter at Queen’s
  37. 37CHAPTER XXXVI. The Glory and the Dream
  38. 38CHAPTER XXXVII. The Reaper Whose Name Is Death
  39. 39CHAPTER XXXVIII. The Bend in the Road

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