L. M. Montgomery

Anne of Green Gables


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       L. M. Montgomery

      Anne of Green Gables

      Published by Good Press, 2019

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      EAN 4057664136091

       CHAPTER I. Mrs. Rachel Lynde is Surprised

       CHAPTER II. Matthew Cuthbert is surprised

       CHAPTER III. Marilla Cuthbert is Surprised

       CHAPTER IV. Morning at Green Gables

       CHAPTER V. Anne’s History

       CHAPTER VI. Marilla Makes Up Her Mind

       CHAPTER VII. Anne Says Her Prayers

       CHAPTER VIII. Anne’s Bringing-up Is Begun

       CHAPTER IX. Mrs. Rachel Lynde Is Properly Horrified

       CHAPTER X. Anne’s Apology

       CHAPTER XI. Anne’s Impressions of Sunday-School

       CHAPTER XII. A Solemn Vow and Promise

       CHAPTER XIII. The Delights of Anticipation

       CHAPTER XIV. Anne’s Confession

       CHAPTER XV. A Tempest in the School Teapot

       CHAPTER XVI. Diana Is Invited to Tea with Tragic Results

       CHAPTER XVII. A New Interest in Life

       CHAPTER XVIII. Anne to the Rescue

       CHAPTER XIX. A Concert a Catastrophe and a Confession

       CHAPTER XX. A Good Imagination Gone Wrong

       CHAPTER XXI. A New Departure in Flavorings

       CHAPTER XXII. Anne is Invited Out to Tea

       CHAPTER XXIII. Anne Comes to Grief in an Affair of Honor

       CHAPTER XXIV. Miss Stacy and Her Pupils Get Up a Concert

       CHAPTER XXV. Matthew Insists on Puffed Sleeves

       CHAPTER XXVI. The Story Club Is Formed

       CHAPTER XXVII. Vanity and Vexation of Spirit

       CHAPTER XXVIII. An Unfortunate Lily Maid

       CHAPTER XXIX. An Epoch in Anne’s Life

       CHAPTER XXX. The Queens Class Is Organized

       CHAPTER XXXI. Where the Brook and River Meet

       CHAPTER XXXII. The Pass List Is Out

       CHAPTER XXXIII. The Hotel Concert

       CHAPTER XXXIV. A Queen’s Girl

       CHAPTER XXXV. The Winter at Queen’s

       CHAPTER XXXVI. The Glory and the Dream

       CHAPTER XXXVII. The Reaper Whose Name Is Death

       CHAPTER XXXVIII. The Bend in the road

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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, well-conducted little stream, for not even a brook could run past Mrs. Rachel Lynde’s door without due regard for decency and decorum; it probably was conscious that Mrs. Rachel was sitting at her window, keeping a sharp eye on everything that passed, from brooks and children up, and that if she noticed anything odd or out of place she would never rest until she had ferreted out the whys and wherefores thereof.

      There are plenty of people in Avonlea and out of it, who can attend closely to their neighbor’s business by dint of neglecting their own; but Mrs. Rachel Lynde was one of those capable creatures who can manage their own concerns and those of other folks into the bargain. She was a notable housewife; her work was always done and well done; she “ran” the Sewing Circle, helped run the Sunday-school, and was the strongest prop of the Church Aid Society and Foreign Missions Auxiliary. Yet with all this Mrs. Rachel found abundant time to sit for hours