Read the timeless classic about the beloved Anne Shirley a redhaired orphan with a fiery spirit before the new NETFLIX series premieres and dont miss the forward by Margaret Atwood author of The Handmaids Tale celebrating the 100th anniversary of this childrens favorite Elevenyearold Anne Shirley has never known a real home. Since her parents deaths shes bounced around to foster homes and orphanages. When she is sent by mistake to live with Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert at the snug white farmhouse called Green Gables she wants to stay forever. But Anne is not the sturdy boy Matthew and Marilla were expecting. Shes a mischievous talkative redheaded girl with a fierce temper who tumbles into one scrape after another. Anne is not like anybody else the Cuthberts agree she is special a girl with an enormous imagination. All shes ever wanted is to belong somewhere. And the longer she stays at Green Gables the harder it is for anyone to imagine life without her. Anne is the dearest and most lovable child in fiction since the immortal Alice.Mark Twain show more