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<p><P>In June 1908, a red-haired orphan appeared on to the streets of Boston and a modern legend was born. That little girl was Anne Shirley, better known as <i>Anne of Green Gables</i>, and her first appearance was in a book that has sold more than 50 million copies worldwide and been translated into more than 35 languages (including Braille). The author who created her was Lucy Maud Montgomery, a writer who revealed very little of herself and her method of crafting a story. On the centenary of its publication, Irene Gammel tells the braided story of both Anne and Maud and, in so doing, shows how a literary classic was born. Montgomery&#8217;s own life began in the rural Cavendish family farmhouse on Prince Edward Island, the place that became the inspiration for Green Gables. Mailmen brought the world to the farmhouse&#8217;s kitchen door in the form of American mass market periodicals sparking the young Maud&#8217;s imagination. From the vantage point of her small world, Montgomery pored over these magazines, gleaning bits of information about how to dress, how to behave and how a proper young lady should grow. She began to write, learning how to craft marketable stories from th

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Author

Gammel, Irene, 1959-

Publisher

St. Martin's Griffin

Published

2008

Language

EN

ISBN

9780312382384

Category

history

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Fiction, Memoir

Rating

3.58 / 5 (616 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13