Anne of Green Gables (Painted Edition)

Description

The beloved story of orphan Anne Shirley's adoption by an elderly brother and sister is now available in an exclusive collector's edition featuring: A beautiful, high-end hardcover with Laci Fowler's distinctive hand-painted art and embossing/debossing treatments to bring the art to life Story details are incorporated into the cover art as surprise finds for the consummate fan Decorative interior pages containing quotes throughout Matching ribbon marker and gold page edges When eleven-year-old orphan Anne Shirley is mistakenly sent to live on a farm with siblings Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert, Anne finds herself in a real home for the first time in her life. Fiery and spirited, she certainly isn't the sturdy boy they had planned to adopt. Despite her mischief and affinity for finding trouble, the longer Anne stays at Green Gables, the harder it is for the Cuthberts to imagine life without her. Exploring the time-honored themes of imagination versus reality, the pressures of social expectations, and the differences between true emotion and mere sentiment, this unique collector's edition presents L. M. Montgomery's beloved tale of friendship and family in a giftable new way. This edition of Anne of Green Gables is part of a four-volume collection, which also includes The Secret Garden, Winnie-the-Pooh and Other Delightful Stories, and Peter Pan.

Lucy Maude Montgomery (1874-1942) was born on Prince Edward Island, Canada, the setting for Anne of Green Gables. She left to attend college, but returned to Prince Edward Island to teach. In 1911, she married the Reverend Ewan MacDonald. Anne of Green Gables, the first in a series of "Anne" books by Montgomery, was published in 1908 to immediate success and continues to be a perennial favorite.