Anne Shirley is a romantic orphan who dreams of love. She is part of a program to place older orphans with families that can use a young person's assistance. Anne (spelled with an "e") is placed at Green Gables, a farm on Prince Edward Island, Canada. Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert, the brother and sister who run the farm, are getting older, and thought a young orphan boy could be helpful. Instead they get Anne, a young, optimistic, chatterbox who is a bit flighty. Anne's daydreaming ways bump into Marilla's practical and duty-ruled habits to the benefit of both.

Anne of Green Gables is the first of eight books about Anne, her children, and the many people whose lives she changes. The books were authored by Lucy Maud Montgomery.

A new edition of L. M. Montgomery's "Anne of Green Gables" in honor of the hundredth-year anniversary of the enduring classic. In addition to publishing "Before Green Gables," we are issuing a special collectible edition of "Anne of Green Gables," which will be a facsimile of the 1908 version and will feature the original cover art. Old and new fans alike will revel in this elegant keepsake of the timeless classic.