Anne of Green Gables : three volumes in one
Autor: Montgomery, Lucy Maud
Mark Twain prolaimed Anne Shirley "the most moving and delightful" and "dearest" heroine since the immortal Alice." Millions of readers young and old, in countries all over the world, have agreed; particularly those hovering on the brink of their teens have followed her dauntless leadership into those years of excitement, pain, and discovery, finding her a source of endless fascination, humor, inspiration, and reassurance.Anne`s romantic soul, her idealism, and her adventurous spirit often lead
her into mishaps, but she always survives, learning from her experience, and the read does too, while enjoying her marvelous adventures. Fiercely independent and outspoken, Anne is not afraid of conflicts with her elders - this, in an age (the early 1900`s) when childeren were "seen and not heard." But Anne`s bright intelligence, honesty, and resourcefulness are impossible to defeat, and she carries the day. Her story spoke to the readers of the time, as it does still, to the young, and the young at heart, today.Anne of Green Gables, the first novel, introduces our lively heroine at age eleven, fresh from an orphanage, when she must win the right to stay at Green Gables with the taciturn Matthew Cuthbert and his reserved sister, Marilla, and takes her into her teens. In Anne of Avonlea, she is the village schoolteacher and the story takes her up to her preparations to enter college. Finally, Anne`s House of Dreams, the most romantic, and, many believe, the best of the Anne books, finds Anne, now a lovely young woman, on the verge of her marriage to a young doctor whom she has known and loved for years, and describes the fulfillment of her dreams of romance and career, in a village peopled with memorable characters.This volume is uniquely illustrated with period drawings that evoke the era in which Anne was created and were taken from books and magazines of the day. One can do no better than to quote an editorial from one of those magazines, The Housewife, in describing Anne: "Droll one minute, pathetic the next; staid and wise as a grandmother one minute, bubbling over with impish mischief the next," but always "lovable." Contemporary readers will find her just as engaging, as they follow her from lonely waif to fulfilled young woman.
Zobacz pełny opisOdpowiedzialność: | by Lucy Maud Montgomery ; ill. | ||||||||||
Hasła: | Dziewczęta Epoka wiktoriańska Inność Przyjaźn Rodzina zastępcza Sieroctwo Wyspa Księcia Edwarda (Kanada ; prowincja) Powieść Literatura kanadyjska | ||||||||||
Zawiera: | Zobacz zawartość Anne of Green Gables; Anne of Avonlea; Anne`s House of Dreams. | ||||||||||
Adres wydawniczy: | New York : Avenel Books, 1986. | ||||||||||
Opis fizyczny: | XVI, [2], 634 s. : il. ; 24 cm. Forma gatunek: | Książki. Proza. | Powstanie dzieła: | 1901-2000 r. | Odbiorcy: | 9-13 lat. | Skocz do: | Inne pozycje tego autora w zbiorach biblioteki | Dodaj recenzje, komentarz | |
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Montgomery, Lucy Maud
Urodzona: 30 listopada 1874. Zmarła: 24 kwietnia 1942. Lucy Maud Montgomery urodziła się w Clifton obecnie Nowy Londyn na Wyspie Księcia Edwarda. Kiedy miała dwa lata, jej matka zmarła, a ojciec ożenił się ponownie i wyjechał, pozostawiając małą Lucy pod opieką mieszkających na farmie w Cavendish dziadków. Dziewczynka była wychowywana surowo i dorastała w atmosferze ścisłej dyscypliny, dlatego też chętnie uciekała w świat książek. Sama także zaczęła pisać. Jej pierwsze "dzieło" opublikowano w lokalnej gazecie - miała wtedy piętnaście lat. W 1895 roku Lucy [>>]