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Anne of Green Gables

by L. M. Montgomery

Mrs Lynde spies Matthew driving off and must know why.

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Original language: EnglishLevel: Intermediate3,129 characters · ≈ 5 minSource: Project Gutenberg

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MRS. Rachel Lynde lived just where the Avonlea main road dipped down into a little hollow, fringed with alders and ladies’ eardrops and traversed by a brook that had its source away back in the woods of the old Cuthbert place; it was reputed to be an intricate, headlong brook in its earlier course through those woods, with dark secrets of pool and cascade; but by the time it reached Lynde’s Hollow it was a quiet, well-conducted little stream, for not even a brook could run past Mrs. Rachel Lynde’s door without due regard for decency and decorum; it probably was conscious that Mrs. Rachel was sitting at her window, keeping a sharp eye on everything that passed, from brooks and children up,…

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About the book

Anne of Green Gables is a novel by Canadian author L. M. Montgomery, written for all ages and considered a classic children's novel since the mid-20th century. It recounts the adventures of 11-year-old orphan Anne Shirley, who is sent by mistake to Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert, two middle-aged siblings who had intended to adopt a boy to help on their farm in the fictional town of Avonlea. The book has been translated into at least 36 languages and sold more than 50 million copies.

About the author

Lucy Maud Montgomery (November 30, 1874 – April 24, 1942), published as L. M. Montgomery, was a Canadian author best known for Anne of Green Gables (1908). Over her career she published 20 novels and more than a thousand short stories and poems, most of them set on Prince Edward Island, which became a literary landmark and tourist site.

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