This heartwarming story has beckoned generations of readers into the special world of Green Gables, an old-fashioned farm outside a town called Avonlea. Anne Shirley, an eleven-year-old orphan, has arrived in this verdant corner of Prince Edward Island only to discover that the Cuthberts - elderly Matthew and his stern sister, Marilla - want to adopt a boy, not a feisty redheaded girl. But before they can send her back, Anne - who simply must have more scope for her imagination and a real home ...