Anne of Green Gables

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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, wel…

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• AuthorL. M. Montgomery
• SourceProject Gutenberg #45
• Length102,960 words · 6h 52m of reading
• Chapters38
• DictionaryIncluded
• CopyrightPublic domain in the United States
• Source checked2026-08-28

Contents

38 chapters

Recovered from the original source text, so you can open the book at any of them.

1. 01CHAPTER I. Mrs. Rachel Lynde Is Surprised
2. 02CHAPTER II. Matthew Cuthbert Is Surprised
3. 03CHAPTER III. Marilla Cuthbert Is Surprised
4. 04CHAPTER IV. Morning at Green Gables
5. 05CHAPTER V. Anne’s History
6. 06CHAPTER VI. Marilla Makes Up Her Mind
7. 07CHAPTER VII. Anne Says Her Prayers
8. 08CHAPTER VIII. Anne’s Bringing-up Is Begun
9. 09CHAPTER IX. Mrs. Rachel Lynde Is Properly Horrified
10. 10CHAPTER X. Anne’s Apology
11. 11CHAPTER XI. Anne’s Impressions of Sunday-school
12. 12CHAPTER XII. A Solemn Vow and Promise
13. 13CHAPTER XIII. The Delights of Anticipation
14. 14CHAPTER XIV. Anne’s Confession
15. 15CHAPTER XV. A Tempest in the School Teapot
16. 16CHAPTER XVI. Diana Is Invited to Tea with Tragic Results
17. 17CHAPTER XVII. A New Interest in Life
18. 18CHAPTER XVIII. Anne to the Rescue
19. 19CHAPTER XIX. A Concert, a Catastrophe, and a Confession
20. 20CHAPTER XX. A Good Imagination Gone Wrong
21. 21CHAPTER XXI. A New Departure in Flavorings
22. 22CHAPTER XXII. Anne Is Invited Out to Tea
23. 23CHAPTER XXIII. Anne Comes to Grief in an Affair of Honor
24. 24CHAPTER XXIV. Miss Stacy and Her Pupils Get Up a Concert
25. 25CHAPTER XXV. Matthew Insists on Puffed Sleeves
26. 26CHAPTER XXVI. The Story Club Is Formed
27. 27CHAPTER XXVII. Vanity and Vexation of Spirit
28. 28CHAPTER XXVIII. An Unfortunate Lily Maid
29. 29CHAPTER XXIX. An Epoch in Anne’s Life
30. 30CHAPTER XXX. The Queen’s Class Is Organized
31. 31CHAPTER XXXI. Where the Brook and River Meet
32. 32CHAPTER XXXII. The Pass List Is Out
33. 33CHAPTER XXXIII. The Hotel Concert
34. 34CHAPTER XXXIV. A Queen’s Girl
35. 35CHAPTER XXXV. The Winter at Queen’s
36. 36CHAPTER XXXVI. The Glory and the Dream
37. 37CHAPTER XXXVII. The Reaper Whose Name Is Death
38. 38CHAPTER XXXVIII. The Bend in the Road

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