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| name          = Anne of Green Gables
| translator    =
| image         = Montgomery Anne of Green Gables.jpg
| caption       = Cover art of the first edition
| author        = [[Lucy Maud Montgomery]]
| illustrator   = M. A. and W. A. J. Claus
| cover_artist  = [[George Fort Gibbs|George Gibbs]]<ref>Benjamin Lefebvre, ''Textual Transformations in Children's Literature: Adaptations, Translations, Reconsiderations'' (2013), [https://books.google.com/books?id=l8GjHE5_8YcC&pg=PA132 p. 132]</ref>
| country       = Written and set in Canada, published in the United States<!--- The first edition was published in Boston, USA, _not_ Canada. This can be verified by consulting the cited note in the on-line copy of the 2004 scholarly edition. PLEASE DO NOT CHANGE THIS BACK TO (THE INCORRECT) CANADA. ---><ref>{{cite book|first=Cecily Margaret
 |last=Devereux
 |title= A Note on the Text
 |year=2004
 |others=In Montgomery [[#CITEREFMontgomery2004|(2004)]], p.42
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 |last= Montgomery
 |title= Anne of Green Gables
 |year= 2004
 |editor-first= Cecily Margaret
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 |isbn=978-1-55111-362-3
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| language     = English
| series       = ''Anne of Green Gables''
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| set_in = [[Prince Edward Island]]
| genre        = Novel
| published    = June 13, 1908 
| publisher = [[Louis Coues Page|L.C. Page & Co.]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.theguardian.pe.ca/People/2009-12-12/article-1303657/Anne-of-Green-Gables-1st-edition-sells-at-auction-for-US37500-a-new-record/1|title='Anne of Green Gables' 1st edition sells at auction for US$37,000, a new record|newspaper=The Guardian|date=December 12, 2009|access-date=July 1, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120307171633/http://www.theguardian.pe.ca/People/2009-12-12/article-1303657/Anne-of-Green-Gables-1st-edition-sells-at-auction-for-US37500-a-new-record/1|archive-date=March 7, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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| followed_by  = [[Anne of Avonlea]]
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'''''Anne of Green Gables''''' is a 1908 novel by Canadian author [[Lucy Maud Montgomery]] (published as L. M. Montgomery). Written for all ages, it has been considered a classic children's novel since the mid-20th century. Set in the late 19th century, the novel recounts the adventures of an 11-year-old orphan girl [[Anne Shirley]] sent by mistake to two middle-aged siblings, Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert, who had originally intended to adopt a boy to help them on their farm in the fictional town of [[Avonlea (Anne of Green Gables)|Avonlea]] in [[Prince Edward Island]], Canada. The novel recounts how Anne makes her way through life with the Cuthberts, in school, and within the town.

''Anne of Green Gables'' has been translated into at least 36 languages and has sold more than 50 million copies, making it one of the [[List of best-selling books|best-selling books]] worldwide to date in any language,<ref>{{Cite news|last=Paskin|first=Willa|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/27/magazine/the-other-side-of-anne-of-green-gables.html|title=The Other Side of Anne of Green Gables|date=2017-04-27|work=The New York Times|access-date=2020-04-19|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> and is taught to students around the world.<ref name="Mollins, Julie">{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idUSN1754861220080319|work= Reuters Life!|title=New Anne of Green Gables book stirs debate |date=March 19, 2008|author=Mollins, Julie|location=Toronto}}</ref> It was the first of many novels; Montgomery wrote numerous sequels. In 2008, an authorized prequel'', Before Green Gables'' by Budge Wilson<ref>{{cite web | url=https://writers.ns.ca/member/budge-wilson/ | title=Budge Wilson – Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia | access-date=2022-05-03 | archive-date=2022-05-26 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220526113651/https://writers.ns.ca/member/budge-wilson/ | url-status=dead }}</ref> was published on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the series.<ref name="Mollins, Julie">{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idUSN1754861220080319|work= Reuters Life!|title=New Anne of Green Gables book stirs debate |date=March 19, 2008|author=Mollins, Julie|location=Toronto}}</ref>

The book has been adapted as films, [[television film]], and animated and live-action television series. Musicals and plays have also been created, with productions annually in Canada, Europe, and Japan.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.willowandthatch.com/anne-of-green-gables-new-tv-miniseries/|title=Anne of Green Gables New TV Series • Willow and Thatch|date=2016-08-24|work=Willow and Thatch|access-date=2017-06-13|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2011-08/13/content_13105102.htm|title=Tourists flock to see Anne of Green Gables-World-chinadaily.com.cn|website=www.chinadaily.com.cn}}</ref><ref>''The Canadian Encyclopedia'' {{ISBN|978-0-771-02099-5}} p. 1972</ref>

== Source ==
[[File:Eickemeyer nesbit.jpg|thumb|The portrait of [[Evelyn Nesbit]] by [[Rudolf Eickemeyer Jr.]] which inspired Montgomery<ref name="Looking for Anne" />]]
In writing the novel, Montgomery was inspired by notes she had made as a young girl about two siblings who were mistakenly sent an orphan girl instead of the boy they had requested, yet decided to keep her. She drew upon her childhood experiences in rural [[Prince Edward Island]], Canada. Montgomery used a photograph of [[Evelyn Nesbit]], which she had clipped from New York's ''[[Metropolitan Magazine (New York)|Metropolitan Magazine]]'' and put on the wall of her bedroom as the model for the face of Anne Shirley and a reminder of her "youthful idealism and spirituality."<ref name="Looking for Anne">{{cite book|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymXbhAyLuDo&feature=player_embedded | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211106/ymXbhAyLuDo| archive-date=2021-11-06 | url-status=live|author=Gammel, Irene |title=Looking for Anne of Green Gables: The Story of L. M. Montgomery and her Literary Classic|location=New York|publisher=St. Martin's Press|date=2009}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

Montgomery was inspired by the formula stories (called such because they followed such a predictable formula) that were popular at the time, featuring orphans, and often girls with the name Ann; however, she distinguished her character by spelling her name with an extra "e".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shmoop.com/anne-of-green-gables/|title=Anne of Green Gables}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8OL_VpTa7tEC&q=formula+ann+looking+for+Anne+of+Green+Gables&pg=PA210|title=Looking for Anne of Green Gables: The Story of L. M. Montgomery and Her Literary Classic|first=Irene|last=Gammel|date=July 8, 2008|publisher=Macmillan|via=Google Books|isbn=978-0-312-38237-7}}</ref> She based other characters, such as [[Gilbert Blythe]], in part on people she knew. She said she wrote the novel in the twilight of the day while sitting at her window and overlooking the fields of [[Cavendish, Prince Edward Island|Cavendish]].<ref>{{cite news|author=Gammel, Irene|title=The Mystery of Anne Revealed|work=Looking for Anne of Green Gables: The Story of L. M. Montgomery and her Literary Classic|location=New York|publisher=[[St. Martin's Press]]|date=2009}}</ref>

== Summary ==
[[Anne Shirley]], a young orphan from the fictional community of Bolingbroke, [[Nova Scotia]] (based upon the real community of [[New London, Prince Edward Island]]),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lmm-anne.net/archives/2008/geography/kingsport.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723185956/http://www.lmm-anne.net/archives/2008/geography/kingsport.html |url-status=usurped |archive-date=2011-07-23 |website=lmm-anne.net |title=The Geography of Anne of the Island |date=2008 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lmm-anne.net/archives/2008/2008/geography/birthplace-of-l-m-montgomery.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723190021/http://www.lmm-anne.net/archives/2008/2008/geography/birthplace-of-l-m-montgomery.html |url-status=usurped |archive-date=2011-07-23 |website=lmm-anne.net |title=Birthplace of L. M. Montgomery, New London |date=2008 }}</ref> is sent to live with Marilla and Matthew Cuthbert, unmarried siblings in their fifties and sixties, after a childhood spent in strangers' homes and orphanages. Marilla and Matthew had originally sought to adopt a boy from the orphanage to help Matthew run their farm at [[Green Gables (Prince Edward Island)|Green Gables]], which is set in the fictional town of Avonlea (based on [[Cavendish, Prince Edward Island]]). Through a misunderstanding, the orphanage sends Anne instead.

Anne is fanciful, imaginative, eager to please, and dramatic. She is also adamant her name should always be spelled with an "e" at the end. However, she is defensive about her appearance, despising her red hair, freckles, and pale, thin frame, but liking her nose. She is talkative, especially when it comes to describing her fantasies and dreams. At first, stern Marilla says Anne must return to the orphanage, but after much observation and consideration, along with kind, quiet Matthew's encouragement, Marilla decides to let her stay.

Anne takes much joy in life and adapts quickly, thriving in the close-knit farming village. Her imagination and talkativeness soon brighten up Green Gables.

[[File: Thwack! - M.A. and W.A.J. Claus.jpg|thumb|upright=1.05|Anne smashes her slate on Gilbert's head after being called 'carrots']]
The book recounts Anne's struggles and joys in settling into Green Gables (the first real home she's ever known): the country school where she quickly excels in her studies; her friendship with Diana Barry, the girl living next door (her best or "bosom friend" as Anne fondly calls her); her budding literary ambitions; and her rivalry with her classmate [[Gilbert Blythe]], who teases her about her red hair. For that, he earns her instant hatred, although he apologizes several times. As time passes, however, Anne realizes she no longer hates Gilbert, but her pride and stubbornness keep her from speaking to him.

The book also follows Anne's adventures in Avonlea. Episodes include playtime with her friends Diana, calm, placid Jane Andrews, and beautiful, boy-crazy Ruby Gillis. She has run-ins with the unpleasant Pye sisters, Gertie and Josie, and frequent domestic "scrapes" such as dyeing her hair green while intending to dye it black, and accidentally getting Diana drunk by giving her what she thinks is raspberry cordial but which turns out to be currant wine.

At sixteen, Anne goes to Queen's Academy to earn a teaching license, along with Gilbert, Ruby, Josie, Jane, and several other students, excluding Diana, much to Anne's dismay. She obtains her license in one year instead of the usual two and wins the Avery Scholarship awarded to the top student in English. This scholarship would allow her to pursue a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree at the fictional Redmond College (based on the real [[Dalhousie University|Dalhousie College]]) on the mainland in Nova Scotia.

Near the end of the book, however, tragedy strikes when Matthew dies of a heart attack after learning that all of his and Marilla's money has been lost in a bank failure. Out of devotion to Marilla and Green Gables, Anne gives up the scholarship to stay at home and help Marilla, whose eyesight is failing. She plans to teach at the Carmody school, the nearest school available, and return to Green Gables on weekends. In an act of friendship, Gilbert Blythe gives up his teaching position at the Avonlea School in favor of Anne, to work at the White Sands School instead, knowing that Anne wants to stay close to Marilla after Matthew's death. After this kind act, Anne and Gilbert's friendship is cemented, and Anne looks forward to what life will bring next.

== Characters ==
[[File:There's Something So Stylish About You, Anne - M.A. and W.A.J. Claus.jpg|thumb|Diana and Anne]]

=== The Green Gables household ===
* '''[[Anne Shirley]]''': An imaginative, talkative, red-haired orphan who comes to live with Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert at age 11. Anne is highly sensitive and dislikes the colour of her hair. Anne's bleak early childhood was spent being shuttled from orphanage to foster homes, caring for younger children. She is excited to finally have a real home at Green Gables.
* '''Marilla Cuthbert''': Matthew's sister, an austere but fair woman who has the "glimmerings of a sense of humour." Her life has been colourless and without joy until the arrival of Anne. She tries to instill discipline in the child but grows to love Anne's vivacity and joy.
* '''Matthew Cuthbert''': Marilla's brother, a shy, kind man who takes a liking to Anne from the start. The two become fast friends and he is the first person to ever show Anne unconditional love. Although Marilla has primary responsibility for rearing Anne, Matthew has no qualms about "spoiling" her and indulging her with pretty clothes and fancy shoes.

=== Anne's friends/classmates ===
* '''Diana Barry''': Anne's best friend and a kindred spirit. Anne and Diana become best friends from the moment they meet. She is the only girl of Anne's age who lives close to Green Gables. Anne admires Diana for being pretty with black hair and flawless complexion and for her amiable disposition. Diana lacks Anne's vivid imagination but is a loyal friend.
* '''[[Gilbert Blythe]]''': A handsome, smart, and witty classmate, two years older than Anne, who has a crush on her. Unaware of Anne's sensitivity about her red hair, he tries to get her attention by holding her braid and calling her "Carrots" in the classroom, and she breaks a slate over his head. Despite his attempts at an apology, Anne's anger and stubbornness prevent her from speaking to him for several years. By the end of the book, however, they apologise and become good friends.
* '''Ruby Gillis''': Another of Anne's friends. Having several "grown-up" sisters, Ruby loves to share her knowledge of beaux with her friends. She is pretty and blonde, but rather empty-headed and prone to hysterics.
* '''Jane Andrews''': One of Anne's friends from school, she is plain and sensible. She does well enough academically to join Anne's class at Queen's.
* '''Josie Pye''': A classmate generally disliked by the other girls (as are her siblings), Josie is vain, dishonest, sharp-tongued, and jealous of Anne's popularity.
* '''Prissy Andrews''': Another school companion of Anne's, who is assumed to be in a relationship with the teacher, Mr. Phillips.

=== Avonlea's locals ===
* '''Mrs. Rachel Lynde''': A neighbour of Matthew and Marilla, Mrs. Lynde is a noted busybody but is also industrious and charitable. Although she and Anne start off on the wrong foot due to Mrs. Lynde's blunt criticism and Anne's short temper, they soon become quite close. Mrs. Lynde is married to Thomas Lynde, who is mentioned several times but never appears, and has raised ten children.
* '''Mr. Teddy Phillips''': Anne's first teacher at Avonlea, Mr. Phillips is unpopular with students. In Anne's case, he continually misspells her name (without the "E") and punishes only her among the twelve pupils who arrive late, resulting in Anne's refusal to attend school for several weeks. Once, he punished Anne for losing her temper with Gilbert Blythe. He is described as lacking discipline, and "courts" one of his older pupils, Prissy Andrews, openly.
* '''Miss Muriel Stacy''': Anne's loveable, energetic replacement teacher, who loves wildlife almost as much as Anne herself. Her warm and sympathetic nature appeals to her students, but some of Avonlea's more old-fashioned parents disapprove of her teaching methods. Miss Stacy is another "kindred spirit," whom Anne views as a mentor. Miss Stacy encourages Anne to develop her character and intellect and helps prepare her for the entrance exam at Queen's Academy.
* '''Reverend and Mrs. Allan''': The minister and his wife also befriend Anne, with Mrs. Allan becoming particularly close. She is described as pretty and is a "kindred spirit."
* '''Mr. George Barry and Mrs. Barry''': Diana's parents. Mr. Barry is unseen save for late in the book when he drives Anne and Diana to Charlottetown.  He is a farmer. Near the end of the book, he offers to rent some tracts to help out Anne and Marilla, after Matthew's death. Mrs. Barry is a strict parent. After Anne accidentally gets Diana drunk, Mrs. Barry forbids Diana to have anything to do with Anne. This sanction is repealed after Anne saves Diana's younger sister, Minnie May.
* '''Minnie May Barry''': Diana's baby sister, whose life is saved by Anne when she becomes infected with [[croup]].

=== Others ===
* '''Miss Josephine Barry''': Diana's wealthy great-aunt from Charlottetown. She is initially severe, but is quickly charmed and entertained by Anne's imagination, and invites her and Diana to tea. She refers to Anne as "the Anne-girl" and even sends Anne beaded slippers as a Christmas present.
* '''Mrs. Hammond''': Anne lives with her for a portion of her pre–Green Gables life and cares for Mrs. Hammond's three sets of twins. Anne is sent to the Hopetown orphan asylum when Mrs. Hammond is forced to break up her home after her husband's sudden death.

==Publication history==
''Anne of Green Gables'' was first published by [[Louis Coues Page|L.C. Page & Co.]] of [[Boston]] on June 13, 1908.<ref>"Published Today from Page's List", advertisement, June 13, 1908, front cover, cited by Lefebvre, Benjamin ''The L.M. Montgomery Reader: Volume Three: A Legacy in Review'', the University of Toronto Press, p. 443</ref> The book quickly became a best-seller, selling over 19,000 copies in the first five months. Since then, over 50 million copies have been sold worldwide.<ref>[https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/2008/01/26/anne_of_green_gables_turns_100.html Daphne Gordon, "Anne of Green Gables Turns 100", ''Toronto Star'', January 26, 2008],</ref> A full scan of the first edition, first impression is provided by the L. M. Montgomery Institute.

Montgomery's original manuscript is preserved by the [[Confederation Centre of the Arts]], in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. Since 2022, the Centre has hosted a project in which digital images of the entire manuscript can be examined online. A transcript of the manuscript was published by Nimbus Publishing in 2019.

Montgomery's original typescript and the corrected proofs are lost.<ref>''Anne of Green Gables'', Norton Critical Edition, edited by E. Waterston and M. H. Rubio, 2007, ''A Note on the Text''</ref>

The first edition has errors in the text. Critical editions will identify corrections that have been applied to the text by the editor. The choice of corrections depends on the editor and varies across editions. As an example, the ''Penguin Classics'' edition,<ref>Montgomery, L. M. (2017). Anne of Green Gables. Penguin Classics. {{ISBN|978-0-195-10428-8}}. Critical edition, edited by Benjamin Lefebvre. ''A Note on the Text''</ref> edited by Benjamin Lefebvre, lists the following corrections:

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== Related works ==
Based on the popularity of her first book, Montgomery wrote a series of sequels to continue the story of her heroine Anne Shirley.

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Lucy Maud Montgomery's books on Anne Shirley:
! scope="col" | {{abbr|№|Number}}
! scope="col" | Book
! scope="col" | Date published
! scope="col" | Timeline year
|-
|1||align="left"|''Anne of Green Gables'' || 1908 || 11–16
|-
|2||align="left"|''[[Anne of Avonlea]]'' || 1909 || 16–18
|-
|3||align="left"|''[[Anne of the Island]]'' || 1915 || 18–22
|-
|4||align="left"|''[[Anne of Windy Poplars]]'' (Canada and USA)<br />''Anne of Windy Willows'' (UK and Australia)
| 1936 ||22–25
|-
|5||align="left"|''[[Anne's House of Dreams]]''||1917||25–27
|-
|6||align="left"|''[[Anne of Ingleside]]''||1939||34–40
|-
| colspan="5" style="text-align:center; background: white; padding-top: 0.75em;" | The following books focus on Anne's children, or on other family friends. Anne appears in these volumes, but plays a lesser part.
|- style="text-align:center; background:#e6e9ff;"
! scope="col" | {{abbr|№|number}}
! scope="col" | Book
! scope="col" | Date published
! scope="col" | Timeline year
|-
|7||align="left"|''[[Rainbow Valley]]''||1919||41–43
|-
|8||align="left"|''[[Rilla of Ingleside]]''||1921||49–53
|-
|9||align="left"|''[[The Blythes Are Quoted]]''||2009||40–75
|-
| colspan="5" style="text-align:center; background: white; padding-top: 0.75em;" | Anne Shirley features in one story (and is referenced in other stories) in each of the following collections:
|- style="text-align:center; background:#e6e9ff;"
! scope="col" | {{abbr|№|number}}
! scope="col" | Book
! scope="col" | Date published
! scope="col" | Timeline year
|-
| — ||align="left"|''[[Chronicles of Avonlea]]''||1912|| approx. 20
|-
| — ||align="left"|''[[Further Chronicles of Avonlea]]''||1920|| approx. 20
|}

The prequel, ''[[Before Green Gables]]'' (2008), was written by [[Budge Wilson]] with the authorization of the heirs of L. M. Montgomery.

== Tourism and merchandising ==
[[File:Green Gables Heritage Place.jpg|thumb|The ''[[Green Gables (Prince Edward Island)|Green Gables]]'' farmhouse located in [[Cavendish, Prince Edward Island|Cavendish]]]]
[[File:Day256eannej.JPG|thumb|Sign marking trail through Balsam Hollow]]

The [[Green Gables (Prince Edward Island)|Green Gables]] farmhouse is located in [[Cavendish, Prince Edward Island]]. Many tourist attractions on [[Prince Edward Island]] have been developed based on the fictional Anne, and provincial license plates once bore her image.<ref>[http://www.theguardian.pe.ca/Business/Natural-resources/2007-04-05/article-1372314/Licence-plate-goes-green/ "License plate goes green"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180213021856/http://www.theguardian.pe.ca/Business/Natural-resources/2007-04-05/article-1372314/Licence-plate-goes-green/ |date=2018-02-13 }}, "The Guardian", April 5, 2007</ref> Balsam Hollow, the forest that inspired the Haunted Woods and Campbell Pond, the body of water which inspired The Lake of Shining Waters, both described in the book, are located in the vicinity.<ref name="PEI">[http://www.gov.pe.ca/greengables/ Green Gables] Government of Prince Edward Island. Retrieved on July 24, 2006</ref> In addition, the [[Confederation Centre of the Arts]] has featured the wildly successful [[Anne of Green Gables (musical)|Anne of Green Gables musical]] on its mainstage every summer for over five decades.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.confederationcentre.com/en/show/2-Anne-of-Green-Gables-The-Musical |title=Anne of Green Gables-The Musical |access-date=September 30, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161002170418/http://www.confederationcentre.com/en/show/2-Anne-of-Green-Gables-The-Musical |archive-date=2016-10-02 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The Anne of Green Gables Museum is located in Park Corner, PEI, in a home that inspired L. M. Montgomery.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.annemuseum.com|title=Anne Museum - Park Corner, Prince Edward Island - Home Page|website=www.annemuseum.com}}</ref>

The province and tourist facilities have highlighted the local connections to the internationally popular novels. ''Anne of Green Gables'' has been translated into 36 languages.<ref>[http://anne2008.com/events.php Anne of Green Gables – Celebrate 100 Years] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071215183242/http://anne2008.com/events.php |date=December 15, 2007 }}<br />"Anne of Green Gables has sold millions of copies in more than 36 languages"</ref><ref>[https://www.usatoday.com/travel/destinations/2008-07-31-prince-edward-island-anne_N.htm ''Anne of Green Gables'' still rules Prince Edward Island"], ''USA Today'', August 5, 2008</ref> "Tourism by ''Anne'' fans is an important part of the Island economy".<ref>CBC News (June 19, 2008). [https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/100-years-of-anne-of-green-gables-1.697911 CBC.ca], "100 years of ''Anne of Green Gables''{{-"}}.</ref> Merchants offer items based on the novels.

In 2019, Canadian publishing company Bradan Press crowdfunded a [[Scottish Gaelic|Scottish-Gaelic]] translation of ''Anne of Green Gables'', titled Anna Ruadh, through the crowdfunding website [[Kickstarter]]. The book, released in 2020, is the first Scottish-Gaelic translation of ''Anne of Green Gables''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.bradanpress.com/books/anna-ruadh/ |title=Books &#124; Bradan Press  }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Edwards |first=Danielle |date= 3 January 2022 |title=Gaelic version of Anne of Green Gables brings beloved story to its roots |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books/article-gaelic-version-of-anne-of-green-gables-brings-beloved-story-to-its/ |url-status= |work= The Globe and Mail|location= Halifax|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220104094813/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books/article-gaelic-version-of-anne-of-green-gables-brings-beloved-story-to-its/|archive-date= 4 January 2022|access-date=16 December 2024}}</ref>

The novel has been popular in Japan, where it is known as ''Red-haired Anne'' ({{nihongo|赤毛のアン|Akage no An}}),<ref>{{cite web|author=Yuka Kajihara |url=http://yukazine.com/lmm/e/AnneJapan.html |title=Anne in Japan FAQ 1.0 |publisher=Yukazine.com |date=April 4, 2004 |access-date=June 6, 2011| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110718150018/http://yukazine.com/lmm/e/AnneJapan.html| archive-date= July 18, 2011}}</ref><ref>[http://yukazine.com/buttercups/index.html "Buttercups: L.M. Montgomery & Anne of Green Gables fan club in Japan"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509122953/http://yukazine.com/buttercups/index.html |date=May 9, 2008 }}, ''Yukazine'', April 4, 2004</ref> and where it has been included in the national school curriculum since 1952. 'Anne' is revered as "an icon" in Japan, especially since 1979 when this story was broadcast as [[anime]], ''[[Anne of Green Gables (anime)|Anne of Green Gables]]''. Japanese couples travel to Prince Edward Island to have civil wedding ceremonies on the grounds of the Green Gables farm. Some Japanese girls arrive as tourists with red-dyed hair styled in pigtails, to look like Anne.<ref>Bruni, Frank (November 18, 2007). [http://travel.nytimes.com/2007/11/18/travel/18Prince-Edward-Island.html?pagewanted=2&ref=todayspaper "Beckoned by Bivalves: Prince Edward Island"]. ''[[The New York Times]]''</ref> In 2014, the [[Asadora]] '[[Hanako to Anne]]', which was about [[Hanako Muraoka]], the first person to translate Anne into Japanese, was broadcast and Anne became popular among old and young alike.

A replica of the Green Gables house in Cavendish is located in the theme park Canadian World in [[Ashibetsu, Hokkaido]], Japan. The park was a less expensive alternative for Japanese tourists instead of traveling to P.E.I. The park hosted performances featuring actresses playing Anne and Diana. The theme park is open during the summer season with free admission, though there are no longer staff or interpreters.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/pei-abandoned-avonlea-1.4080511|title=Anne of Green Gables theme park in Japan falls on hard times|work=CBC News|access-date=2017-04-27|language=en}}</ref>

[[File:Anne of Green Gables.jpg|alt=An actress as Anne of Green Gables at the Green Gables Museum|thumb|An actress as Anne]]

The Avonlea theme park near Cavendish and the Cavendish Figurines shop have trappings so that tourists may dress like the book's characters for photos.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tackytouristphotos.com/2010/10/cloning-anne-of-green-gables/ |title=Cloning Anne of Green Gables. |publisher=Tacky Tourist Photos |access-date=June 6, 2011| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110716183031/http://tackytouristphotos.com/2010/10/cloning-anne-of-green-gables/| archive-date= July 16, 2011 | url-status= live}}</ref> Souvenir shops throughout Prince Edward Island offer numerous foods and products based on details of the 'Anne Shirley' novels. Straw hats for girls with sewn-in red braids are common, as are bottles of raspberry cordial soda.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://theheroinesbookshelf.com/2010/10/12/anne-of-green-gables/ |title=The Heroine's Bookshelf: Anne of Green Gables |publisher=Theheroinesbookshelf.com |date=October 12, 2010 |access-date=June 6, 2011| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110717002304/http://theheroinesbookshelf.com/2010/10/12/anne-of-green-gables/| archive-date= July 17, 2011 | url-status= live}}</ref> 

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== Legacy and honours ==
;Buildings
* The popularity of the books and subsequent film adaptations is credited with inspiring the design and naming of buildings "Green Gables". An example still standing is an apartment block called "Green Gables" built in the 1930s, in New Farm, Queensland, Australia.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blogs.slq.qld.gov.au/slq-today/2016/02/15/in-search-of-anne-with-some-unexpected-discoveries/|title=In search of Anne with some unexpected discoveries|publisher= State Library of Queensland |date= 2016-02-15 |access-date=February 2, 2016}}</ref>
;Museum
* [[Bala's Museum]], located in [[Bala, Ontario]], Canada, is a house museum established in 1992 and dedicated to Lucy M. Montgomery information and heritage. The house was a tourist home owned by Fanny Pike when Montgomery and her family stayed there on a summer vacation in 1922. That visit to the region inspired the novel ''[[The Blue Castle]]'' (1926).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.balasmuseum.com/history.php |title=History: A look back at the last 20 years|work= Bala's Museum with Memories of Lucy Maud Montgomery |access-date=October 30, 2015}}</ref> The town is named Deerwood in the novel; this was Montgomery's only narrative setting outside [[Atlantic Canada]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SVN6twAACAAJ|title=The Blue Castle|first=Lucy Maud|last=Montgomery|date=12 February 2018|publisher=Bibliotech Press|isbn=9781618950239|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bookdepository.com/Blue-Castle-Lucy-Maud-Montgomery/9781618950239|title=The Blue Castle : Lucy Maud Montgomery : 9781618950239|first=Book|last=Depository|website=www.bookdepository.com}}</ref><ref>''L.M. Montgomery and Canadian Culture'' {{ISBN|978-0-802-04406-8}} pp. 120-121</ref>
;Postage stamps
* On May 15, 1975, [[Canada Post]] issued ''Lucy Maud Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables'' designed by Peter Swan and typographed by Bernard N.J. Reilander. The 8¢ stamps are perforated 13 and were printed by Ashton-Potter Limited.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://data4.collectionscanada.gc.ca/netacgi/nph-brs?s1=(artist.A790,C790.)+Or+(null.B742.)&l=50&d=STMP&p=1&u=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/archivianet/02011702_e.html&r=36&f=G&Sect1=STMP|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130101123712/http://data4.collectionscanada.gc.ca/netacgi/nph-brs?s1=(artist.A790,C790.)+Or+(null.B742.)&l=50&d=STMP&p=1&u=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/archivianet/02011702_e.html&r=36&f=G&Sect1=STMP|url-status=dead|archive-date=2013-01-01|title=Canadian Postal Archives Database|work=collectionscanada.gc.ca}}</ref>
* In 2008, Canada Post issued [[Canada Post stamp releases (2005–2009)|two postage stamps and a souvenir sheet honouring Anne and the "Green Gables" house]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.canadapost.ca/shop/collecting/official-first-day-cover/2008/anne-of-green-gables-ofdc/p-40370614X.jsf?execution=e1s1|title=Canada Post – Anne of Green Gables|work=Canada Post|access-date=2012-03-16}}</ref>
;Reading lists
* In 2003, ''Anne of Green Gables'' was ranked number 41 in [[The Big Read]], a [[BBC]] survey of the British public to determine the "nation's best-loved novel" (not children's novel).<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/bigread/top100.shtml |title=The Big Read – Top 100|work= BBC|date= April 2003|access-date=October 27, 2012}}</ref>
* In 2012, it was ranked number nine among all-time children's novels in a survey published by ''[[School Library Journal]]'', a monthly with primarily U.S. audience.<ref name=SLJChapter2012>{{cite web |url= http://blog.schoollibraryjournal.com/afuse8production/2012/07/07/top-100-chapter-book-poll-results |title= Top 100 Chapter Book Poll Results |author= Bird, Elizabeth |publisher= A Fuse #8 Production. Blog. [[School Library Journal]] (blog.schoollibraryjournal.com) |date= July 7, 2012 |access-date= October 30, 2015 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120713031015/http://blog.schoollibraryjournal.com/afuse8production/2012/07/07/top-100-chapter-book-poll-results |archive-date= July 13, 2012 |url-status= dead }}</ref>

==Adaptations== <!-- This section is linked from [[Hayao Miyazaki]] -->

=== Films===
[[File:Anne of Green Gables (Library and Archives Canada).jpg|thumb|upright|''[[Anne of Green Gables (1919 film)|Anne of Green Gables]]'' (1919)]]
The first filmed appearance of Anne Shirley was in the 1919 silent film, [[Anne of Green Gables (1919 film)|''Anne of Green Gables'']], in which the role was played by [[Mary Miles Minter]]. The film was directed by [[William Desmond Taylor]]. As of 2011, no prints of this silent film adaptation are known to survive. The 1919 film version moved the story from Prince Edward Island to New England, which one American critic—unaware that the novel was set in Canada—praised for "the genuine New England atmosphere called for by the story".<ref name="Hammill-666">Hammill, Faye "'A new and exceedingly brilliant star': L. M. Montgomery, ''Anne of Green Gables'', and Mary Miles Minter" pages 652-670 from ''The Modern Language Review'', Volume 101, Issue # 3, July 2006 page 666.</ref> Montgomery herself was infuriated with the film for changing Anne from a Canadian to an American, writing in her diary:

<blockquote>It was a pretty little play well photographed, but I think if I hadn't already known it was from my book, that I would never had recognized it. The landscape and folks were 'New England', never P.E Island...A skunk and an American flag were introduced - both equally unknown in PE Island. I could have shrieked with rage over the latter. Such crass, blatant Yankeeism!.<ref name="Hammill-666"/></blockquote>

Montgomery disapproved of Minter's performance, writing she had portrayed "a sweet, sugary heroine utterly unlike my gingerly Anne", and complained about a scene where Shirley waved about a shotgun as something that her Anne would never do.<ref name="Hammill-667">Hammill, Faye "'A new and exceedingly brilliant star': L. M. Montgomery, ''Anne of Green Gables'', and Mary Miles Minter" pages 652-670 from ''The Modern Language Review'', Volume 101, Issue # 3, July 2006 page 667.</ref>

In the [[Anne of Green Gables (1934 film)|1934 adaptation]] of the novel, Anne was portrayed by [[Anne Shirley (actress)|Dawn O'Day]], who legally changed her name to "Anne Shirley." She reprised the role in ''Anne of Windy Poplars'', a 1940 film adaptation. Montgomery liked the 1934 film more than the 1919 film, not least because now the book's dialogue could be portrayed on the silver screen and that two scenes were filmed on location in Prince Edward Island (though the rest of the film was shot in California), but still charged that neither the 1919 nor 1934 versions of ''Anne of Green Gables'' quite got her book right.<ref name="Hammill-668">Hammill, Faye "'A new and exceedingly brilliant star': L. M. Montgomery, ''Anne of Green Gables'', and Mary Miles Minter" pages 652-670 from ''The Modern Language Review'', Volume 101, Issue # 3, July 2006 page 668.</ref> Writing about the 1934 version of ''Anne of Green Gables'', Montgomery wrote in her diary that it was a "thousand times" better than the 1919 version, but still it: "was so entirely different from ''my'' vision of the scenes and the people that it did not seem like ''my'' book at all".<ref  name="Hammill-667" /> The British scholar [[Faye Hammill]] wrote that 1934 film version stripped Anne of the "Canadian and feminist" aspects that the Anne of the books possessed, stating that there was something about Anne that Hollywood cannot get right.<ref name="Hammill-668" /> Hammill observed that the idea that Anne was entirely cheerful is a product of the film and television versions as the Anne of the books has to deal with loss, rejection, cruel authority figures, and loneliness.<ref name="Hammill-668" />

====List====
* ''[[Anne of Green Gables (1919 film)|Anne of Green Gables]]'' (1919), a [[silent film]] adapted to the screen by [[Frances Marion]], directed by [[William Desmond Taylor]], and starring [[Mary Miles Minter]] as Anne; this is considered a [[lost film]].
* ''[[Anne of Green Gables (1934 film)|Anne of Green Gables]]'' (1934), directed by George Nichols Jr. and starring [[Anne Shirley (actress)|Dawn O'Day]] as Anne Shirley; after filming, O'Day changed her [[Stage name|screen name]] to Anne Shirley.
* ''[[Anne of Windy Poplars (film)|Anne of Windy Poplars]]'' (1940), directed by [[Jack Hively]], is a black & white "talkie" starring Dawn O'Day as Anne Shirley, now billed as "Anne Shirley".
*''[[Anne of Green Gables (1979 TV series)|Akage no An: Green Gables e no Michi]]'' (1989, released in 2010) ''Red-haired Anne: Road to Green Gables -'' [[anime]], directed by [[Takahata Isao|Isao Takahata]]. A 100-minute theatrical movie compilation of the first six episodes of the [[Anime|animated television series]] ''Akage no An,'' edited together by Takahata in 1989. The film went unreleased until July 17, 2010, when it was screened at the [[Ghibli Museum]].

=== Radio productions ===
* ''Anne of Green Gables'' (1941), a British radio drama produced and broadcast by BBC Home Service Basic, adapted into four parts by Muriel Levy, and starring Cherry Cottrell as Anne.<ref name="Mollins, Julie" />
* ''Anne of Green Gables'' (1944), a recreation of the 1941 BBC Radio drama, produced and broadcast by BBC Home Service Basic.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/bbchomeservice/basic/1944-04-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141017082503/http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/bbchomeservice/basic/1944-04-21|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 17, 2014|title=BBC Home Service Basic - 21 April 1944 - BBC Genome|website=genome.ch.bbc.co.uk}}</ref>
* ''Anne of Green Gables'' (1954), a Canadian radio drama produced and broadcast by [[CBC Radio]], adapted into 13 parts by Andrew Allen and starring [[Toby Tarnow]] as Anne.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0850558/bio|title=Toby Tarnow|website=IMDb}}</ref>
* ''Anna zo Zeleného domu'' (1966), a Slovak radio drama produced and broadcast by Czechoslovak Radio, starring Anna Bučinská as Anne.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mluveny.panacek.com/rozhlasove-hry/55079-anna-zo-zeleneho-domu-12-anna-ze-zeleneho-domu-196.html|title=Panáček v říši mluveného slova|website=mluveny.panacek.com|year=2005}}</ref>
* ''Anne of Green Gables'' (1971), a British radio drama produced and broadcast by [[BBC Radio 4]], adapted into 13 parts by Cristina Sellors, and read by Ann Murray.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/dd7fb261d2424a3197149aa867436b79|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171222053823/http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/dd7fb261d2424a3197149aa867436b79|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 22, 2017|title=Anne of Green Gables|date=9 September 1971|issue=2496|pages=37|via=BBC Genome}}</ref>
* ''Anne of Green Gables'' (1997), a British radio drama produced and broadcast by BBC Radio 4, dramatized into five parts by Marcy Kahan and starred Barbara Barnes as Anne.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/radio4/fm/1997-01-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141017073414/http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/radio4/fm/1997-01-26|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 17, 2014|title=BBC Radio 4 FM - 26 January 1997 - BBC Genome|website=genome.ch.bbc.co.uk}}</ref>
* ''Anne of Green Gables'' (2004), a ''[[Focus on the Family]] Radio Theatre'' production with [[Mae Whitman]] portraying Anne.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://store.focusonthefamily.com/radio-theatre-anne-of-green-gables/|title=The Focus Store|date=2024-07-31}}</ref>

=== Stage productions ===
* ''[[Anne of Green Gables: The Musical]]'', performed annually in the summer, at [[Charlottetown Festival]], since 1965, this is Canada's longest-running main stage musical production, and has had a total audience of more than 2 million.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://peitheatre.com/2017/08/22/25-hundred-and-counting/|title=25 Hundred and Counting|date=22 August 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/montgomery-lucy-maud/|title=Lucy Maud Montgomery|first=Andrew|last=McIntosh}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.150peisurprises.ca/single-post/2017/12/11/The-record-setting-Anne-of-Green-Gables---The-Musical|title=150surprises|website=150surprises|access-date=2017-12-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171222053246/https://www.150peisurprises.ca/single-post/2017/12/11/The-record-setting-Anne-of-Green-Gables---The-Musical|archive-date=2017-12-22|url-status=dead}}</ref> ''Anne of Green Gables – The Musical'' was composed by Canadians [[Don Harron]] and [[Norman Campbell (director)|Norman Campbell]], with lyrics by Elaine Campbell and [[Mavor Moore]]. The production has been performed before [[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom|Queen Elizabeth II]] and it has toured across Canada, the United States, Europe, and Japan. In 1969, it had a run in [[London]]'s [[West End theatre|West End]]. The Charlottetown Festival production performed at the [[1970 World's Fair]] in [[Osaka, Japan]]. [[Walter Learning]] directed and organized a successful national tour of the musical in Japan in 1991.<ref>''The Canadian Encyclopedia'' {{ISBN|978-0-771-02099-5}} p. 439</ref>
* The Guild in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, hosts ''Anne and Gilbert, The Musical''. Written by [[Nancy White (singer-songwriter)|Nancy White]], Bob Johnston, and Jeff Hochhauser, the production is based on Montgomery's sequels featuring Anne Shirley.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.pe.ca/living/charlottetown-expands-as-land-of-musical-anne-109166/|title=Charlottetown expands as Land of Musical Anne - The Guardian|website=www.theguardian.pe.ca}}</ref>
* ''The Nine Lives of L.M. Montgomery'', a musical adapted from Montgomery's novel and her life, opened at Kings Playhouse in [[Georgetown, Prince Edward Island]] on June 20, 2008, the 100th anniversary of the book's publication. With book and lyrics by Adam-Michael James and music by [[Emmy Award|Emmy]]-nominated composer [[Leo Marchildon]], the musical depicts events from Montgomery's life and features characters and heroines from all of her novels. Anne figures prominently and is shown from age 12 into her 40s. Gilbert Blythe also appears. The show's second production was at the Carrefour Theatre in [[Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island]] and opened July 11, 2009. In both years, the musical was nominated for The Prince Edward Island Museum and Heritage Foundation's Wendell Boyle Award. In July 2010, a concert version of the show toured Prince Edward Island, with four performances at Green Gables.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ninelivesoflmm.com |title=The Nine Lives of L.M. Montgomery |publisher=Ninelivesoflmm.com |date=February 15, 2012 |access-date=November 3, 2013}}</ref>
* [[Theatreworks USA]], a New York-based children's theatre company, produced an ''Anne of Green Gables'' musical in 2006 at the [[Lucille Lortel Theatre]]. A revived production, with musical contributions from [[Gretchen Cryer]], is planned to tour grade-schools.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/news-features/theatreworksusa-2006-2007-season|title=TheatreworksUSA 2006 - 2007 season|date=19 October 2017}}</ref>
* The Peterborough Players, based in [[Peterborough, New Hampshire]], staged an adaptation by Joseph Robinette of ''Anne of Green Gables'' in August 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.peterboroughplayers.org/2009/anne-of-green-gables |title=PeterBoroughPlayers.org |publisher=PeterBoroughPlayers.org |access-date=June 6, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727172212/http://www.peterboroughplayers.org/2009/anne-of-green-gables |archive-date=July 27, 2011 }}</ref>
* ''Anne and Gilbert'' is a musical adaptation of the books ''Anne of Avonlea'' and ''Anne of the Island''. It depicts the relationship of Anne and Gilbert during their years as teachers and college students, and their return to Avonlea.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2017/05/anne-of-green-gables-netflix-review-anne-with-an-e-bleak-sad-wrong|title=Anne of Green Gables: Netflix's Bleak Adaptation Gets It All So Terribly Wrong|first=Joanna|last=Robinson|website=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]|date=12 May 2017}}</ref>
* ''Anne of Green Gables'', adapted by [[Julia Britton]] and [[Robert Chuter]] performed as a site-specific production at Rippon Lea, Melbourne, Australia December - February, 1996–97.
*A "folk-rock" adaptation entitled ''Anne of Green Gables'' by Matte O'Brien and Matt Vinson was premiered at the 2018 Finger Lakes Musical Theatre Festival, with a subsequent 2020 concept album and a 2022 production at [[Goodspeed Opera House]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.syracuse.com/entertainment/2018/07/finger_lakes_musical_theatre_festival_anne_of_green_gables_review.html|title=Finger Lakes Musical Theatre Festival brings a vibrant, sparkling 'Anne of Green Gables' to life (Review)|last=Lowen|first=Linda|date=2018-07-06|website=syracuse|language=en|access-date=2020-01-16}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.broadway.com/buzz/197022/goodspeed-announces-folk-rock-anne-of-green-gables-south-pacific-candide-also-on-tap/|title=Goodspeed Announces Folk-Rock Anne of Green Gables; South Pacific & Candide Also on Tap|website=Broadway.com|language=en|access-date=2020-01-16}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|author=<!--Not stated-->|title=ANNE OF GREEN GABLES World Premiere Postponed at Goodspeed Musicals; SOUTH PACIFIC Delayed to Fall|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/ANNE-OF-GREEN-GABLES-World-Premiere-Postponed-at-Goodspeed-Musicals-SOUTH-PACIFIC-Delayed-to-Fall-20210324|access-date=2021-04-08|website=Broadway World|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|author=<!--Not stated-->|title=Original Concept Recording of ANNE OF GREEN GABLES Featuring Diana DeGarmo, George Salazar & More to be Released|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Original-Concept-Recording-of-ANNE-OF-GREEN-GABLES-Featuring-Diana-DeGarmo-George-Salazar-More-to-be-Released-20201111|access-date=2021-04-08|website=Broadway World|language=en}}</ref>

=== Television films and episodic series (animated) ===
* ''[[Anne of Green Gables (1979 TV series)|Akage no An]]'' (1979; ''Red-Haired Anne''), an animated television series, part of [[Nippon Animation]]'s ''[[World Masterpiece Theater]]'', produced in Japan and directed by [[Isao Takahata]].
* ''[[Anne of Green Gables: The Animated Series]]'' (2001), a [[PBS Kids]] animated series for older children ages eight to twelve, created by [[Sullivan Entertainment]] Inc.
* ''[[Anne of Green Gables: The Animated Series#Anne: Journey to Green Gables film|Anne: Journey to Green Gables]]'' (2005), an animated video film produced by [[Sullivan Entertainment]] and the prequel to ''[[Anne of Green Gables: The Animated Series]]'' (2001–2002)
* ''[[Kon'nichiwa Anne: Before Green Gables]]'' (2009), part of the ''[[World Masterpiece Theater]]'', this prequel to ''[[Anne of Green Gables (anime)|Akage no An]]'' is based on [[Budge Wilson]]'s authorized prequel ''[[Before Green Gables]]'' (2008).
* ''[[Anne Shirley (2025 TV series)|Anne Shirley]]'' (2025), an animated television series adaptation produced in Japan by [[The Answer Studio]] and directed by Hiroshi Kawamata, adapts the novel for the first ten episodes.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:「赤毛のアン」が来年EテレでTVアニメ化、少女から女性になる過程を3本の柱で描く|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/600111|website=[[Natalie (website)|Comic Natalie]]|publisher=Natasha, Inc|date=November 20, 2024|access-date=November 20, 2024|language=ja}}</ref>

=== Television films and miniseries ===
* ''Anne of Green Gables'' (1952), a BBC television series starring Carole Lorimer as Anne.<ref>{{Citation|last1=Lorimer|first1=Carole|title=Anne of Green Gables|date=1952-09-16|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1351968/|last2=Miller|last3=Richardson|last4=Young|first2=Joan|first3=Charles|first4=Joan|access-date=2017-04-27}}</ref> Broadcast live, no recordings are thought to have ever existed, as it was made before [[Kinescope|telerecording]] was practiced by the BBC.
* ''[[Anne of Green Gables (1956 film)|Anne of Green Gables]]'' (1956), a made-for-television musical version directed by [[Norman Campbell (director)|Norman Campbell]] and starring [[Toby Tarnow]] as Anne.
* ''Anne de Green Gables'' (1957), a French-Canadian television film directed by Jacques Gauthier, starring Mireille Lachance as Anne Shirley.
* ''Anne of Green Gables'' (1958), a recreation of the 1956 film directed by [[Don Harron]], starring Kathy Willard as Anne.
* ''[[Anne of Green Gables (miniseries)|Anne of Green Gables]]'' (1972), a British made-for-television 5-part mini-series directed by Joan Craft, starring [[Kim Braden]] as Anne.
** ''[[Anne of Avonlea (1975 film)|Anne of Avonlea]]''  (1975), a British made-for-television 4-part mini-series sequel directed by Joan Craft, starring [[Kim Braden]] as Anne.
*''[[Anne of Green Gables (1985 film)|Anne of Green Gables]]'' (1985), a [[CBC Television|CBC]] four-hour television mini series directed by [[Kevin Sullivan (director)|Kevin Sullivan]] with [[Megan Follows]] as Anne; widely considered the definitive version to date.
** ''[[Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel]]'' (1987), a sequel to the 1985 miniseries which aired on CBC and the [[Disney Channel]] as ''Anne of Avonlea: The Continuing Story of Anne of Green Gables''. Follows reprises her role.
** ''[[Road to Avonlea]]'' (1990–1996) shown on [[CBC Television|CBC]], a live-action television spin-off series based upon characters and episodes from several of [[Lucy Maud Montgomery|L.M. Montgomery's]] other books. Anne herself never appears but other characters from the previous two films are included, and the series is set within the same continuity as Sullivan's 1980s miniseries. 
** ''[[Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story]]'' (2000), a sequel to the 1985 television miniseries not based on the novels. Follows reprises Anne Shirley once again.
** ''[[Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning]]'' (2008), a prequel to the 1985 television miniseries not based on the novels. [[Hannah Endicott-Douglas]] plays young Anne, and [[Barbara Hershey]] plays Anne as an adult.
* ''[[L.M. Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables]]'' (2016), a 90-minute made-for-television adaptation of the book by [[Breakthrough Films & Television]], adapted by [[Susan Coyne]], directed by [[John Kent Harrison]], and stars [[Ella Ballentine]] as Anne, [[Sara Botsford]] as Marilla Cuthbert, and [[Martin Sheen]] as Matthew Cuthbert. It was followed by ''Anne of Green Gables:  The Good Stars'' and ''Anne of Green Gables: Fire & Dew'' (both in 2017).
* ''[[Anne with an E]]'' (2017–2019), a [[Canada|Canadian]] joint CBC-Netflix  [[Episodic storytelling|episodic drama]]  that developed the subtext of trauma in the novel through original storylines. It was adapted by [[Moira Walley-Beckett]], and stars [[Amybeth McNulty]] as [[Anne Shirley]], [[Geraldine James]] as Marilla Cuthbert,  [[R. H. Thomson]] as Matthew Cuthbert, and [[Lucas Jade Zumann]] as [[Gilbert Blythe]].

=== Web productions ===
* ''Green Gables Fables'' (2014–2016), an American-Canadian web series which conveys the story in the form of [[Tumblr]] posts, [[Twitter|tweets]], [[vlog]]s, and other [[social media]]. It is a modern adaptation of ''Anne of Green Gables'' and ''[[Anne of the Island]]'', with many of its elements changed to better suit 21st-century culture. Mandy Harmon portrays the main character, Anne Shirley.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.greengablesfables.com/cast-crew|title=合宿免許を使うメリット – 合宿免許先を選ぶなら宿泊施設を見るべき？|website=www.greengablesfables.com|access-date=2017-01-19|archive-date=2017-01-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170131200724/http://www.greengablesfables.com/cast-crew|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* ''Project Green Gables'' (2015–2016), a Finnish web series and a modern adaptation of ''Anne of Green Gables'', which conveys the story in the form of vlogs. Laura Eklund Nhaga plays Anne Shirley.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.projectgreengables.com/p/about.html|title=About|website=www.projectgreengables.com|access-date=2017-04-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170427193735/http://www.projectgreengables.com/p/about.html|archive-date=2017-04-27|url-status=dead}}</ref>

=== Comics ===
* ''Akage no An'' (1984), a three volume [[manga]] adaptation of the original novel by Keiko Sugimoto and published by [[Kodansha]]
* Akage no An (1985) an adaptation by mangaka [[Akemi Matsuzaki]].
* [[Yumiko Igarashi]] adapted the first three novels across five volumes in 1997-1998 for [[Kumon Publishing]].
* ''Rainbow Valley'' (2003), a two volume manga adaptation of the seventh novel in the series by Chieko Hara for Kodansha.
* ''Anne of Green Gables'' (2013), a  manga adaptation of the original novel was created by Mako Takami and published by [[Shogakukan]] in Japan as part of their World Masterpiece Collection.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shogakukan.co.jp/books/09270303|title=赤毛のアン - 書籍 - 小学館|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|lang=Japanese|accessdate=February 10, 2025}}</ref>
* ''Anne of Green Gables'' (2010-2014), a four-issue adaptation by CW Cooke and Giancarlo Malagutti was published by [[TidalWave Productions]]. It was later collected in a [[Trade paperback (comics)|trade paperback]] in 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://comicvine.gamespot.com/anne-of-green-gables/4050-66591/|title=Anne of Green Gables (Volume)|work=[[ComicVine]]|accessdate=February 10, 2025}}</ref>
* ''Anne of Green Gables: A Graphic Novel'' (2017) was published by [[Andrews McMeel Publishing]], with adaptation work by Mariah Marsden and illustrations from Brenna Thummler.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://publishing.andrewsmcmeel.com/book/anne-of-green-gables-brenna-thummler/|title=Anne of Green Gables - Andrews McMeel Publishing|publisher=[[Andrews McMeel Publishing]]|accessdate=February 10, 2025}}</ref>
* ''Anne of West Philly'' (2022) a modernized retelling by Ivy Noelle Weir with illustrations from Myisha Haynes, published by [[Hachette Book Group]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/ivy-noelle-weir/anne-of-west-philly/9780316459785/|title=Anne of West Philly by Ivy Noelle Weir|publisher=[[Hachette Book Group]]|accessdate=February 10, 2025}}</ref>
* ''Anne: An Adaptation of Anne of Green Gables (Sort Of)'' (2022), a modernized retelling by Kathleen Gros published by [[HarperCollins]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.harpercollins.ca/9780063057661/anne-an-adaptation-of-anne-of-green-gables-sort-of/|title=Anne: An Adaptation of Anne of Green Gables (Sort Of) - Kathleen Gros - Hardcover|publisher=[[HarperCollins]]|accessdate=February 10, 2025}}</ref>
* ''[[Anne Shirley (2025 TV series)|Anne Shirley]]'' (2025), a manga adaptation of the anime series by The Answer Studio illustrated by Akane Hoshikubo began serialization in [[Enterbrain]]'s ''[[B's Log|B's Log Comic]]'' online magazine on January 5, 2025.<ref>{{cite web|last=Tai|first=Anita|title=New Anne of Green Gables Anime Gets Manga Adaptation|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-12-30/new-anne-of-green-gables-anime-gets-manga-adaptation/.219634|website=Anime News Network|access-date=December 31, 2024|date=December 30, 2024}}</ref>

== Parodies ==
As one of the most familiar characters in Canadian literature, ''Anne of Green Gables'' has been parodied by several Canadian comedy troupes, including [[CODCO]] (''Anne of Green Gut'') and [[The Frantics (comedy)|The Frantics]] (''Fran of the [[Bay of Fundy|Fundy]]'').
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== References ==
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== Bibliography ==
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* {{cite book|author=Bustard, Ned |title=Anne of Green Gables Comprehension Guide|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yuJ15T-pgOEC&pg=PP1|publisher=Veritas Press|isbn=978-1-932168-79-2|date=January 2009}}
* {{cite book|author=Campbell, Norman |title=Anne of Green Gables|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3FU2RG2YUAUC&pg=PP1|publisher=Samuel French, Inc.|isbn=978-0-573-68002-1|year=1972}}
* {{cite book|author=Gammel, Irene |title=Looking for Anne of Green Gables: The Story of L.M. Montgomery and her Literary Classic|date=2008}} authorized by the heirs of L. M. Montgomery.
* {{cite book|author1=Gammel, Irene |author2=Benjamin Lefebvre|title=Anne's World: A New Century of Anne of Green Gables|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dHAb7M7xvegC&pg=PP1|date=May 30, 2010|publisher=University of Toronto Press|isbn=978-1-4426-1106-1}}
* {{cite book|author=Montgomery, Lucy Maud |title=The Green Gables Collection|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WJoOkASCJ6wC&pg=PA1|date=June 3, 2008|publisher=Doubleday Canada|isbn=978-0-385-66599-5}}
* {{cite book|author=Montgomery, L. M. |title=The Annotated Anne of Green Gables|url=https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-annotated-anne-of-green-gables-9780195104288?cc=ca&lang=en&|date=1997|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-195-10428-8}} Critical edition, edited by Wendy E. Barry, Margaret Anne Doody, and Mary E. Doody Jones.
* {{cite book|author=Montgomery, L. M. |title=Anne of Green Gables|url=https://broadviewpress.com/product/anne-of-green-gables/|date=2004|publisher=Broadview Press|isbn=978-1-551-11362-3}} Critical edition, edited by Cecily Devereux.
* {{cite book|author=Montgomery, L. M. |title=Anne of Green Gables|url=https://wwnorton.com/books/9780393926958|date=2007|publisher=W. W. Norton|isbn=978-0-393-92695-8}} Critical edition, edited by Elizabeth Waterston and Mary Henley Rubio.
* {{cite book|author=Montgomery, L. M. |title=Anne of Green Gables|url=https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/557098/anne-of-green-gables-by-l-m-montgomery/9780143131854|date=2017|publisher=Penguin Classics|isbn=978-0-195-10428-8}} Critical edition, edited by Benjamin Lefebvre.
* {{cite book|author=Montgomery, L. M. |title=Anne of Green Gables: The Original Manuscript|url=https://nimbus.ca/store/anne-of-green-gables-the-original-manuscript.html|date=2019|publisher=Nimbus Publishing|isbn=978-1-771-08721-6}} Edited by Carolyn Strom Collins.
* {{cite book|author=Russell, Russell, Wilmshurst |title=Lucy Maud Montgomery: A Preliminary Bibliography|url=https://archive.org/details/lucymaudmontgome0000russ/page/n3/mode/2up|date=1986|publisher=University of Waterloo Library|isbn=9780920834428}}
* {{cite book|author=Teran, Andi|title=Ana of California|url=https://archive.org/details/anaofcalifornia0000tera|publisher=Penguin Books|isbn=978-0-14-312649-2|date=June 2015|url-access=registration}}

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* [https://annemanuscript.ca/ The original manuscript] of ''Anne of Green Gables'', digitally scanned and with extensive notes
* [http://www.ryerson.ca/mlc/anne/ ''Anne of Green Gables'' Centenary]
* [https://www.lmmontgomery.ca/ L. M. Montgomery Institute], [[University of Prince Edward Island]]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090803190900/http://www.lmmrc.ca/ "L.M. Montgomery Research Centre"], [[University of Guelph]] Library Archival & Special Collections.
* {{cite web | title = Top 100 Children's Novels #9 | work = School Library Journal Blog | url = http://blog.schoollibraryjournal.com/afuse8production/2010/03/31/top-100-childrens-novels-9/ | access-date = 2012-05-20 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120518115116/http://blog.schoollibraryjournal.com/afuse8production/2010/03/31/top-100-childrens-novels-9/ | archive-date = 2012-05-18 | url-status = dead }}

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