
Anne of Green Gables
by Montgomery, L. M
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Toledo, Ohio, United States
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Synopsis
Anne of Green Gables is the first novel by Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery. The story tells of the adventures of Anne Shirley, an 11-year-old orphan girl who is mistakenly sent to Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert, a middle-aged brother and sister who had intended to adopt a boy to help them on their farm in Prince Edward Island. Like many of her contemporaries, Montgomery did not consider submitting her first novel to a Canadian publisher, convinced that a more lucrative deal could be made with an American firm. The novel was completed in 1905, but was rejected by four major American publishing houses, and it was not until 1907 that Montgomery found a publisher. L.C. Page & Co. finally published Anne of Green Gables in 1908. Anne of Green Gables has sold more than 50 million copies and has been translated into more than 30 languages. Following the success of her first novel, Montgomery went on to write seven more books about Anne, following the beloved protagonist through adulthood and motherhood. Several novels in the series have been adapted and made into a successful television miniseries. Montgomery museums, plays, and houses on Prince Edward Island draw international visitors.
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For juveniles? Realy? I am 58 and always liked it. And tears drop on my cheeks every time.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Frogtown Books, Inc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1126
- Title
- Anne of Green Gables
- Author
- Montgomery, L. M
- Illustrator
- With eight half-tone illustrations on glossy stock.
- Format/Binding
- 8vo. Gold stamped light brown cloth covered boards with blind-stamped rules and pictorial cover plate. 429 pp. plus 6 pp. publis
- Book Condition
- Used
- Jacket Condition
- Free front endpaper sliced vertically leaving a 1" wide piece still attached. Small abraded piece on front paste-down endpaper.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 8th Impression, March, 1909
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- L. C. Page & Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1908
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Glossary
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.