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Date1908
Dimensions19.5 x 13 x 3.7 cm (7 11/16 x 5 1/8 x 1 7/16 in.)
Object numberHF.2022.11.3
DescriptionA first edition, hardcover, 429 page book of "Anne of Green Gables" by Lucy Maud Montgomery. The cover is light green with an image at the center of the front cover showing the profile of a woman with a dark green boarder.
Narrative
"Anne of Green Gables" was Lucy Maud Montgomery's first published novel and tells the story of a red-headed orphan named Anne Shirley who is adopted from Nova Scotia by a brother and sister in PEI. Montgomery wrote the novel in 1905 and it was originally rejected by four publishers. In 1908 the novel was accepted for publication by the Page Company of Boston. The book was immediately popular and marked the beginning of Montgomery's successful writing career. Since the first publication, this story has been continuously in print and translated into 382 languages. 

Lucy Maud Montgomery was born on November 30, 1874, to Hugh John Montgomery and Clara Woolner Macneill. After the death of her mother, her father relocated to Saskatchewan and Montgomery was raised by her maternal grandparents, Alexander and Lucy Woolner Macneill of Cavendish, PEI. She began writing poetry at the age of nine and had her first poem published in Island newspaper, "The Patriot", when she was 17. From 1893-1894, Montgomery studied education at Prince of Wales College in Charlottetown. Montgomery taught at three Island schools - Bideford, Belmont, and Lower Bedeque, before going to study English literature at Dalhousie University.
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