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Anne of Green Gables - Volume I
Lucy Maud Montgomery · 1908
Sent by mistake to Green Gables, eleven-year-old Anne Shirley brings a vivid imagination, fierce feeling, and a longing for home to the lives of Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert and the people of Avonlea. Volume I follows her arrival, first friendships, school days, and the community ties she begins to build through original Chapter XIX.
Inside this edition
Every LitLab edition is illustrated from the text itself — the world of the book mapped, its people drawn, its scenes staged. 72 plates are open to everyone in this book; here are 8 of them.
The Characters of Anne of Green Gables — Principal and Secondary Figures
The Characters of Anne of Green Gables — Avonlea Families and Neighbours
The Characters of Anne of Green Gables — Schoolfriends and the Bell Family
Prince Edward Island
Green GablesThe Cuthbert homestead, orchard, yard, fields and brook as the landscape of Anne's new home.
The Cuthbert Home
Rachel Lynde watches Matthew set off in his best clothesRachel Lynde watches Matthew set off in his best clothes.
Marilla discovers the child Matthew brought homeMarilla discovers the child Matthew brought home.
This edition
- Title
- Anne of Green Gables - Volume I
- Author
- Lucy Maud Montgomery
- First published
- 1908
- Illustrated plates
- 134 original artworks · 72 open to everyone
- Chapters
- 19 · about 52,476 words
- Reading time
- 3 h 30 min
- Language
- EN
- Formats
- Read online · EPUB and PDF download with a subscription
- Publisher
- LitLab — The Illustrated Classics
- On LitLab since
- October 2026
- Rights
- Text in the public domain. Illustrations and edition © LitLab.
Neighbours in the library
Chosen by what they share with Anne of Green Gables - Volume I — the same years.