Before You Begin

Before you begin.

Matthew Cuthbert travels to Bright River expecting to bring home a boy who can help at Green Gables. At the station he finds Anne Shirley instead: a red-haired orphan whose questions, hopes, and stories begin to change the quiet household.

This first volume follows Chapters I–XIX, from Anne's arrival through her first friendships and the place she earns in Avonlea. The original chapter text is paired with an illustrated gallery; chapter recaps and story medallions unlock at the passage each one recalls.