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ANNE OF GREEN GABLES
by L. M. Montgomery
Chapter 11: Anne's Impressions of Sunday School
Anne attends Sunday school for the first time since coming to Green Gables, and naturally she has plenty to say about the experience.
Dressed for the occasion in the plain clothes Marilla considers perfectly suitable, Anne can't help noticing the prettier dresses worn by the other girls. Her lively imagination and outspoken opinions make the trip to church far more interesting than Marilla probably intended.
It's another delightful look at Avonlea through Anne's eyes, where even an ordinary Sunday can become an adventure.
Chapter 12: A Solemn Vow and Promise
One of the most important relationships in Anne's new life begins to take shape when she meets Diana Barry, the girl who lives nearby.
Anne has dreamed of having a true friend, or as she calls it, a "bosom friend," and she and Diana quickly discover how much they like one another. Before long, the two make a solemn promise of friendship.
For Anne, who has spent so much of her childhood without a real home or close companion, Diana's friendship means something very special. Green Gables isn't simply becoming the place where Anne lives. Little by little, it is becoming home.
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ANNE OF GREEN GABLES
by L. M. Montgomery
Chapter 9: Mrs. Rachel Lynde Is Properly Horrified
Anne finally meets the outspoken Mrs. Rachel Lynde, and things do not go smoothly. Mrs. Lynde takes one look at Anne and offers some painfully blunt observations about her appearance, including the one subject Anne is especially sensitive about: her red hair.
Anne's temper erupts, and Mrs. Lynde receives a furious response unlike anything she expected from the new arrival at Green Gables. Marilla is shocked by Anne's behavior and insists that she apologize, setting up one of the most memorable early confrontations in the novel.
Chapter 10: Anne's Apology
Anne must now face the consequences of losing her temper. Marilla insists there will be no moving forward until Anne apologizes properly to Mrs. Lynde.
But when Anne finally agrees, the apology becomes an extraordinary performance, heartfelt, dramatic, and thoroughly Anne. Even Mrs. Lynde begins to see something lovable beneath all that fiery temperament and imagination.
It's another important step in Anne's journey toward belonging at Green Gables, while Marilla continues to discover that raising Anne Shirley is going to be unlike anything she has ever experienced.
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ANNE OF GREEN GABLES
by L. M. Montgomery
Chapter 7: Anne Says Her Prayers
Marilla discovers that Anne has never really been taught to pray, something Marilla considers a serious omission in the child's upbringing. But teaching Anne anything is rarely straightforward. When Anne is asked to say her prayers, her imagination and natural honesty take over, resulting in a prayer that is unmistakably Anne Shirley.
It's a charming chapter that shows both Anne's innocence and the gradual beginning of her new life at Green Gables, where Marilla is starting to realize just how much responsibility she has taken on.
Chapter 8: Anne's Bringing-Up Is Begun
Now that Anne is staying at Green Gables, Marilla takes seriously the business of raising her properly. Anne, however, is bursting with questions, observations, hopes, and an imagination that refuses to be contained.
We also begin to see something important developing between the two. Marilla may believe she is simply doing her duty, but Anne is beginning to find the security and belonging she has long wanted. And whether Marilla realizes it yet or not, life at Green Gables will never be quite the same.
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TIMELESS CLASSICS: ANNE OF GREEN GABLES
Chapters 5 & 6
By L. M. Montgomery
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In Chapters 5 and 6 of Anne of Green Gables, we begin to understand the difficult childhood behind Anne Shirley's extraordinary imagination.
Chapter 5: Anne's History
As Marilla takes Anne back toward Mrs. Spencer, she asks Anne to tell her about her past.
Anne's parents, Walter and Bertha Shirley, were schoolteachers who died of fever when Anne was still a baby. From there Anne was passed from one household to another, often helping to care for other children. Eventually she was sent to an orphanage. Despite receiving relatively little formal schooling, Anne developed a great love for reading. [sparknotes.com], [coursehero.com]
As Marilla listens, something begins to change. For the first time, she understands just how much hardship this remarkable eleven-year-old has already experienced, and the idea of keeping Anne at Green Gables begins to take hold. [sparknotes.com]
Chapter 6: Marilla Makes Up Her Mind
At Mrs. Spencer's, there appears to be a simple solution to the mistake. Another woman, Mrs. Peter Blewett, is looking for a girl to help with her children.
But Marilla knows of Mrs. Blewett's harsh reputation and becomes increasingly uncomfortable with the idea of leaving Anne with her.
So Marilla brings Anne back to Green Gables.
And there, Marilla finally makes her decision.
Anne can stay. [sparknotes.com]
Matthew is delighted, and the accidental arrival of one imaginative little orphan is about to change life at Green Gables forever.
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These chapters are where Anne of Green Gables really begins to tug at the heart. Anne has arrived at Green Gables, but now comes the painful question: will she actually be allowed to stay?
TIMELESS CLASSICS: ANNE OF GREEN GABLES
Chapters 3 & 4
By L. M. Montgomery
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In Chapters 3 and 4 of Anne of Green Gables, Matthew Cuthbert arrives home with a surprise that Marilla Cuthbert most certainly wasn't expecting.
Anne Shirley.
Matthew and Marilla had arranged to adopt a boy who could help around Green Gables. Instead, Matthew returns with an imaginative, talkative, red-haired eleven-year-old girl who has already begun falling in love with Green Gables and dreaming that perhaps, at last, she has found a home.
Marilla is practical. A mistake has obviously been made, and mistakes must be corrected.
But Matthew has already discovered something Marilla hasn't yet admitted: there's something about Anne.
For Anne, the realization that she may be sent away is devastating. After a lifetime of uncertainty, she had allowed herself to believe, if only briefly, that Green Gables might finally belong to her and that she might belong to it.
Then comes morning.
Anne awakens in the little east gable room and, for a few precious moments, is captivated by the beauty outside her window. Her imagination comes alive again.
But reality soon returns.
Her future remains uncertain.
And quietly, almost without anyone noticing it happen, Anne Shirley has already begun changing Green Gables.
Matthew is firmly in her corner.
Marilla is determined to do what is sensible.
And Anne?
Anne is simply hoping someone will finally decide that she is worth keeping.
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