Anne's optimistic outlook on life was initially irritating to me (I am Marilla!!), but became more a source of rebuke than irritation as the book wore on. Yes, it sprang, in some measure, from her immaturity, but on a deeper level it originated from her attitude of thankfulness for the ordinary gifts of daily life.
That is not my attempt to force a moral lesson out of the book. The fact is, her gratitude brought me up short. But the story's primary function for me was, as a good book should be, a source of delight, laughter and joy! My only real irritation? I had already planned what I was going to read next...and it was not anything by L.M. Montgomery! But NOW...the romantic in me MUST know what happens with Anne and Gilbert. I simply must.
Thanks, ladies!
That is not my attempt to force a moral lesson out of the book. The fact is, her gratitude brought me up short. But the story's primary function for me was, as a good book should be, a source of delight, laughter and joy! My only real irritation? I had already planned what I was going to read next...and it was not anything by L.M. Montgomery! But NOW...the romantic in me MUST know what happens with Anne and Gilbert. I simply must.
Thanks, ladies!
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I read the series & watched the series. This is one of those occasions where I did enjoy the books more. I read this back when I was a freshman or sophmore in highschool. Emily now watches the animated Anne of Green Gables on pbs kids.
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