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Marilla Cuthbert and her brother Matthew want to adopt an orphan, to help on the farm at Green Gables. They ask for a boy, but they get Anne, who has red hair and freckles, and who talks and talks and talks. They didn't want a girl, but how can they send a child back, like an unwanted parcel? So Anne stays, and begins a new life in the sleepy, quiet village of Avonlea in Canada. But it is not so quiet after Anne comes to live there...

Anne (with an e of course)starts out as a mistake. The elderly Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert had planned on adopting a boy to help Matthew with the chores on their Prince Edward Island farm. What are they to do with the red-haired, high-spirited girl who arrives instead? Anne Shirley, with her boundless imagination and heart, slowly brings joy into the narrow lives of those around her, and into the lives of readers who have delighted in her adventures since Lucy Maud Montgomery began writing about her in 1905. Annes courage, her enthusiasm, and her ability to love, have made her one of literatures most beloved characters in Canada and around the world. This beautifully illustrated volume, with a foreword by Kate Macdonald Butler, one of L. M. Montgomerys grandchildren, is a treasure for those who find in Anne a familiar friend as well as for those who are discovering this kindred spirit for the first time.

Marilla and Matthew Cuthbert are in for a big surprise. they are waiting for an orphan boy to help with the work at Green Gables - but a skinny, red-haired girl turns up instead. Feisty and full of spirit, Anne Shirley charms her way into the Cuthberts' affection with her vivid imagination and constant chatter. It's not long before Anne finds herself in trouble, but soon it becomes impossible for the Cuthberts to imagine life without 'their' Anne - and for the people of Avonlea to recall what it was like before this wildly creative little girl whirled into town.

Tras lograr un éxito sin precedentes con su saga de Ana, la de Tejas Verdes, Lucy Maud Montgomery creó el personaje de Emily Starr, a la que consideraba su álter ego, y que plasmaría en una trilogía de resonante acogida. La temperamental y muy imaginativa Emily no sabia lo que era estar sola hasta que su padre murio. Ahora, unos parientes de su madre la llevaran a vivir con ellos a la granja Luna Nueva. Emily esta segura de que no sera feliz alli. Habra de hacer frente a la rigida y severa Tia Elizabeth asi como a sus picaros compañeros de clase manteniendo la cabeza alta y haciendo gala de su aguzado y rapido ingenio. Las cosas comienzan a cambiar cuando hace amigos como Teddy, autor de maravillosos dibujos, o Perry, que ha navegado por todo el mundo con su padre pero jamas ha ido a la escuela; y, sobre todo, Ilse, una chica no muy femenina con un temperamento ardiente. Para su sorpresa, Emily descubrira que Luna Nueva es un lugar hermoso y fascinante. Su espiritu ferozmente libre tiene mucho que enseñar a cualquiera -niño o adulto- con el suficiente sentido comun (e imaginacion) para escuchar. Lucy Maud Montgomery ha sido adorada por millones de lectores de todas las generaciones tanto por sus historias de Ana la de Tejas Verdes como por la trilogia de Emily, que se abre