Anne of Green Roofs (Anne-1)

The events of this wonderful book take place in distant Canada, on Prince Edward Island. On the Green Roofs farm live an elderly brother and sister, Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert. Once they decided to take a boy from the orphanage who could help them in the household. However, their surprise knew no bounds when it turned out that instead of a boy, a red-haired, thin girl, Anne Shirley, had arrived. And this unusual creature turned out to have a surprisingly whimsical character! The books of the Canadian writer Lucy-Maude Montgomery (1874-1942) have enjoyed great success all over the world for more than a century. Every year they are published in millions of editions in the USA, Canada, Australia and European countries, they have been used in popular movies and theater productions. Anne of Green Roofs is the beginning of a cycle consisting of eight books.