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If I love Little Women, What Katy Did, and Little House on The Prairie, will I love Anne of Green Gables?

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silverbay · 11/02/2012 18:24

I hope so, because I just ordered them all from Amazon. Grin

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RedHelenB · 14/04/2012 11:21

Alos I loved her Emily books when I was a teenager.

RedHelenB · 14/04/2012 11:20

Love Rilla of Ingleside because I find the whole war back drop interesting.

RedHelenB · 14/04/2012 11:19

Thanks only a ninja - I didn't know there was a 5th book!!!

EmpressOfTheSevenOceans · 13/04/2012 00:20

I've just started on some of Louisa M Alcott's adult novels from Project Gutenberg.

Adventuresses, lost heirs, mistaken identities, unsuitable love affairs... High melodrama - just the sort of thing Jo March might have written for the papers and been embarrassed to have Prof Bhaer see!

hackmum · 09/04/2012 15:36

Yes, Rachel Lynd! Memory is a funny thing - when Frisky mentioned Ruby Gillis, the first thing that came into my head was "Ruby Gillis is dead!" - but no context whatsover.

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hackmum · 09/04/2012 10:14

This is like going straight back to my childhood. I wish I'd known all you Anne fans then (though we're not the same age, so that wouldn't have worked - duh) because I don't think I had anyone to share my love of Anne with. And Gilbert Blythe! I adored Gilbert, both in the books and in the tv series with Kim Braden. (I think he was played by Christopher Blake.) There was also a film with Megan Fellowes in it, which was very good.

I haven't read Rilla of Ingleside - always meant to, somehow never got round to it, I think because Anne was my big heroine. I love the fact that someone said she often thinks about Ruby Gillis - how brilliant. I hadn't thought of Ruby Gillis for many a long year but she's come straight back!

The sad thing is that my DD just isn't a reader, and refuses to read Anne of Green Gables or indeed anything else. I had always looked forward to sharing my love of those books with her.

(Have only just discovered the Adult Fiction forum so am commenting like mad on everything.)

Aperolspritzer · 08/04/2012 21:26

I too loved those when I was growing up - also did anyone read the totally elitist but wonderful 'Mallory Towers' and 'St Clares' series. I had them all, wish I still did!

niminypiminy · 08/04/2012 21:21

I read LM Montgomery's diaries once -- had to borrow them on inter-library loan. They're extraordinary - such awful things happened to her. And there are huge chunks of the Anne and the Emily books that are straight from her diaries - like the night that Anne thinks Gilbert is dying.

The only one I haven't read is Rilla of Ingleside -- off to buy it now!

MrsJoeDuffy · 08/04/2012 01:50

I just finished Kilmeny of the Orchard (LMM) yesterday. Felt nostalgic for Anne so started reading AoGG for the millionth time.

EmpressOfTheSevenOceans · 23/03/2012 23:43

I prefer Anne too - I like the later Katys but the poem in the first book about the "School of Pain" and the implication that God sent her accident felt quite uncomfortable.

nkf · 23/03/2012 19:34

The Anne series is, to my mind a lot better than the Katy books. That said, i only read katy as an adult and i do think nostalgia plays a big part.

Almostfifty · 23/03/2012 19:23

Oh renaldo, I'm so pleased. I just love it.

renaldo · 22/03/2012 08:00

I know , I'm so pleased dd (12) is a reader, she , like myself, adores what Katy did too and tracked down the last 2 in the series for me as a gift

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silverbay · 21/03/2012 23:10

staggering, isn't it renaldo?

and i'd never heard of it until i looked up the series.

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renaldo · 21/03/2012 23:05

Ladies I have just finished rilla of ingleside and I LOVED it !

LouiseMulberry · 19/03/2012 12:29

Katy books? Free on kindle?! Thank you OnlyANinja

Thanks

LouiseMulberry · 19/03/2012 12:24

What Katy Did!!! That was my favourite book as a child and the first book I reviewed for my English teacher. Ahhhh happy days! Thanks for the memory! I think I will re-read it.

Grin

EmpressOfTheSevenOceans · 18/03/2012 23:42

I love this thread Grin

Kindred spirits!

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silverbay · 18/03/2012 19:47

Oh my gosh yes Dog Monday...

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Frawli · 18/03/2012 19:44

The Dog Monday bit always makes me blubber too :(

aJumpedUpPantryBoy · 18/03/2012 19:36

You're right Empress - I think the same may apply to Miss Cornelia - she is portrayed as being elderly and on the shelf when we meet her but she is still going strong 20 years later.

Mind you, when I read them as a child I didn't notice. It's only now that I am in my forties that I have picked up on it

newpup · 18/03/2012 19:15

My favourite books ever! Just the best! Enjoy. Smile

EmpressOfTheSevenOceans · 18/03/2012 18:26

That's just the same as Miss Lavendar though, PantryBoy! All I can think of is that it's meant to be elderly from Anne's viewpoint... although if she's in her early twenties in House of Dreams, it does seem a bit of a stretch for her to see 40s as elderly.

miaowmix · 17/03/2012 23:37

Thanks for this thread - reminded me to order all these books for dd me ThanksSmile

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