- ISBN13: 9780553609417
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Anne of Green Gables))Anne of the Island))Anne of Avonlea))Anne of Windy Poplars))Anne’s House of Dreams))Anne of Ingleside))Rainbow Valley))Rilla of Ingleside))8 Vols.Amazon.com Review
When Marilla and Matthew Cuthbert of Green Gables, Prince Edward Island, send for a boy orphan to help them out at the farm, they are in no way prepared for the error that will change their lives. The mistake takes the shape of Anne Shirley, a redheaded 11-year-old girl… Buy From AMAZON.COM >>
March 10th, 2010 at 6:44 am
I was forced to read this against my own will.This book was boring,and not at all exciting.It was kind of predictable,and if you like thrillers,this isn’t the book for you.If you want to fall asleep,read this one and you’ll have no trouble falling asleep.
Rating: 1 / 5
March 10th, 2010 at 7:47 am
I have no Idea why anyone would actually spend money on thisbook.Buy it as a doorstop, or maybe use it as a coaster orsomething,but whatever you do,DON’T READ IT!!!This is one of the most boring books I have ever read.It is nothing but a bunch of fantasies that stupid people have.Goodbye
Rating: 1 / 5
March 10th, 2010 at 9:26 am
This series is the most important object for Anne fans — it goes through Anne Shirley’s life from 11 years old to her early 50’s or so. It is written by the world famous Canadian author, Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874-1942). Millions of girls and people in general are fans of this orphan girl, and Anne’s popularity and fame seems to always be growing. I was an Anne fan for nearly four years, and I worshipped and adored Anne. You know, if this orphan girl was a real person, she couldn’t be more famous, in my opinion.
Please allow me to give you a quick peek at the life of this well-loved author. Lucy Maud Montgomery is a world-famous author. Born on Prince Edward Island in 1874, her mother died when she was 22 months old. She was raised by her grandparents and was introduced early in life to books and poetry. She said that “I was an indefatigable little scribbler”, and she began writing from an early age. She married Ewan Macdonald, who was a Presbyterian minister. Anne of Green Gables was written in 1904, and Lucy Maud, with determination to find a publisher, could not find one. Severely frustrated, Lucy Maud threw the manuscript into a hatbox, only to bring it back out nine months later and try one more time to publish it. It worked. Grosset and Dunlap in New York published it. The book sold more than 19,000 copies in only five months. Lucy Maud Montgomery followed it with the seven other Anne books. At the age of 65, she struggled to finish the last one, Anne of Ingleside, because of emotional and health problems, but she did it. Three years later, she died of grief at the age of 68 in 1942. Her other works include 14 novels, 500 short stories, five volumes of journals, an autobiography, and 450 poems. She answered every fan letter personally — every single one. She even received one from Mark Twain. She was a minister’s wife, and a mother, a Sunday school teacher, and an author.
Here is what most people and fans don’t know about her:
Lucy Maud Montgomery was into the occult and worshipped nature. She taught girls how to make a “table rap” or to call up an evil spirit, and she introduced the Ouija board to the young fry of Cavendish. I believe that her books are “blessed” by an evil force, which is part of the reason that they (her books) have millions of fans. Lucy Maud’s ungodly beliefs appear often in her writings.
God opened my eyes to the bad influence of Anne Shirley and her author, and also to all the wrongs in L. M. Montgomery’s books. Now I wish to share some of them with you.
Anne says that she is not a Christian (Anne of Green Gables, page 171), and her whole life is anything but Christian. There are instances of fortune telling (Anne of Green Gables, page 234, and Anne’s House of Dreams, page 60). Worshipping nature is constant — I will give you one highly noticed one: Anne of Avonlea, page 110. Anne believes in ghosts (“The Haunted Wood” chapter of Anne of Green Gables) as well as elves, dryads, ferries, goblins, and the like. There are some instances of Anne kissing outside of marriage — one of them is in Anne of Windy Poplars, page 82. Anne and Terry make love while she is engaged to Gilbert in Anne of Windy Poplars, page 188. Anne drinks alcohol with Diana in Anne of Ingleside, page 6, and there are mentions of getting drunk in Anne of the Island, page 210. She also has instances of extreme intimacy with other females (such as Diana Barry, Katherine Brooke, Hazel Marr, and Leslie Moore), which some say are lesbian tendencies that stem from Lucy Maud`s own experiences. Here is one instance with Leslie Moore: Anne’s House of Dreams, page 137. Evolutionism is pushed by one of the characters in Anne of Ingleside (page 96). Also, there are several instances of lying and swearing, especially with Davy (Anne of the Island). This is not everything, but just a short sampling for you.
Now I would like to point out two examples that reveal the huge influence of Anne Shirley in the books (please know that there are many more).
1. In Anne of Windy Poplars, page 145, the housekeeper Rebecca Dew states, “‘Well, Miss Shirley, I hope you never try to induce me to turn Mohammedan (Muslim)… because you’d likely succeed.”‘ I will explain. This housekeeper was viewed as a good Christian woman. So for Anne to “induce her” to forsake her religion and to turn Muslim, would be a normally difficult thing for someone to do. But the housekeeper said “she’d likely succeed”. Anne, evidently, has so much influence over people, that she can turn someone from their religion into a whole different religion, doing something a normal person would have a hard time doing.
2. Anne of Ingleside, page 6: Anne: “‘Come down to Green Gables about two and we’ll have a drink of Marilla’s red currant wine…she makes it now and then in spite of the minister and Mrs. Lynde…just to make ourselves feel real devilish.’ Then Diana “did not mind `devilish’ as she would if anybody but Anne used it. Everybody knew Anne didn’t really mean things like that. It was just her way.” Lucy Maud Montgomery put this rather sneakily. She’s saying here that that word `devilish’ is okay for Anne to say, because “it’s just her way”. This is a very influential paragraph. Anne drinks wine — its okay; Anne kisses outside of marriage — its okay; Anne believes in ghosts — its okay; Anne worships nature — its okay. Everything Anne does is “okay”, because “it’s just her way”. What will this do to fans? “Oh, if its okay for Anne to drink wine, then it must be for me.” Do you understand? Anne has so much influence over fans, especially girls, since they want to be like Anne.
I saw a picture once of the “Anne of Green Gables” musical. The girl that was starring as Anne was standing up on a desk, towering over all the people. The rest of the cast were gathered around her and were raising their arms above their heads, and were worshipping her! Indeed, even though Anne is just a fictional character in books, to these fans she is very nearly real.
So, after the Lord opened my eyes to this, I burned my books and anything that was Anne or Lucy Maud Montgomery related. I feel so free now! I had experienced some very frightening things with them. I do not have much more room left, so I will direct you to my testimony regarding the Anne of Green Gables series — [...] , and also this link which tells in much more detail the life of the author of Anne Shirley — [...] .
One more thing. I do not recommend anything Anne or Lucy Maud Montgomery related, and nor do I recommend anything written in the spirit of Lucy Maud Montgomery, like Before Green Gables, by Budge Wilson. It is my daily prayer that God would open eyes in this area — may my reviews be used for His Glory.
- A Former Anne Fan
Rating: 1 / 5
March 10th, 2010 at 10:01 am
Corner of box is slightly damaged to delivery.
Rating: 3 / 5
March 10th, 2010 at 10:23 am
My 13 year old daughter is in 8th grade, and although this book’s level of reading difficulty is beneath her reading ability she still couldn’t put it down. With all of the pressures of school these days it is wonderful that this classic children’s novel can still be a source of relaxation and entertainment for our children.
Rating: 5 / 5