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Serien om "Anne fra Grønnebakken" er en klassiker, der verden over læses i laser af både tweens, unge og voksne læsere. Anne og Gilbert er blevet forlovet - en forlovelse der varer tre år, mens Gilbert læser til læge på universitetet, og Anne er leder af skolen i den lille by Summerside. Det er en tid med længsel og venten men også med nye venner og mange nye erfaringer for Anne, som undervejs skriver lange kærlighedsbreve til Gilbert, hvor hun fortæller om alt, hvad hun oplever - både det alvorlige, romantiske og komiske. Og de tre år flyver afsted...

Rilla is Anne and Gilbert Blythe’s youngest daughter, an excitable 15-year-old who is unaware of how the world works, and is only interested in having fun. But the world is on the brink of a global war, and soon Rilla’s family and life are turned upside down, as several of her brothers enlist in the army and are sent to fight overseas. The book follows Rilla’s life through the duration of World War I, as she grows up quickly from the responsibilities put on young women in this time.

The End of the Young Family Feud: A week before Christmas, Aunt Jean wrote to Elizabeth, inviting her and Alberta and me to eat our Christmas dinner at Monkshead. We accepted with delight. Aunt Jean and Uncle Norman were delightful people, and we knew we should have a jolly time at their house.

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.

Lucy Maud Montgomery (November 30, 1874 - April 24, 1942), published as L. M. Montgomery, was a Canadian author best known for a series of novels beginning in 1908 with Anne of Green Gables. Marcella's Reward: Dr. Clark shook his head gravely. "She is not improving as fast as I should like to see," he said. "In fact, she seems to have gone backward the past week. You must send her to the country, Miss Langley. The heat here is too trying for her."

Listeners are invited to sit back and enjoy this collection of classic Yuletide tales....

With Christmas just a few days away, why not pause your regular reading and savor a Christmas stories by Lucy Maud Montgomery? Christmas and New Year's is a season of celebration and reflection, of taking stock of the months gone by and looking forward to the year to come. Here you will find 14 Christmas stories written by Lucy Maud Montgomery. Treat yourself to some fireside reading and capture the holiday spirit with a bit of old-fashioned storytelling from Christmas past. Contents: The Red Room, A Christmas Mistake, A Christmas Inspiration, The Josephs' Christmas and others.

Lucy Maud Montgomery (November 30, 1874 - April 24, 1942), published as L. M. Montgomery, was a Canadian author best known for a series of novels beginning in 1908 with Anne of Green Gables. The book was an immediate success. Margaret's Patient: Margaret paused a moment at the gate and looked back at the quaint old house under its snowy firs with a thrill of proprietary affection. It was her home; for the first time in her life she had a real home, and the long, weary years of poorly paid drudgery were all behind her.

Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert, middle-aged siblings who live together in the fictional town of Avonlea on Prince Edward Island, decide to adopt a boy from an orphan asylum to help on their farm. But owing to a series of mishaps, the child who is delivered to their care is not a boy at all but a precocious girl of 11 named Anne Shirley. Although, as Marilla dryly informs her, "you certainly have a genius for getting into trouble", with pluck, imagination, and optimism, Anne flourishes at Green Gables.

The always delightful and entertaining classic Anne of Green Gables is performed by actors from The Online Stage! Anne Shirley is an 11-year-old orphan adopted by a middle-aged brother and sister, Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert. They had wanted to adopt a boy to help with their farm on Prince Edward Island in the fictional town of Avonlea. Matthew persuades Marilla to give Anne a chance. Anne is a handful, and they fall in love with her.

Anne of Avonlea is a 1909 novel by Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery (published as L. M. Montgomery). Anne is about to start her first term teaching at the Avonlea school, although she will still continue her studies at home with Gilbert, who is teaching at the nearby White Sands School. The book soon introduces Anne's new and problematic neighbour, Mr. Harrison, and his foul-mouthed parrot, as well as the twins, Davy and Dora.

When Marilla and Matthew Cuthbert send for an orphan boy to help around the farm, they get chatty, imaginative Anne Shirley instead. But Anne's warmth and determination soon brighten life in the town of Avonlea.

In Aunt Cyrilla's Christmas Basket, Lucy Rose tries to talk her folksy Aunt Cyrilla out of bringing her big, bulgy, funny-looking basket to the city to deliver Christmas goodies to their relatives in the city. When their train is stranded during a snow storm, Aunt Cyrilla and her fellow passengers team up to provide a proper Christmas morning for the little ones in their care.

Marilla "Rilla" Blythe, the youngest daughter of Gilbert and Anne Blythe, is nearly 15 when the First World War begins making news. Seemingly overnight, the men of the town are being called up to enlist. Rilla, who had long yearned for adulthood, finds new responsibilities as the war wages on.

Bertie Ross has a few more deliveries to make for Sampson's store before the New Year's holiday. After a delivery at the Forbes' house, Dr. Forbes' daughters invite cold-looking Bertie in to get warm and ask why he isn't wearing mittens. Explaining that he lent them to his sickly brother William John, the sisters hatch a plan to provide a proper New Year's celebration with the Ross brothers and provide them with a little holiday warmth in the meantime.

Anne's own true love, Gilbert Blythe, is finally a doctor, and in the sunshine of the old orchard, among their dearest friends, they are about to speak their vows. Soon the happy couple will be bound for a new life together and their own dream house, on the misty purple shores of Four Winds Harbor. A new life means fresh problems to solve, fresh surprises. Anne and Gilbert will make new friends and meet their neighbors.

Serien om "Anne fra Grønnebakken" er en klassiker, der verden over læses i laser af både tweens, unge og voksne læsere. Annes elskede Gilbert er endelig blevet færdig som læge, og der bliver holdt et romantisk bryllup under frugttræerne på Grønnebakken, inden de to unge begynder livet sammen i deres eget drømmehus ved De Fire Vinde. Her møder de mange nye naboer og venner, bl.a. den rare Kaptajn Jim, fyrtårnsopsynsmanden med de mange historier fra sit liv på havet, den skrappe Miss Cornelia Bryant, som hader mænd, og den triste og smukke Leslie Moore, som Anne hjælper gennem en svær tid, men som også hjælper Anne, da hun kommer ud for en stor sorg.

Serien om "Anne fra Grønnebakken" er en klassiker, der verden over læses i laser af både tweens, unge og voksne læsere. Annes seks børn Jem, Walter, tvillingerne Nan og Di, Shirley og Rilla, har i Regnbuedalen fundet det perfekte sted at lege. Her begynder alle deres fantasifulde eventyr, og her møder de den bortløbne Mary Vance og også de fire Meredith-børn, der netop er flyttet ind i præstegården med deres far. De unge eventyrere har mange planer, som bl.a. indebærer at redde Mary Vance fra at blive sendt på børnehjem og at finde en kone til den glemsomme præst, der ikke rigtig har styr på noget.

Serien om "Anne fra Grønnebakken" er en klassiker, der verden over læses i laser af både tweens, unge og voksne læsere. Alle Annes børn er blevet voksne, undtagen hendes yngste datter, Rilla, som er hovedpersonen i denne sidste bog i serien. Den smukke 15-årige Bertha Marilla ”Rilla” Blythe drømmer uskyldigt om sit første bal og måske et kys fra Kenneth Ford, men i horisonten truer Første Verdenskrigs mørke skyer. Rillas brødre drager i krig, og den unge pige melder sig til byens Røde kors og bliver reservemor for en forældreløs lille dreng.

Serien om "Anne fra Grønnebakken" er en klassiker, der verden over læses i laser af både tweens, unge og voksne læsere. Anne og Gilbert har nu været gift i 15 år. De har fået fem børn og har et mere på vej. Der er ikke et sted i verden Anne hellere vil være end i hendes elskede eventyrhus Ingleside, selvom der er nok at se til med både børn og hus og pludselig også en Tante Mary Maria, der driver dem alle til vanvid, da hun kommer på besøg og ikke ser ud til at rejse igen foreløbig.