Anne of Avonlea

Following Anne of Green Gables (1908), Anne of Avonlea covers the second chapter in the life of Anne Shirley. We learn of Anne’s doings from the age of sixteen to eighteen, the two years in which she teaches at Avonlea school. It includes many of the characters from Anne of Green Gables, as well as new ones: Mr. Harrison and his foul-mouthed parrot, Miss Lavendar Lewis, Paul Irving, and the twins Dora (sweet and well behaved) and Davy (mischievous and in constant trouble).

Anne matures slightly, but she gets into a number of her familiar pickles, as only Anne can. She accidentally sells her neighbor’s cow (having mistaken it for her own), gets stuck in a broken duck house roof while peeping into a pantry window, and more.