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What if the life you dream of draws you away from the home you love?
Anne Shirley leaves Green Gables for Redmond College in Kingsport, carrying bright hopes and a romantic picture of her future. With Priscilla Grant beside her, she enters a world of studies, new friends and unfamiliar faces. Back in Avonlea, the people she loves have lives that are changing too.
In L. M. Montgomery’s Anne of the Island, college brings more than lessons. Anne writes, shares a house at Patty’s Place and tries to understand her heart. Gilbert Blythe remains a steady friend, while Roy Gardner seems to fit her dream of a perfect hero. But knowing what she wants means looking beyond the dream.
What you’ll discover
- A home beyond home Step into Patty’s Place, where friends, a chaperone and a cat share Anne’s college life.
- Love beyond the daydream Follow Anne as proposals and cherished ideals make her question what love should look like.
- Friends with distinct voices Meet loyal Priscilla, chatty Philippa and sharp-tongued Aunt Jamesina, each bringing warmth and humour.
- Summers back in Avonlea Return to familiar orchards and lanes, where lovely surroundings cannot keep people from changing.
- The courage to grow See Anne weigh independence, ambition and affection without losing her imagination or hopeful spirit.
Who will love it
You will love this book if you enjoy warm, funny stories of college friends, rented houses, loyal cats and first loves, or if you stand between childhood and grown-up life.
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The key ideas, in the 15-minute summary
- Anne leaves Green Gables as everything changes
- Kingsport brings loneliness and a new friend
- Anne collects proposals that never match her dreams
- Patty's Place becomes a home of their own
- Ruby Gillis and Davy face life and death
- Averil's Atonement tests Anne's pride as a writer
- Gilbert speaks and Roy Gardner arrives
- Love is imagined, tested and slowly understood
- Growing up means leaving some things behind
- Humor, letters and seasons give the story its voice
Who’s who
- Anne ShirleyA bright, imaginative young woman who leaves Avonlea for Redmond College and tries to work out what she wants from love and writing.
- Gilbert BlytheAnne's old schoolmate and rival, kind and clever, who studies hard at Redmond and quietly hopes she will care for him.
- Philippa GordonCalled Phil, a pretty, funny Redmond friend who cannot make up her mind about anything, least of all which suitor to choose.
- Priscilla GrantAnne's steady friend from Queen's, who shares her rooms at Redmond and her house at Patty's Place.
- Aunt JamesinaStella's tiny, merry aunt, who keeps house for the girls and insists she is still in her teens.
- Marilla CuthbertAnne's stern, loving guardian at Green Gables, who misses her girl and hides how much.
- Davy KeithAnne's young, mischievous ward at Green Gables, who asks endless questions and keeps getting into trouble.
- Roy GardnerA rich, handsome Redmond student with dark eyes and poetic compliments, who seems to be everything Anne imagined in a hero.
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Anne of the Island
by L. M. Montgomery · 1915
Anne Shirley leaves Avonlea for Redmond College, where friends, cats and suitors test what she wants from life.
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What happens when a girl who lives by her imagination meets a world that does not match her dreams? Anne Shirley is eighteen and picking apples with Diana, and she knows everything is about to change.
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- Length
- 73,600 words41 chapters
- Pages
- 219 pages331 in large print
- Library level
- Medium longer sentences, everyday words
- First published
- 1915by L. M. Montgomery
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Anne leaves Green Gables as everything changes
The story opens in early autumn. Anne and Diana Barry rest in the Green Gables orchard, and both feel their childhood closing. Diana wears a new ring, Miss Lavendar has married, and Mrs. Lynde is about to move into the spare room.
Anne is the first girl from Avonlea to try for a degree. Under her joking, she feels the pull of home. On the bridge over the Lake of Shining Waters, Gilbert Blythe lays his hand over hers. Anne snatches it away and chatters all the way home. Something new has crept into their friendship, and she is not sure she wants it there.
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Montgomery, L. M. Anne of the Island. Library of Alexandria, 2026, libraryofalexandria.com/products/anne-of-the-island.
Montgomery, L. M. (2026). Anne of the island. Library of Alexandria. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/anne-of-the-island (Original work published 1915)
Montgomery, L. M. Anne of the Island. Library of Alexandria, 2026. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/anne-of-the-island.
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What is Anne of the Island about?
It follows Anne Shirley through four years at Redmond College in Kingsport. She makes new friends, shares a house, tries to write, and learns that love is not always what she imagined.
Do you need to read Anne of Green Gables and Avonlea first?
It helps to know the earlier books, but the story stands on its own. Characters like Marilla, Diana, Gilbert and Mrs. Lynde are introduced in a way that is easy to follow.
Who are Phil, Priscilla and Aunt Jamesina?
Phil and Priscilla are among Anne's closest friends at Redmond. Phil is a witty beauty who cannot make up her mind, Priscilla is Anne's steady chum, and Aunt Jamesina keeps house for them at Patty's Place.
The author
L. M. Montgomery
1874–1942 · Canadian novelist
Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874–1942) was a Canadian writer born on Prince Edward Island. She later lived in Ontario, where she died in Toronto. She wrote novels, short stories and poems. Her novels include Anne of Green Gables (1908), Anne of Avonlea (1909) and The Blue Castle (1926).
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