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In June 1908, a red-haired orphan appeared on to the streets of Boston and a modern legend was born. That little girl was Anne Shirley, better known asAnne of Green Gables, and her first appearance was in a book that has sold more than 50 million copies worldwide and been translated into more than 35 languages (including Braille). The author who created her was Lucy Maud Montgomery, a writer who revealed very little of herself and her method of crafting a story. On the centenary of its publication, Irene Gammel tells the braided story of both Anne and Maud and, in so doing, shows how a literary classic was born. Montgomery's own life began in the rural Cavendish family farmhouse on Prince Edward Island, the place that became the inspiration for Green Gables. Mailmen brought the world to the farmhouse's kitchen door in the form of American mass market periodicals sparking the young Maud's imagination. From the vantage point of her small world, Montgomery pored over these magazines, gleaning bits of information about how to dress, how to behave and how a proper young lady should grow. She began to write, learning how to craft marketable stories from the magazines' popular fiction; at the same time the fashion photos inspired her visual imagination. One photo that especially intrigued her was that of a young woman named Evelyn Nesbit, the model for painters and photographers and lover of Stanford White. That photo was the spark for what became Anne Shirley. Blending biography with cultural history,Looking forAnne of Green Gablesis a gold mine for fans of the novels and answers a trunk load of questions: Where did Anne get the "e" at the end of her name? How did Montgomery decide to give her red hair? How did Montgomery's courtship and marriage to Reverend Ewan Macdonald affect the story? Irene Gammel's dual biography of Anne Shirley and the woman who created her will delight the millions who have loved the red haired orphan ever since she took her first step inside the gate of Green Gables farm in Avonlea.

Irene Gammel is Professor of English and holds the Canada Research Chair in Modern Literature and Culture at Ryerson University, Toronto. She is the author and editor of eight academic titles, including the internationally-acclaimed Baroness Elsa: Gender, Dada and Everyday Modernity: A Cultural Biography (2002). Irene Gammel has served as president of the Canadian Comparative Literature Association, editorial board member of Canadian Literature, and director of Women’s Studies at UPEI. She is the curator of the exhibit Anne of Green Gables: A Literary Icon at 100, May 1, 2008 to March 1, 2009.

Prologue: The Mystery of Anne of Green Gables	p. 13
The Perfect Storm, Fall 1903-Spring 1905
Old Memories and New Ambitions	p. 19
The Model for Anne's Face	p. 31
Building Castles in Spain	p. 40
The Orphan Girl and the Snow Queen	p. 58
Writing Anne, Spring 1905-Winter 1907
Romantic Orchards, Kindred Spririts, and a Spring Flirtation	p. 77
Maud's Bosom Friends	p. 89
Pagan Love and Sacred Promises: Anne and Diana	p. 100
Good Enemies and Old Love Letters	p. 111
Wicked Satire in Small-Town Avonlea	p. 124
This Old Place Has a Soul, Green Gables	p. 137
Red Hair, Puffed Sleeves, and the Rituals of Growing Up	p. 169
Farewells and Decisions	p. 185
The Mystery of Anne Revealed	p. 207
Anne Takes Off, Spring 1907-Fall 1938
The Most Popular Summer Girl	p. 223
The Vows Kept for Life	p. 241
Epilogue: Dramatis Personae	p. 258
Abbreviations	p. 263
Endnotes	p. 265
Selected Bibliography	p. 293
Acknowledgments	p. 306
Index	p. 308
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