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Epoch marked in lives of many who visit Green Gables

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 16:10:18 +0000

There’s nothing like a real redhead to cause a stir at Green Gables House in Cavendish. Impromptu paparazzi click crazily on the heels of a bemused and amused 13-year-old Ashley Stark of Tulsa, Okla., who would make Anne Shirley herself do a double take.

“This child has the personality of Anne and the hair of Anne,” says her mother, Felicia Stark, laughing.

They and Ashley’s sister, Lindsey, 11, her father, Alan, and grandparents, Bob and Linda Nichols, were in the throes recently of a fly-and-drive vacation to P. E. I. after falling under the spell of Lucy Maud Montgomery’s magical Anne of Green Gables novel, which was published a century ago this year.

Ashley was the first in her family to crack the spine of this literary classic and the rest of her family quickly fell in line.

“She has a similar personality (to me) and she likes to use big words. And it just sounded all fun and exciting. I ended up reading the rest of the series and then I wanted to come,” says Ashley.

KCC announces audtions for ‘Anne of Green Gables’

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 16:04:53 +0000

“Anne of Green Gables” is written by Sylvia Ashby, based on the heart-warming classic by L.M. Montgomery. The story follows a young imaginative Anne Shirley who comes to live with stern Marilla and her warm-hearted brother Matthew. Matthew had hoped to adopt a boy to help around the farm. However there is a mistake and the orphanage sends young Anne instead. Marilla feels that Anne should go back to the orphanage, because she is not the boy they wanted.

However Matthew feels that they should give her a chance. So Marilla says she can stay for a few months, and try it, kind of like an experiment. We follow Anne though her young spirited years where her temper, over her red hair and freckles, seems to get her into a bit of trouble from time to time. She also finds herself to be a young woman in love with the boy she used to hate, because he called her carrots.

‘Anne of Green Gables’ turns 100

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 16:01:33 +0000

One hundred years ago, a little, red-haired orphan, 11, stepped out of the pages of a book and into the hearts of readers everywhere.

During the past century, Anne Shirley, also known as Anne of Green Gables, has inspired, amused and entertained countless kindred spirits everywhere. She has become one of the most beloved of all literary figures, passed down from mother to daughter and generation to generation.

Her book has never been out of print, and it has sold more than 50 million copies worldwide. Her story has been translated into some 36 languages. It has been transformed into theater and film. The television miniseries made in the late 1980s has been screened in some 130 countries. She’s an icon, not only in Canada, where her story is set, but also in far-off places such as Sweden and Japan.