Anne of Green Gables Read-along

In 2018, we asked readers from around the world to write and respond to a chapter from L.M. Montgomery’s beloved novel.

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Welcome to the
Anne of Green Gables
Read-along

Anne of Green Gables turned 110 years old in 2018, and the LMMI celebrated its 25th birthday and held its 13th Annual Biennial Conference, L.M. Montgomery and Reading.  It was the perfect time to revisit Montgomery’s classic novel in a read-along. Browse the responses here!

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Chapter XXV: Matthew Insists on Puffed Sleeves

We’re back with another reflection on Anne of Green Gables. This week, Adele McMillan, muses on “Chapter XXV: Matthew Insists on Puffed Sleeves.”

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Chapter XXVI: The Story Club is Formed

Scholar, Catherine Clark, joins the Anne of Green Gables Read-a-long this week with her impressions on, “Chapter XXVI: The Story Club is Formed.”

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Chapter XXVII: Vanity and Vexation of Spirit

This week’s edition of L.M. Montgomery Institute’s Anne of Green Gables Read-a-long is from Sarah Conrad Gothie, an author and researcher who is developing a very interesting program called, Pages to Pilgrimages, which archives people’s experiences traveling to the Island.

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Chapter XXVIII: An Unfortunate Lily Maid

Here comes one of my favourite chapters in Anne of Green Gables, “Chapter XXVIII: An Unfortunate Lily Maid.” Today’s read-a-long is by book blogger, Sarah from whatsarahread.com.

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Chapter XXIX: An Epoch in Anne’s Life

This week, the Anne of Green Gables Read-a-long continues with this thoughtful and timely piece by teacher and scholar, Tara K. Parmiter on “Chapter XXIX: An Epoch in Anne’s Life.”

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Chapter XXX: The Queen’s Class is Organized

Welcome back to the LMMI’s Anne of Green Gables Read-a-long. Today’s post, “Chapter XXX: The Queen’s Class is Organized,” is by Carolin Sandner.

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Chapter XXXI: Where the Brook and the River Meet

The LMMI’s Anne of Green Gables Read-a-long this week continues with Sarah Wilson Thornham’s thoughtful reflection on “Chapter XXXI: Where the Brook and River Meet.”

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Chapter XXXII: The Pass List is Out

The Anne of Green Gables Read-a-long continues with Sarah Galletly’s response to “Chapter XXXII: The Past List is Out.”  A Roderick postdoctoral research fellow at James Cook University in Australia, Galletly will be speaking at the upcoming L.M. Montgomery and Reading conference in June on “Reading Across the Page: The Periodical Origins of L.M. Montgomery’s Short Fiction.”

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Chapter XXXIII: The Hotel Concert

The Anne of Green Gables Read-a-long this week continues with children’s literature scholar, Balaka Basu. Basu will be speaking at this year’s L.M. Montgomery and Reading Conference on “Emily Reads Imagined Libraries in the Novels of L. M. Montgomery.” Today, she’ll be writing on, “Chapter XXXIII: The Hotel Concert.”

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Chapter XXXIV: A Queen’s Girl

Today’s reflection for the Anne of Green Gables Read-a-long is by the LMMI’s Avery-Award winner, Michaela Wipond, who has been helping with many of the social media initiatives getting us ready for the L.M. Montgomery and Reading Conference. Michaela’s post on “Chapter XXIV: A Queen’s Girl,” gives us some history on Montgomery’s experience at the Prince of Wales College and how this informed Anne’s experience in the novel. At the conference, Michaela will be speaking on, “The Montgomery Myth: Prince Edward Islanders Reading Montgomery.”

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Chapter XXXV: The Winter at Queen’s

After a week’s hiatus, the Anne of Green Gables Read-a-long is back with a post by the Chair of L.M. Montgomery Studies and Assistant Professor, Applied Communication, Leadership, and Culture Dr. Kate Scarth. Scarth will be speaking at the L.M. Montgomery and Reading Conference on “Reading Halifax with Montgomery,” and holding a pre-conference workshop on “L.M. Montgomery and Public Engagement New Readers, New Ways of Reading” on the 23rd of June.

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Chapter XXXVI: The Glory and the Dream

The LMMI’s celebration of the 110th anniversary of Anne of Green Gables continues with Rita Bode’s response to “Chapter XXXVI: The Glory and the Dream.”