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Anne Shirley has left Redmond College behind to begin a new job and a new chapter of her life away from Green Gables. Now she faces a new challenge: the Pringles. They're known as the royal family of Summerside - and they quickly let Anne know she is not the person they had wanted as principal... read more
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Characters edit
- Anne Shirley: Main character
- Gilbert Blythe: Anne's fiance.
- Katherine Brooke: A teacher at Anne's school. She's VERY disagreeable.
- Mrs. Gibson: Local disagreeable widow
- Pauline Gibson: Mrs. Gibson's youngest daughter. She takes care of her mother day in and day out.
- Aunt Kate MacComber: One of the widows who owns Windy Poplars, the place where Anne is boarding. She has very sensitive feelings.
- Rebecca Dew: Housekeeper at Windy Poplars.
- Jen Pringle: Anne's difficult student.
- Hazel: A really horrible, fickle girl who likes Terry.
- Lewis Allen: A boy who goes to Anne's school in Summerside.
- Nora Nelson: Sally's sister. People often make fun of her because she's the only one of the sisters who isn't married yet.
- Elizabeth: The little elf-maiden that lives next door to Windy Poplars. She's very sheltered.
- Geraldine: A little hellion Anne is asked to babysit.
- Sibyl "Dovie" Westcott: A young girl with absolutely no backbone.
- Terry: Hazel's beau.
- Mrs. Campbell: Elizabeth's stifling great-grandmother.
- Mrs. Raymond: Mother of the twins Gerald and Geraldine.
- Franklin Westcott: Dovie's disagreeable father.
- Jarvis Morrow: Dovie's beau.
- Mrs. Lynde: Avonlea's town gossip and busybody. She currently boards at Green Gables.
- Dr. Lennox Carter: Esme Taylor's beau.
- Miss Sarah: The head of the Pringle clan. She is very quiet.
- Sally Nelson: One of Anne's friends who is getting married.
- Dora: A young twin who lives at Green Gables. She's prim and proper and rather boring.
- Aunt Mouser: Also known as Grace Kennedy. She is Sally's father's aunt. She has a knack for getting into other's business and being in the way.
- Davy: A young twin who lives at Green Gables. He's always asking questions.
- Dusty Miller: The widows' cat. Rebecca Dew despises him.
- Mrs. Braddock: Add a description of this character.
- Mary
- Maggie
- Jim Wilcox: Nora's old beau, but they had a falling-out.
- Cyrus Taylor: A grumpy old man who likes to descend into "sulks".
- Esme Taylor
- Cousin Ernestine: A relation of the widows of Windy Poplars. She's a downer- always worrying about this or that.
- Doyle
- Johnny: Trix Taylor's beau.
- Miss Drake
- Mrs Dennis: Katherine's landlady.
- Sophy Sinclair: A girl who Anne secretly trained to be the understudy for the lead in the Summerside High School play.
- Trix Taylor: Esme's sister.
- Mr Armstrong: A gruff man who lives far away from everyone else with his little son and his dog, Carlo.
- Minerva Tomgallon: An old, stately lady living alone in her gigantic house filled with memories of the ancient Tomgallon curse.
- Aunt Chatty MacComber: She really likes to talk. One of the widows who owns Windy Poplars.
Setting & Locations edit
First Sentence edit
DEAREST, Isn't that an address! Did you ever hear anything so delicious? Windy Poplars is the name of my new home, and I love it.
Table of Contents edit
The First Year
The Second Year
The Third Year
Series & Lists edit
This is book 4 of 8 in Anne of Green Gables. (standard series)
Preceded by Anne of the Island, and followed by Anne's House of Dreams.
Authors & Contributors edit
- L. M. Montgomery (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: McClelland and Stewart
Country: Canada
Publication Date: 1936
ISBN: N/A
Page Count: 301
Publisher: McClelland and Stewart
Country: Canada
Publication Date: 1936
ISBN: N/A
Page Count: 301
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- Anne of Avonlea (IMDb): 1987
- Anne of Windy Poplars (IMDb): 1940
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