Anne of Green Gables

Anne of Green Gables, L.M. Montgomery's classic, follows an orphan girl who arrives at a Prince Edward Island farm by mistake, and refuses to be sent back.

Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert are aging siblings who send to an orphanage for a boy to help around their farm, Green Gables. Instead, a scrawny, red-haired eleven-year-old named Anne Shirley steps off the train, talking a mile a minute about puffed sleeves and kindred spirits. Marilla wants to send her back. Matthew, quietly, does not want to let her go.

Anne stays, and slowly wins over the whole town of Avonlea with her big imagination and bigger temper. She names the trees, breaks a slate over a boy's head, dyes her hair green by accident, and turns a plain walk to school into an adventure every time. She forms a fierce friendship with a neighbor girl, Diana Barry, and a rivalry with a classmate, Gilbert Blythe, that neither of them can quite explain. Through it all, Marilla's stiff heart softens, and Green Gables slowly becomes the home Anne always wanted.

This is a warm coming-of-age story about belonging, imagination, and found family, set against the orchards and red roads of Prince Edward Island in the late 1800s. It's perfect for listeners who love gentle classics like Little Women, or anyone who wants a story about a stubborn, big-hearted girl making a place for herself in the world.

Elizabeth Grace reads at a hush, with plenty of pauses to sink into. Anne's chatter about Prince Edward Island will carry you under before she's done naming every tree along the way.