Anne of the Island

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ANNE of the ISLAND

by Lucy Maud Montgomery




     to

     all the girls
     all over the world
     who have "wanted more"
     about ANNE



     All precious things discovered late
     To those that seek them issue forth,
     For Love in sequel works with Fate,
     And draws the veil from hidden worth.
     --TENNYSON



     Table of Contents

     I       The Shadow of Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  9
     II      Garlands of Autumn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
     III     Greeting and Farewell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
     IV      April's Lady . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
     V       Letters from Home. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
     VI      In the Park. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
     VII     Home Again . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
     VIII    Anne's First Proposal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105
     IX      An Unwelcome Lover and a Welcome Friend. . . . . . .113
     X       Patty's Place. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .126
     XI      The Round of Life. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .139
     XII     "Averil's Atonement" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .153
     XIII    The Way of Transgressors . . . . . . . . . . . . . .165
     XIV     The Summons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .181
     XV      A Dream Turned Upside Down . . . . . . . . . . . . .194
     XVI     Adjusted Relationships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .202
     XVII    A Letter from Davy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .219
     XVIII   Miss Josepine Remembers the Anne-girl. . . . . . . .225
     XIX     An Interlude . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .234
     XX      Gilbert Speaks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .240
     XXI     Roses of Yesterday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .249
     XXII    Spring and Anne Return to Green Gables . . . . . . .256
     XXIII   Paul Cannot Find the Rock People . . . . . . . . . .263
     XXIV    Enter Jonas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .269
     XXV     Enter Prince Charming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .278
     XXVI    Enter Christine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .288
     XXVII   Mutual Confidences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .294
     XXVIII  A June Evening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .303
     XXIX    Diana's Wedding. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .311
     XXX     Mrs. Skinner's Romance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .317
     XXXI    Anne to Philippa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .323
     XXXII   Tea with Mrs. Douglas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .328
     XXXIII  "He Just Kept Coming and Coming" . . . . . . . . . .336
     XXXIV   John Douglas Speaks at Last. . . . . . . . . . . . .342
     XXXV    The Last Redmond Year Opens. . . . . . . . . . . . .350
     XXXV1   The Gardners' Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .361
     XXXVII  Full-fledged B.A.'s. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .370
     XXXVIII False Dawn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .379
     XXXIX   Deals with Weddings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .388
     XL      A Book of Revelation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .400
     XLI     Love Takes Up the Glass of Time. . . . . . . . . . .407





ANNE of the ISLAND

by Lucy Maud Montgomery




Chapter I

The Shadow of Change


"Harvest is ended and summer is gone," quoted Anne Shirley, gazing
across the shorn fields dreamily. She and Diana Barry had been picking
apples in the Green Gables orchard, but were now resting from their
labors in a sunny corner, where airy fleets of thistledown drifted by
on the wings of a wind that was still summer-sweet with the incense of
ferns in the Haunted Wood.

But everything in the landscape around them spoke of autumn. The sea was
roaring hollowly in the distance, the fields were bare and sere, scarfed
with golden rod, the brook valley below Green Gables overflowed
with asters of ethereal purple, and the Lake of Shining Waters was
blue--blue--blue; not the changeful blue of spring, nor the pale azure
of summer, but a clear, steadfast, serene blue, as if the water
were past all moods and tenses of emotion and had settled down to a
tranquility unbroken by fickle dreams.
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