There are eight volumes in the Anne of Green Gables series. In this blog, we’ve listed all eight Anne of Green Gables books in reading order, alongside a background of the treasured novels and their masterful storyteller, L. Montgomery between 19, the novels follow the adventures of red-headed orphan Anne from the tender age of 11 right up until her own children are grown. Montgomery, author of Anne of Green Gables, was voted one of the top twenty heroes of the Twentieth Century.The Anne of Green Gables series is a charming collection of children’s books set in the beautiful scenery of Prince Edward Island, Canada. On Canada Day 1999, the Dominion Institute and the Council for Canadian Unity held two Internet surveys (one in English and one in French) asking people to nominate their favourite Canadian heroes L.M. Montgomery’s novel Anne of Green Gables, first published in 1908, the musical was written and composed by Don Harron and Norman Campbell respectively, with lyrics by Elaine Campbell and Mavor Moore. Seventeen Canadian actors have performed the lead role of Anne Shirley since 1965.In Charlottetown alone, over 2.1-million people have seen the show (from 1965 to 2015). About 3.3-million people world-wide have seen the musical - in Charlottetown and other Canadian cities, as well New York, London (England), and Japan.First staged at the Confederation Centre of the Arts in Charlottetown in 1965 as part of the inaugural Charlottetown Festival, Anne of Green Gables – The Musical™ now holds a Guinness World Record as the longest running annual musical!.Producers of Anne-related products outside of PEI pay a royalty to the family while Island producers make Anne items royalty free. The term “Anne of Green Gables” is currently a registered trademark, owned jointly by the Province of Prince Edward Island and the heirs of L.M.It is believed that more than 50 million copies have been sold worldwide.It has since been translated into more than a dozen languages.It went into ten printings in its first year and was translated into Swedish as early as 1909. It sold nineteen thousand copies in the first five months.
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