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Anne Shirley

Anne Shirley

As the star character of L.M. Montgomery’s famous series Anne of Green Gables, Anne (with an ‘e’!) Shirley, with her braids of fiery red hair, unending chatter, limitless imagination and unshakeable optimism, has been of the most cherished literary heroines around the world for more than 100 years.

An orphan since her parents died of fever when she was an infant, Anne long dreamed of finding a real home and a real family. Sent by mistake to Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert - an elderly brother and sister living in Prince Edward Island - Anne is sure that she has found her place in the world once and for all.

While Anne is romantic, poetic, and appreciative of the beauty in all things, she is also no powder puff. She is smart, independent, fearless, and imaginative.  She questions the rules with an irreverence not socially acceptable at the time, especially for a female, yet still has a love of tradition.

The life of Anne Shirley is of a simpler time but it's also complex with a richness, colorfulness, fragrance, and spirit that articulates both Anne’s personality and her physical surroundings. The books are like a love letter to Prince Edward Island with almost every page containing a lovingly descriptive passage about the scenery, food, houses, nature and the people of the province.

It is a time of line-dried sheets, homemade desserts, neighbors stopping by for a visit, and garden-fresh goodness. Treats are just that – treats. And they are rare and well deserved. It is not a life of excess but instead viewed that whatever you have in your life is a direct result of the amount of hard work you put into it. Life is full of sunshine, warm rain, picnics, apple blossoms, babbling brooks and the red dirt that is the foundation of the island. Anne embraces every moment in life with a curiosity and enthusiasm that seems almost as if this very day were her last.