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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 of Summerside High School. But as she settles into the cozy tower room at Windy Poplars, Anne finds she has great allies in the widows Aunt Kate and Aunt Chatty - and in their irrepressible housekeeper, Rebecca Dew. As Anne learns Summerside's strangest secrets, winning the support of the prickly Pringles becomes only the first of her triumphs.
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""Anne of Windy Poplars" is the excellent fourth book in the "Anne of Green Gables" series by Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery. It finds Anne Shirley, fresh from college, working as principal and teacher at the Summerside High School on Prince Edward Island. This book is the American version of Montgomery's original novel "Anne of Windy Willows."
Anne takes a room at Windy Poplars, an old house with character in Summerside, owned by two eccentric widows and kept by their gloriously opinionated cook and maid, Rebecca Dew. Next door is a neglected and lonely child named Elizabeth Grayson. The town is run by the prideful Pringle clan, and Anne's fellow teacher at Summerside is the antagonistic Katherine Brooke. These people and others will engage Anne's time and energy over the course of the book, and it is a tribute to this Anne that she works some magic on all of them.
This Anne of Windy Willows is worth knowing. She is a mature, attractive young woman with a degree and a good heart, increasingly conscious of her ability to affect the lives of others, and still vested with some of the fiestiness of her younger self. With increasing confidence and sometimes with unintended and hilarious results, Anne will set out to change Summerside for the better.
For those who complain that the young Anne of Green Gables disappeared in her later married days, here is a fine novel about her days as an independent woman, and what she accomplished. "Anne of Windy Poplars" was added into the Anne series by an older Montgomery, and the narrative contains some foreshadowings of Anne's life to come. Highly recommended to fans of the "Anne of Green Gables" series."
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Anne of Windy Poplars L M Montgomery Books Reviews
- This is the original version of the book Windy Poplars. Some of her publishers had her change the name and some of the story because it was too dark? Of course I had to have this version to see what they were talking about and??? they were crazy??? This book is perfectly in keeping with the other Anne of Green Gables books. There's nothing too dark or morbid or graphic in here at all. Maybe they objected to her strolling through a graveyard but? that happens in like half the series! I think in every single place Anne lived the author pointed out the graveyard. Good grief, in Rainbow Valley there's children that play in one on a regular basis! And the name is totally not ripping off Wind in the Willows like they thought either. As if we would confuse an Anne of Green Gables novel with one about personified river wildlife. All in all this is a great addition to the series, and this version was not easy to find either!
- Now engaged to her beloved Gilbert, Anne Shirley has years to wait while he finishes medical school before they can start their life together. Anne takes a teaching job at a girls school and regales Gilbert with many letters about her eccentric housemates, the neighbors, her colleagues, and others she encounters. Even though Anne is grown up, she still manages to find her way into many adventures and to helping various people with their love or life problems.
*Elements of this book were used in the movie Anne of Green Gables The Sequel. - As much as I've enjoyed Anne of Green Gables, Anne of Avonlee and Anne of the Island this is simply better. I didn't read these as a child ( being male) but have just began a variety of Lucy Maude Montgomery's books. I have found them delightfully enjoyable. While the characters have been rich, generally delightful and situations well crafted she has reach another level in Anne of Windy Poplars. They are still engaging and delightful but now are more emotionally drawn. Anne still Anne it's those around her that have grown in richness.
- Anne of Windy Poplars continues the story of Anne. She is engaged to be married, and has accepted the position of Principal of the school at Summerside while she waits for her fiancé to finish medical school so they can be married. Anne's sweet disposition and usual cheerful nature assure her happiness wherever she finds herself. Although she is a little homesick for Avonlea and Green Gables, she makes the most of her time in Summerside, making new friends and winning over potential enemies.
- "Anne of Windy Poplars" is the excellent fourth book in the "Anne of Green Gables" series by Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery. It finds Anne Shirley, fresh from college, working as principal and teacher at the Summerside High School on Prince Edward Island. This book is the American version of Montgomery's original novel "Anne of Windy Willows."
Anne takes a room at Windy Poplars, an old house with character in Summerside, owned by two eccentric widows and kept by their gloriously opinionated cook and maid, Rebecca Dew. Next door is a neglected and lonely child named Elizabeth Grayson. The town is run by the prideful Pringle clan, and Anne's fellow teacher at Summerside is the antagonistic Katherine Brooke. These people and others will engage Anne's time and energy over the course of the book, and it is a tribute to this Anne that she works some magic on all of them.
This Anne of Windy Willows is worth knowing. She is a mature, attractive young woman with a degree and a good heart, increasingly conscious of her ability to affect the lives of others, and still vested with some of the fiestiness of her younger self. With increasing confidence and sometimes with unintended and hilarious results, Anne will set out to change Summerside for the better.
For those who complain that the young Anne of Green Gables disappeared in her later married days, here is a fine novel about her days as an independent woman, and what she accomplished. "Anne of Windy Poplars" was added into the Anne series by an older Montgomery, and the narrative contains some foreshadowings of Anne's life to come. Highly recommended to fans of the "Anne of Green Gables" series. - I am leaving a review about the hardcover binding of this book, since there are so many great reviews of my favorite in the Anne series, Windy Poplars, and because does not separate the reviews by bindings. I would have LOVED to have read a review about this particular hardcover binding! It is not a traditional hardcover; it is a cheap paperback glued to a cheap hard cover. This does not mean it is not attractive, because it is attractive - at least, more attractive than a plain ol' paperback. It means it will not wear any better than the cheap mass market paperbacks they print up these extended serials as. There are no quality printings of the whole series, and I've LOOKED! I'm not sorry I ordered this copy, despite the fact it was nearly $14, because my mass market paperback copy of Windy Poplars was shot, and I didn't want another of the same. As critical as I am of the cheap binding of the hardcover, I am inwardly hoping that it will hold up a LITTLE longer than the plain ol' paperback, but, time will tell.
- As Anne faces her first year teaching in a new town, she makes new friends and a few enemies. As usual she finds beauty and adventures in everyday life, and recounts her trials and triumphs to her fiance Gilbert as he attends medical school. Gentle, old-fashioned stories that are heartwarming and fun for all ages. If you enjoyed the first three books in the "Anne Shirley" series you won't be disappointed!
