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    Anne Of The Island
    Anne Of The Island
    Anne Of The Island
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    Anne Of The Island

    Written by Lucy Maud Montgomery

    Narrated by Laurie Klein

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    This is book #3 in the Anne of Green Gables series.  Anne is growing up and leaving the Island to spend four years of her life at Redmond College.  She meets a wonderful new friend in Philippa Gordon, offspring to an old and exclusive "bluenose" family. Phil's family ties, combined with her beauty and charm, open the gates of all the social cliques and clubs at Redmond.  And where Phil went, Anne went.  Thus, Anne found her social pathway at Redmond made very easy while other freshettes were doomed to remain on the fringe of things.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBooks in Motion
    Release dateFeb 15, 2000
    ISBN9781596077300
    Author

    Lucy Maud Montgomery

    L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery (1874-1942) was a Canadian author who published 20 novels and hundreds of short stories, poems, and essays. She is best known for the Anne of Green Gables series. Montgomery was born in Clifton (now New London) on Prince Edward Island on November 30, 1874. Raised by her maternal grandparents, she grew up in relative isolation and loneliness, developing her creativity with imaginary friends and dreaming of becoming a published writer. Her first book, Anne of Green Gables, was published in 1908 and was an immediate success, establishing Montgomery's career as a writer, which she continued for the remainder of her life.

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    • 4/5
      I'm not entirely sure Roy is a real person, but more of a figment of Anne's overblown imagination, and he suffers a merciless death (figuratively) when at last her quixotic dream ceases to sustain itself before her and she grows up. What happens with Anne seldom happens in real life, as it is ludicrously fortunate for her that Gilbert is so indomitable in his love that she gets so many chances, perhaps to an excessive degree (in so far as his contracting typhoid fever in his loveless agony because he can't live without her). The thing is, there is no such thing as a perfect man (or woman) and we are only deceiving ourselves if we think such people exist; they only exist in novels like this. I think this novel should serve as a warning: if we let ourselves become like Anne, it may very well cost us the only chance at love we get.
    • 4/5
      Just as delightful as the first two books and in fact, I like this slightly better than the second book. Maybe the short chapters helped, and the introduction of an interesting character i.e. Philippa Gordon. Montgomery's description of nature is the best - it transports you to the scene itself, yes, it's that good.
    • 4/5
      Very imaginative!
    • 3/5
      This is a good love story. We get to see Anne grow up and finally be honest with herself.
    • 3/5
      I like this one in the series as well. Although, I will say, I kinda like the Kevin Sullivan version better...
    • 4/5
      These series of Anne continue to be such good books, I can't believe it took me so long to read them. The story continues as Anne goes through four years of college, builds new friendships, and romantic interests.
    • 5/5
      Anne of the Island picks up the story with Anne, Gilbert, and Charlie going off to Redmond College. Mrs. Lynde, now a widow, has moved in with Marilla at Green Gables, thus enabling Anne to go off to school. So Anne joins the ranks of the coeds and has her college years enriched by new friendships and academic challenges. The romantic tension picks up in this story, with Gilbert declaring himself and meeting with a firm rebuff. Anne is certain that he doesn't fit her ideal, though she values him greatly as a friend. When a tall, dark, melancholy man does come along, Anne is swept off her feet and only realizes at the last moment how flat life would be with a humorless hero. Anne is a believable character; she makes mistakes in her relationships and suffers the humiliations and jealousies that most people experience at some point in their lives. I have always enjoyed this installment because Anne is an adult, but very much still herself. Her adventures at Redmond are always less important than the characters and their interactions. I get the impression that Redmond and really all the external circumstances of Anne's history are frames for the character sketches and funny episodes at which Montgomery excels. I love the descriptions of Anne's girlfriends in college; Philippa Gordon has to be one of the funniest, most lovable side characters in fiction. Aunt Jamesina isn't bad either, though I've always felt we didn't get to see enough of her. I found it interesting that Montgomery makes an effort in several places to defend humor. At one point she has Anne quote one of their professors, who says that humor is the best condiment for the feast life spreads for us. Montgomery's body of work testifies to this truth and I'm thankful to partake of her contribution to the feast. This is a very satisfying read and another of my favorites in the series. Long live Anne!
    • 4/5
      I like this book better than some of the other Anne books because it takes on more of an ensemble character, and because it appears to be more autobiographical, parallelling events in Montgomery's own life. She gets some mileage out of contrasting the social spaces of Avonlea, where some people can't conceive of Anne going to college and others come around to change their opinion of women being educated, and Redmond, where in spite of the intellectual focus, Anne is able to continue to find her "kindred spirits." Taking Anne more extendedly away from Avonlea also permits her to grow up more and to change her perspective on things, something anyone who has been through college can relate to. The unexpected death of a character also provides a very poignant philosophical episode that resonates with truth. The book is still a bit overly concerned with romantic ideals and flights of fancy, but Anne is starting to grow out of that a little more, and this book feels just that much stronger for it.
    • 4/5
      All the usual adjectives apply -- charming, sweet, touching, etc, etc. And oh, how my heart stopped at some moments. And the end is just lovely.
    • 4/5
      Another lovely story. I enjoy Anne more as she gets older and more mature. Her adventures away at college help her appreciate her island home even more.
    • 4/5
      I enjoyed reading about Anne's further studies.
    • 3/5
      Another pleasant, funny and endearing tale with the fantastic Ann Shirley.
    • 5/5
      Once again, L.M. Montgomery continues to delight us with the further adventures of Anne Shirley. In this installment, she's growing up. She's on her way to pursue a college degree. Naturally, she is homesick for Avonlea. (I am, too.) However, there is college life and a whole bevy of new friends to look forward to.

      I continue to be in raptures over Montgomery's writing style. It suits me to a "T". One of the things I disliked about this book (and I adjusted my ranking by half a star) was the animal killing. Anne and her group try to euthanize a cat. Luckily they fail. However, one of Anne's Avonlea neighbors succeeds in hanging his dog because it is no longer wanted. These passages made me both angry and sad.

      My character favorites continue to be Mrs. Rachel Lynde and Davy Keith. I smile every time they are mentioned. We are "kindred spirits".
    • 3/5
      This book picks up right where the last one left off with Anne going off to college and chronicles her years there. There, she meets chums new and old, and several of them decide to rent a house together instead of living a boarding rooms existence. And, all of the girls Anne grew up with, including Anne herself, meet their beaus -- false and true.

      With this re-read of the Anne of Green Gables series, this one strikes me as the weakest so far. That is not to say it's bad, but it does show a lot more issues of being a product of its time (think, rigid gender roles and flippant remarks about other races). It tries to be a mix of keeping to the old Avonlea folks while also introducing new people in Anne's life, with this being more successful at some times than others. All in all though, it remains a cozy read that just follows life -- there are times of happiness, times of sadness, and times of confusion when the path isn't clear.

      The audiobook reader for this one was decent -- not spectacular but not bad either.
    • 3/5
      This isnt really the kind of book I would normally be into, but I love all the characters already so I keep on reading.

      One thing I did find a bit disturbing is the casual (though probably historically acurate) animal cruelty. Anne and her housemates attempt to euthanize a cat and there are several mentions of killing animals for fun or convinience. Im not naive to the fact this happens but did not expect to find it here.
    • 4/5
      I got a little annoyed with Anne and her head in the clouds. She rejects Gilbert because he doesn't fulfill her fantasy. Than she meets a man who is everything she dreamed of - good looking, rich, a poet, who always says and does the right thing. Yet she ends up rejecting him, realizing there is no spark. She needed to go through that to grow to appreciate Gilbert.
    • 5/5
      At the heart of this exquisite episode into Anne's life is a love story, but it's not merely of romance. Anne falls in love with college and the pursuit of intellect, and that's what makes it one of my favorite books in the series. She finds her college friends, and they form an intimate circle. She starts to write, though this gets downplayed as the book continues--which is odd, since this is one of her dearest wishes. And, yes, she learns what it means to be in love, not just in the fairy stories, but for real.

      Let's get spoilery, though. Proceed only if you want to be spoiled.



      In the past, I've given Anne a hard time about refusing Gilbert the first time, but rereading it since I've been married has given me a little perspective. I have the feeling that if Gilbert had been alive 100 years later, that proposal would not have taken place, because the pressure to marry would have been less existent and he would have seen how very friend-driven Anne was. I think he fell into the trap of social conditioning. Anne, as it was, was not ready to marry *anyone* at that time in her life, and I don't think she would have been happy had she accepted Gilbert then. She had to realize of her own accord that she was in love with him, and to his credit, he backed off once she said no and only tried again when given a friend's encouragement that Anne would possibly be more receptive.

      I also think that Royal Gardner exists to show that a *physical* ideal is not the same as your *actual* ideal, because good grief, that man sounded hideously boring. I believe, too, that Anne needed a relationship with a flat and uninteresting character to contrast Gilbert's vibrant and supportive personality. Had she married Roy, she would have been thrust into the role of society wife, for which she was entirely unsuited and unprepared. And that's an alternate-universe fanfic I would be kind of interested in reading, now that you mention it.
    • 3/5
      A country girl goes to college.2.5/4 (Okay).It's pretty good when it focuses on the plot. It rarely does, though. And there's a new character, Phil, that I like enough that I'm almost tempted to keep reading the series. Almost. Being somewhat bored for three books is enough Montgomery for me, at least for a long while.
    • 4/5
      The third book in the "Anne of Green Gables" series sees Anne leave Avonlea and start life at Richmond College where new friends are made and more challenges faced. I loved the introduction of Philippa Gordon, who ends up sharing a house with Anne. She was so much fun with her quirky, loveable nature and incapability to make any firm decision.

      I have always been a big fan of Anne and Gilbert, although this time I could have screamed in frustration at Anne's inability to see how much Gilbert loved her until right at the end. However, thankfully, she came to her senses before it was too late.

      As for Ruby, I had forgotten what happened to her, and Montgomery wrote of her passing with such beauty and gentleness, it brought tears to my eyes. Now it's onto the next book.
    • 5/5
      This is probably my favorite of the series because it's got the most romance. :) Sometimes I will skip Anne of Avonlea and just go straight from the first one to this one.
    • 5/5
      Each Anne book is just so amazing. I love how Ms. Montgomery tailors the writing a little more grown up as Anne gets more grown up. Fun characters, witty dialogue and a fun storyline.
    • 4/5
      Note: While this is Book 3 in the series it works just fine as a stand alone.

      Anne Shirley is growing up and now in her late teens, she has the opportunity to go to college. Set in 1915, Redmond College in Nova Scotia, Canada is the nearest and best choice for her. Her dear friend Priscilla Grant also enrolls. Gilbert Blythe and Charlie Sloane, childhood friends, are returning for their second year of education. While there, Anne meets Philippa (Phil) Gordon who she becomes good friends with despite Phil’s honest vanity.

      I missed these classics when I was kid but I have enjoyed the trilogy as an adult. Book 1 is still my favorite as I feel Anne has the most imagination and the silliest accidents in that book. Now that she’s an adult, she still has much to learn but she doesn’t have as much imagination nor does she have so many simple mistakes and accidents. No, her blunders are fewer but also are more serious, especially in matters of the heart.

      Much of this book had to do with romance. Sigh. It seems that all the young people go off to college to find a spouse and if they happen to get a degree along the way, so much the better for it. While the ladies have some depth to them in this tale, the men are pretty much just stick figures. Even poor Gilbert Blythe has little to do with the tale. We learn so little about him that I as the reader could project any traits I like onto him to make him the perfect match for Anne. So I would have liked less romance and more details about the characters.

      With that said, the ladies have their hands full learning how to manage their lives away from home. Anne discovers that she does have a soft spot for cats after all. While Phil usually lacks a filter between brain and mouth, I did find her honesty about everything, including her own faults, to be amusing. One of the ladies gets a Math degree which I thought was great considering the date this was set in and published. (Though we rarely see any of the ladies doing anything related to their studies, since they spend so much time gossiping about the men).

      The most touching scene for me was when Anne returned to her birthplace. Phil happens to be from there and she invites Anne to come visit during one of their breaks from college. Anne has long wondered about her parents. Going to Bolingbroke held a lot of importance for Anne.

      After much drama about Anne’s love life, the story wraps up rather quickly. Things are tied up neatly and with a happy ending.

      I received a free copy of this book.

      Narration: Colleen Winton once again makes a great Anne. I like how she manages to make Anne sound a little older with each book while also managing to make her be distinctly Anne. Her male voices were also spot on as well as her elderly voices. Anne has a range of serious emotions in this book and Winton did great in capturing them with all their nuances.
    • 4/5
      Anne leaves her home and teaching job in Avonlea to pursue the college degree and scholarship she gave up to take care of Marilla.
    • 5/5
      Anne's tale continues with her 4 years at a university in Nova Scotia, with summers and holidays on PEI. A few of her chums from PEI are also at school with her, plus she meets new friends, bids goodbye to a childhood classmate who dies of consumption, almost gets engaged, rejects Gilbert's (and two other) proposals, and in the end is back in Avonlea, a graduate, and finally realizes that she's in love with Gilbert.
    • 4/5
      Here we are again! Book 3 of the Anne Shirley series.....
      Each book gets better. L.M. is giving Anne such maturity in this installment.
      Anne leaves home for college, finds new friends, connects with old ones, and falls in love.
      Another one that I didn't want to put down. I read it through in 2 sittings.
    • 4/5
      Audio book performed by Susan O’Malley

      In book three of the series, Anne Shirley goes away to Redmond College, along with Gilbert Blythe and Charlie Sloane. She rooms with her old friend Prissy Grant, and a new friend Philippa Gordon. College life has some surprises in store for Anne, including more than one marriage proposal and a possible new career as a writer.

      I never read these books as a child, but I am certainly enjoying them now. Anne is a marvelously engaging character – intelligent, naïve one minute, sensible the next, caring, loyal, and enthusiastic. If memory serves (it’s been over 40 years, after all), the interactions of the college roommates seems spot on perfect for students of that age. Oh, the excitement of young love – and the indecision! There are still scenes that take place on the island, of course, as Anne returns home for holidays, but the focus of the book is her college experiences as she grows into a young woman.

      Susan O’Malley does a fine job performing the audio book. She has good skill with various voices, easily differentiating the characters.
    • 5/5
      Like a breeze of fresh air, going back to the world of Avonlea and the characters of Anne, Gilbert, Diana, and their friends and family gives me the most refreshing feeling. And in this one we get to see Anne and Gilbert's relationship change, though not without some major bumps in the road. Anne's life as a college student at Redmond with her friends old and new becomes a time for her to learn many lessons about life. A most satisfying read that I would recommend to anyone!
    • 4/5
      I never read the Anne books before, and I'm loving them! I'm listening on Audible and love the narration.
    • 5/5
      [Re-read 2013]

      Still one of my favorites of the Anne series. I especially love Anne's growth here, learning to understand her own romantic notions. And oh how I wish I could spend a week (or a year) living with the chums in Patty's Place.
    • 3/5
      Would that I had been about 16 when I read this.
      This is Anne of Green Gables growing up, finding her place in the world, establishing great girlfriends, finding herself in the midst of studies, coming to terms with the meaning of death and life, understanding that friends can grow up and away, and of course, discovering love.

      Oh, would that I had been 16 when I turned the pages of these books! This is meant for someone who is soul-searching, who is a young adult wondering if college is all that people say it is, who is hoping to find love. Not just love, but love.

      I would have given it 4 stars if the romance was a little more realistic with more depth. Why were they so compatible? It's not really explained. You hardly see them talking - mostly Anne just going on one of her poetic spiels (lovely as they are, they do not showcase romantic love). And goodness, Roy is just too annoyingly perfect to even like his presence in the book. He's too much of a plot device and not enough of a character.

      I really, really enjoyed Phil because she was silly and vapid-sounding, but she wasn't. Not at all. And I love that characters (and people, ultimately) are not all that they seem on the surface. It is depth and layers and it is beautiful.

      I do have some quibbles with book - I am sometimes annoyed at the many monologues that Anne gets. What person who tolerate someone stream-of-conscience-ing them for so long as if who she was talking to didn't matter? Or how sometimes the book sounds very rude. For example, when Montgomery always makes the reference that Charlie was a Sloane, and everyone knows what Sloane's are like. Maybe it's because it's such an old book and a small town and that's what it's like, but for me (suburb, city girl in the 21st century), it completely rude and unfair.

      But ultimately, there is a reason Anne is a classic. Beautiful.

      3.5 stars. Oh, how I wish I were 16.

      -note-
      I realized I skipped book 2, and apparently that's where the romance builds between Anne and Gilbert, so there's that.