{"product_id":"the-annotated-anne-of-green-gables-9780195104288","title":"The Annotated Anne of Green Gables","description":"Since its publication in 1908, \u003cem\u003eAnne of Green Gables\u003c\/em\u003e has been a continuous international best-seller, enjoying successful television adaptations on PBS and The Disney Channel, and captivating children and adults alike with the irresistible charms of its remarkable heroine, Anne Shirley. This\u003cbr\u003ewildly imaginative, red-headed chatterbox tries to fit into the narrow confines of Victorian expectations, but her exuberant spirit keeps leaping delightfully beyond the bounds. Indeed, when Maud Montgomery decided to reject the sermonizing formulas of the children's books of her day, she brought to\u003cbr\u003elife a character much closer to Jane Eyre, David Copperfield, and Tom Sawyer--also orphans, like Anne--than to the self-sacrificing, conformist heroines then in demand. In doing so, Montgomery subtly questioned the values of her society--the stifling restraints of its religion and most especially\u003cbr\u003eits treatment of women--while giving readers all the pleasures of her considerable story-telling gifts. \u003cbr\u003e Now, in this first fully annotated edition of \u003cem\u003eAnne of Green Gables\u003c\/em\u003e, readers will appreciate more clearly than ever before the scope and depth of this extraordinary novel. Editors Margaret Anne Doody, Mary Doody Jones, and Wendy Barry provide a richly illustrated, completely revised text, along\u003cbr\u003ewith hundreds of notes describing the real-life characters and settings Anne encounters, the autobiographical connections between Anne and Maud Montgomery, and the book's astonishing range of literary, biblical, and mythological references. Additional essays offer fascinating background information\u003cbr\u003eon such topics as the geography and settlement of Prince Edward Island (where \u003cem\u003eAnne\u003c\/em\u003e takes place); the education, orphanages, music, and literature of Anne's time; and the horticulture, homemade artifacts, and food preparation that are so prevalent in the story. Margaret Anne Doody supplies a\u003cbr\u003ecomprehensive introduction, which situates the novel in its literary and social contexts, explores those aspects of Montgomery's life most relevant to the story, examines revisions in the manuscripts, and provides an overall sense of both the impulses that drove Montgomery to write \u003cem\u003eAnne of Green\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eGables\u003c\/em\u003e and the larger concerns it dramatizes so compellingly. This edition also contains a chronology of Montgomery's life, an extensive bibliography, songs and poems that appear in the text, and a selection of original reviews of the book. This wealth of material enables readers to grasp the\u003cbr\u003emarvelous multi-layeredness of the novel and to understand more fully its place in both its own time and in ours.\u003cbr\u003e Elegantly and beautifully designed, with generous illustrations from previous editions, photographs of the places the novel inhabits, and explanatory drawings that reproduce the texture of Anne's world, \u003cem\u003eThe Annotated Anne of Green Gables\u003c\/em\u003e is a major event in the publishing history of one of the\u003cbr\u003eworld's most charming stories.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e L. M. Montgomery\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/28\/1997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 504\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.10h x 8.20w x 1.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780195104288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Review - Children\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/15\/1997 pg. 1585\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/1998 pg. 822\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/1998 pg. 246\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMargaret Anne Doody\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of English at Vanderbilt University. \u003cstrong\u003eMary Doody Jones\u003c\/strong\u003e is an independent scholar and an authority on \u003cem\u003eAnne\u003c\/em\u003e and L.M. Montgomery. \u003cstrong\u003eWendy Barry\u003c\/strong\u003e is a Graduate Student in English at Vanderbilt University.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":40078471200883,"sku":"9.7802E+12","price":49.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_637eb1e9-84a2-4a41-91a9-e0741af39472.jpg?v=1652191104","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/the-annotated-anne-of-green-gables-9780195104288","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}