Before Green Gables

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Before Green Gables
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Cover of Viking Canada 2008 Hardcover
Author Budge Wilson
Country Canada
Language English
Genre(s) Children's novel
Publication date 2008
Media type Print (Hardcover)
Followed by Anne of Green Gables

Before Green Gables is the title of the prequel to the Anne Shirley Series.[1] The book is being published by Puffin, a division of Penguin Books. Anne Shirley's centennial anniversary and that the Anne Shirley series will also be re-released to commemorate the event.[1] The first book in the Anne Shirley series was Anne of Green Gables, which was published in 1908. It has now been released.

The author of the prequel will be Canadian children's author Budge Wilson.[1] In the official press release, Budge Wilson wrote: ‘I will, of course, try to be true to the astonishing character that Lucy Maud Montgomery created… But I would not – in fact, could not – presume to tell my part of Anne’s history in Montgomery’s voice. I will do this in my own voice, hoping that she would approve of the project if she were alive today.’[1]

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[edit] Synopsis

This book is about the death of Anne Shirley's parents and the resulting struggles of Anne's pre-Gables youth. The book shows how deeply in-love Bertha and Walter Shirley were. The book also tells details about the fever that killed Anne's parents. The book tells in detail the emotions Anne feels, the people in her life, and the way she connects with other people till she is on the train to Green Gables. The Thomases are bizarrely bitter. [1]

[edit] Publisher

Following three editions are sold from different publishers.

[edit] Criticism

Benjamin Lefebvre, co-chairman of the L.M. Montgomery Research Group wrote an article about this book.[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d e Penguin Books ltd., Press Release: December 14 2007. Available via http://penguin.co.uk/pressoffice
  2. ^ Eternally Anne