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3.86 AVERAGE
hopeful
lighthearted
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
“You were never poor as long as you had something to love.” -- L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Windy Poplars
A one-sided epistolary account of the three years intervening Anne and Gilbert’s engagement and marriage. One-sided as all of the letters are penned by Anne, Gilbert’s replies up to your imagination.
A one-sided epistolary account of the three years intervening Anne and Gilbert’s engagement and marriage. One-sided as all of the letters are penned by Anne, Gilbert’s replies up to your imagination.
I can make many reproaches of this fourth installment to the Anne series. The lack of continuity: characters—Pauline, Hazel, Mrs. Tomgallon, Gerald and Geraldine — appear and disappear with neither preamble nor follow-up; Gilbert’s absent character — I honestly can’t remember him uttering a single line of dialogue; the gradual fading of all those elements of Anne’s character that once won my seven-year-old heart — her imagination, ambition, and stubborn perseveration despite all odds. By now, she has all but given up her authorial ambitions, content to surround herself with the less clever and less educated for their admiration.
For all its faults, I thoroughly enjoyed this book. Perhaps it was the saving grace of nostalgia; perhaps my heart, aggrieved by Frankenstein and bruised by If We Were Villains, found the relief it sought in this light-hearted novel. It’s not one you pick up for its historical or literary value (though I believe Montgomery’s prose is singular in its own charming, diffident way), but for a comforting reminder that the best lies beyond every bend in the road, and the pithy truths tucked between the lines.
I read this book as part of the 300 books everyone should read once challenge featured on listopia. i can't believe i never read them before this. i'm really enjoying it. although i can't see any person getting into as many adventures and scrapes as anne seems too even as an adult.
emotional
funny
inspiring
lighthearted
relaxing
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Nuestra querida Ana Shirley ahora trabaja como maestra, durante tres años, en una escuela secundaria de niñas pudientes.
En Summerside, donde se desarrolla esta aventura, se encuentra viviendo en una pensión con unas viudas a las que les coge mucho cariño y a la casa también. Hasta tiene nombre propio la casa "Álamos Ventosos".
En esa casa Ana vive en la torre. Imaginaos. Solo le faltaba a Ana que su contexto realmente fuese así de novelesco como para que deje volar su imaginación. Que conste, sigue sin tener límites.Sus modales han mejorado y sabe mejor cómo tratar con la gente; pero sigue siendo Ana.
Este libro es diferente a los demás en algo bastante curioso. Sabemos que a Ana le encanta escribir, pero es que esta novela es sobre todo epistolar.Casi toda la historia está contada a partir de fragmentos de cartas que dirige a su querido Gilbert Blythe, a quien no deja de extrañar y recordarle que su gran amor mediante cartas de amor jajaj
En esta parte de la vida de Ana podemos ver cómo, más que la vida de Ana en si, va conociendo todo tipo de gente y aprende muchísimo de la vida.Las niñas que conoce son de todo tipo. No olvidemos mencionar a las Pingle.
A vosotros al leer este apellido no os entra antojo de comer papas Pringle? JajaLa verdad es que ha sido diferente a lo que estoy acostumbrada en otros libros de esta saga inolvidable, me ha gustado menos en ciertas ocasiones.
Extrañaba una historia más centrada en Anne y Gilbert. Pero ya imagino que sabremos de esa historia en el siguiente libro.
En Summerside, donde se desarrolla esta aventura, se encuentra viviendo en una pensión con unas viudas a las que les coge mucho cariño y a la casa también. Hasta tiene nombre propio la casa "Álamos Ventosos".
En esa casa Ana vive en la torre. Imaginaos. Solo le faltaba a Ana que su contexto realmente fuese así de novelesco como para que deje volar su imaginación. Que conste, sigue sin tener límites.Sus modales han mejorado y sabe mejor cómo tratar con la gente; pero sigue siendo Ana.
Este libro es diferente a los demás en algo bastante curioso. Sabemos que a Ana le encanta escribir, pero es que esta novela es sobre todo epistolar.Casi toda la historia está contada a partir de fragmentos de cartas que dirige a su querido Gilbert Blythe, a quien no deja de extrañar y recordarle que su gran amor mediante cartas de amor jajaj
En esta parte de la vida de Ana podemos ver cómo, más que la vida de Ana en si, va conociendo todo tipo de gente y aprende muchísimo de la vida.Las niñas que conoce son de todo tipo. No olvidemos mencionar a las Pingle.
A vosotros al leer este apellido no os entra antojo de comer papas Pringle? JajaLa verdad es que ha sido diferente a lo que estoy acostumbrada en otros libros de esta saga inolvidable, me ha gustado menos en ciertas ocasiones.
Extrañaba una historia más centrada en Anne y Gilbert. Pero ya imagino que sabremos de esa historia en el siguiente libro.
Not as good as the others. Pretty boring, in fact, despite the fact that it's pretty much Anne's chronicles of the improbably outlandish characters who parade through her three years of teaching while Gilbert's in medical school. The plot wanders in and out of third person and first person (Anne's letters to Gilbert), which got a bit ridiculous, especially in audiobook.
And speaking of audio - the woman who was paid to record this should learn the proper pronunciations of certain key words. She pronounced "Avonlea," Anne's hometown, as "A' - vonn - lee' - uh" which was quite off-putting. I've heard better readers volunteering for the Librivox.org projects. This, however, is not in the public domain, so I had to find a pay-to-listen copy, so I had higher expectations. /endrant.
Back to review - Since Montgomery was embracing the epistolary format, I'm a bit disappointed that she didn't include some exerpts from Gilbert's letters to Anne, or at least Anne's responses to his letters - all of her letters read as if he was ignoring her completely and she was just telling him about her life. Didn't he at least write a few lines about the difficulties of school? Wouldn't she have responded with some interest in what he was learning? Meh.
You could probably skip this one, and not really miss anything if you're reading the series. It was find for background noise while I managed our document retention practices, but even if I was a kid I probably wouldn't waste my time sitting down with a paperback on my free time. I'm wondering now if that's exactly what I did 20+ years ago when I first read this series, because I did not remember anything about this book. I think I skipped straight from Anne of the Island to Rainbow Valley.
And speaking of audio - the woman who was paid to record this should learn the proper pronunciations of certain key words. She pronounced "Avonlea," Anne's hometown, as "A' - vonn - lee' - uh" which was quite off-putting. I've heard better readers volunteering for the Librivox.org projects. This, however, is not in the public domain, so I had to find a pay-to-listen copy, so I had higher expectations. /endrant.
Back to review - Since Montgomery was embracing the epistolary format, I'm a bit disappointed that she didn't include some exerpts from Gilbert's letters to Anne, or at least Anne's responses to his letters - all of her letters read as if he was ignoring her completely and she was just telling him about her life. Didn't he at least write a few lines about the difficulties of school? Wouldn't she have responded with some interest in what he was learning? Meh.
You could probably skip this one, and not really miss anything if you're reading the series. It was find for background noise while I managed our document retention practices, but even if I was a kid I probably wouldn't waste my time sitting down with a paperback on my free time. I'm wondering now if that's exactly what I did 20+ years ago when I first read this series, because I did not remember anything about this book. I think I skipped straight from Anne of the Island to Rainbow Valley.
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Not my favorite of the series, but I just love Anne so much.
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes