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Anne of Avonlea by L.M. Montgomery
3.0
Anne's second book of ventures details her two years after Queen's, when Anne teaches at the Avonlea school.
This "schoolma'am" is unlike the others of the neighbouring schools in that she tells fairy stories, traipses theough the wood, and inspires her students through her own good nature - as her highbrow teaching philosophies fall by the wayside.
As Anne teaches, she inevitably learns from her students, and matures into womanhood.
She is also helped on her way by the care of Davy and Dora, two twins that Marilla adopted out of filial duty. Marilla and Anne come to love the twins, especially Davy - despite the mischief that he constantly gets into.
Anne revels in answering nonsense to Davy's practical questions and wins in him a real admirer.
In this book, we can certainly see more of the trend of bringing outside characters in to provide stories. Although they have little to no weight on the plot, they are pleasant to read.
This book does have an overarching theme - which some later books lack - whoch is tied up nicely at the end, and leads us to the next in the series, Anne of the Island.
This "schoolma'am" is unlike the others of the neighbouring schools in that she tells fairy stories, traipses theough the wood, and inspires her students through her own good nature - as her highbrow teaching philosophies fall by the wayside.
As Anne teaches, she inevitably learns from her students, and matures into womanhood.
She is also helped on her way by the care of Davy and Dora, two twins that Marilla adopted out of filial duty. Marilla and Anne come to love the twins, especially Davy - despite the mischief that he constantly gets into.
Anne revels in answering nonsense to Davy's practical questions and wins in him a real admirer.
In this book, we can certainly see more of the trend of bringing outside characters in to provide stories. Although they have little to no weight on the plot, they are pleasant to read.
This book does have an overarching theme - which some later books lack - whoch is tied up nicely at the end, and leads us to the next in the series, Anne of the Island.