"Anne blew a couple of airy kisses from her fingertips past the cherry blossoms and then, with her chin in her hands, drifted luxuriously out on a sea of daydreams."
-L.M. Montgomery
Anne of Green Gables
| L.M. Montgomery's Publications | Date |
|---|---|
| Anne of Green Gables | 1908 |
| Anne of Avonlea | 1909 |
| Kilmeny of the Orchard | 1910 |
| The Story Girl | 1911 |
| Chronicles of Avonlea | 1912 |
| The Golden Road | 1913 |
| Anne of the Island | 1915 |
| The Watchman and Other Poems | 1916 |
| Anne's House of Dreams | 1917 |
| Rainbow Valley | 1919 |
| Further Chronicles of Avonlea | 1920 |
| Rilla of Ingleside | 1921 |
| Emily of New Moon | 1923 |
| Emily Climbs | 1925 |
| The Blue Castle | 1926 |
| Emily's Quest | 1927 |
| Magic for Marigold | 1929 |
| A Tangled Web | 1931 |
| Pat of Silver Bush | 1933 |
| Courageous Women (Essays written with Marian Keith and Mabel Burns McKinley) | 1934 |
| Mistress Pat | 1935 |
| Anne of Windy Poplars | 1936 |
| Jane of Lantern Hill | 1937 |
| Anne of Ingleside | 1939 |
In 1908, after Anne of Green Gables was published, the novel was reviewed by The New York Times Book Review. The book was harshly reviewed by an anonymous reviewer who said the character Anne Shirley, “greatly marred a story that had in it quaint and charming possibilities.”
Personally, one of the first words I think of in describing Anne Shirley is "charming." It's a bit sad that the reviewer missed out on Anne's charms, don't you think?
In 1924, bylines were required for the The New York Times Book Review, and reviewers had less freedom to be callous because they were no longer anonymous. Read more about the unsympathetic reviews written anonymously for The New York Times Book Review prior to 1924 in "When the Book Review Went Really Harsh" by Tina Jordan published in The New York Times on August 27, 2021.
