Name: Anne of Green Gables
Price: 10.71 GBP
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Author: Lucy Maud Montgomery
ISBN: 9781607107286

Type

Physical Book

Author

Lucy Maud Montgomery

Publisher

Canterbury Classics

Year

2013

Language

English

Pages

264

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

19.3 x 13.7 x 2.3 cm

Weight

0.36 kg.

ISBN

1607107287

ISBN13

9781607107286

Synopsis "Anne of Green Gables"

Anne of Green Gables has been one of the world's most charming coming-of-age stories for more than a century. Best-selling Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery published the first book in her charming series in 1908, making it a literary favorite for more than a hundred years. Published as a children's novel, the story of Anne Shirley, an orphan, was inspired by the author's childhood adventures on rural Prince Edward Island. It follows Anne's journey as she moves to a farm on Prince Edward Island to live with a middle-aged brother and sister who had intended to adopt a boy to help them with farming chores. The story follows Anne as she makes a home and comes of age on the island.This chic and inexpensive edition comes with a heat-burnished cover, foil stamping, luxurious endpapers, and a smaller trim size that's easy to hold.The widely popular novel has sold more than 50 million copies and has been translated into more than twenty languages since its first publication. About the Word Cloud Classics series: Classic works of literature with a clean, modern aesthetic! Perfect for both old and new literature fans, the Word Cloud Classics series from Canterbury Classics provides a chic and inexpensive introduction to timeless tales. With a higher production value, including heat burnished covers and foil stamping, these eye-catching, easy-to-hold editions are the perfect gift for students and fans of literature everywhere.

Lucy Maud Montgomery

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(1874-1942) Escritora de origen canadiense. Trabajó como maestra en varias escuelas isleñas y como periodista en diarios regionales. Estudió literatura en la Universidad de Dalhousie durante dos años. En 1908 publica su primera novela protagonizada por Anne. A esta le seguirían varios títulos, que abarcan la adolescencia, juventud y madurez de la protagonista y la serie de Emily Starr. También publicó colecciones de cuentos, poesías y una autobiografía en la que se advierten semejanzas y diferencias entre la vida de la escritora y las de sus heroínas. Hoy su obra es objeto de investigaciones, conferencias y homenajes en todo el mundo.

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