Tag Archives: Anne of Green Gables

Anne with an E

It’s going to be a minute before I get back into the swing of finishing and posting book reviews – so, in the meantime, I’ll go back to my Anneish roots. – The credits are glorious. And here’s why. There … Continue reading

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Anne of Green Gables revisited – again

Have you seen this? I want everything on this page. I’ve written about Anne before, a few times. But – as with any extraordinary book – every time I read or listen to it something different sticks with me. As … Continue reading

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Anne of Green Gables – L.M. Montgomery / Karen Savage

Here is a comfort book which, for once, I actually have read fairly recently. I believe I read it within the past twelvemonth – but not via the Librivox recording by, yes, Karen Savage. (I’m a fan. Sue me. I … Continue reading

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Anne of Avonlea: In defense of Miss Lavendar

  I mentioned in one of the other posts that Miss Lavendar has always been one of my favorite characters in the Anne oeuvre.  Now that I’m an old maid myself, I take her as something of a patron saint.  … Continue reading

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Anne of Avonlea — and not (episode 4)

I was going to go on as usual and write a post about the remainder of the BBC Anne of Avonlea, but … there’s too much.  (I don’t even have the heart to make that a Princess Bride reference.)  My … Continue reading

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Anne of Avonlea (BBC)

Anne of Avonlea  (TV mini-series 1975) Director: Joan Craft Writers:  Lucy Maud Montgomery (novel), Elaine Morgan (adaptation) I guess I never looked very hard for other Annes than the Kevin Sullivan/Megan Follows, because I never knew this version existed.  I’ve seen … Continue reading

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Plum puffs won’t minister to a script diseased

It’s not a good sign when one film is about one book and the next takes in … three.  It’s also not a good sign when the producer “didn’t think there was ‘enough dramatic material for a film’ and the … Continue reading

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Anne of Green Gables, and … not

I’ve been posting a great deal more lately on the TV/movies side of the blog than here; I haven’t had a lot to say about what I’ve been reading: Anne McCaffrey and Jill Churchill.  I’m letting a couple of ideas … Continue reading

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The wisdom of Anne & Co.

I was looking for something – two somethings, in fact, quotes I jotted down in my work notebooks. I found one – that’s a whole ‘nother post – and the other is still MIA, but in the search – as … Continue reading

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