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Anne Blythe (née Shirley) was the orphan taken in by Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert, the daughter of Walter and Bertha Shirley, a bosom friend of Diana Barry, a friend and eventually the wife of Gilbert Blythe, and the mother of Joyce, Jem, Walter, Nan, Di, Shirley, and Rilla Blythe. Anne was adopted by Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert at Green Gables. At first, they thought that they were getting ...
Mrs. Blythe (mother-in-law) Anne Shirley is a fictional character introduced in the 1908 novel Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery. Shirley is featured throughout the classic book series, which revolve around her life and family in 19th and 20th-century Prince Edward Island .
- Walter Shirley (father, deceased), Bertha Willis (mother, deceased), Matthew Cuthbert (adoptive guardian), Marilla Cuthbert (adoptive guardian), Gilbert Blythe (husband), John Blythe (father-in-law)
- L. M. Montgomery
- Female
- Anne has fans—and many of them are writers. Famous curmudgeon Mark Twain loved her, saying she was "the dearest and most lovable child in fiction" since Lewis Carroll's Alice.
- Anne is big in Japan. In 1939, a missionary from New Brunswick left her copy of Anne with a friend, respected translator Hanako Muraoka. Muraoka secretly translated the book into Japanese, renaming it Akage No Anne (Anne of the Red Hair), but held on to it through the war.
- Anne was a hero of the Polish Resistance. Anne of Green Gables was translated, although not officially, into Polish in 1912. This pirated copy, under the spurious author name “Anne Montgomery,” would become hugely popular and deeply important to Poland over the next 40 years and beyond.
- Anne is big business. While the sales of the books may have slowed somewhat with age, Anne is still big business to all those kindred spirits who love her so.
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Anne Shirley. When Anne arrives in Avonlea, she is a stray waif with a pitiable past, but she quickly establishes herself in Green Gables and the Avonlea community. She is not useful to Matthew and Marilla, her guardians, who wanted a boy orphan to help out on the farm. Still, Anne’s spirit brings vitality to the narrow, severe atmosphere at ...
Anne was born to Walter Shirley and Bertha Shirley, both of whom were teachers. They died when she was three months old. She'd been transferred from home to home, either because her owner's relatives died or they didn't need her anymore. The first known person we know of Anne living with is Mrs. Thomas. When her husband died, she sent Anne back to the orphanage. The second known home Anne had ...
Anne Shirley. Anne Shirley (portrayed by Megan Follows) with her famous straw hat is the daughter of Walter and Bertha Shirley. She endured a troubled childhood, bouncing from orphanage to orphanage and from one harsh family to another, aided only by her vast imagination and fiery spirit. She was finally adopted by Mathew and Marilla Cuthbert ...
Anne Shirley, the protagonist, is an orphan girl with thick red hair, plentiful freckles, and big, expressive eyes. Anne was born in Nova Scotia to Walter and Bertha Shirley, who both died within a few months of her birth. After that, Anne was sheltered by Mrs. Thomas and then Mrs. Hammond until she was about 10 years old, caring for both ...
