{"product_id":"anne-of-avonlea-9781529031836","title":"Anne of Avonlea","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDesigned to appeal to the book lover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautifully bound pocket-sized gift editions of much loved classic titles. Bound in real cloth, printed on high quality paper, and featuring ribbon markers and gilt edges, Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThere are lots of new characters to get to know as well as many much loved ones to meet again in \u003ci\u003eAnne of Avonlea\u003c\/i\u003e, Lucy Maud Montgomery's sequel to \u003ci\u003eAnne of Green Gables.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnne Montgomery is now sixteen and preparing to take up her new role as a teacher in the local school. She has her best friend Diana Barry by her side and Gilbert Blythe, her childhood enemy, who is now a trusty ally and a fellow teacher. As impulsive as ever, Anne launches into her new career with characteristic vigour.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLucy Maud Montgomery was born on Prince Edward Island, Canada, in 1874 and raised by her maternal grandparents following her mother's death. Biographical accounts of her upbringing suggest a strict and rather lonely childhood. She later spent a number of years working as a teacher before turning to journalism and then, ultimately, to writing fiction. \u003ci\u003eAnne of Green Gables\u003c\/i\u003e, published in 1908, was her first novel and has remained in print the world over ever since. Montgomery died in Toronto in 1942.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"MacMillan Collector's Library","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50527752225042,"sku":"9781529031836","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_347851b8-3816-484b-bc4b-7228943bb0b9.jpg?v=1731313069","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/anne-of-avonlea-9781529031836","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}