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Broadview Editions, part of Broadview Press (Peterborough), published a critical edition of L.M. Montgomery’s Anne of Green Gables in 2004.

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Anne of Green Gables (Peterborough: Broadview Editions, 2004)

Anne of Green Gables (Peterborough: Broadview Editions, 2004)

Edited by Cecily Devereux.

Preface (7–8), introduction (12–38), “Lucy Maud Montgomery: A Brief Chronology” (39–41), and “A Note on the Text” (42–50), by Cecily Devereux. “Appendix A: Selected Montgomery Stories before Anne” (335–64), “Appendix B: Montgomery on Writing” (365–70), “Appendix C: Montgomery on Gender” (371–84), “Appendix D: The ‘Pansy’ Novels of Isabella Macdonald Alden” (385–90), and “Appendix E: Selected Reviews” (391–97).

Trade paperback. 8 1/2” × 5 1/2”. 400 pp. ISBN 1-55111-362-7. Epigraph included; dedication omitted.

This critical edition of Anne of Green Gables contains the complete text of the original published edition, a detailed introduction, a chronology of Montgomery’s life, detailed information about the publishing history of the book, four additional short stories and two essays by Montgomery, an interview with Montgomery, selected reviews of the book, as well as extracts from Isabella Macdonald Alden’s “Pansy” books.

A copy of the first printing is in the site owner’s collection.

Synopsis

L.M. Montgomery’s Anne of Green Gables is one of the best-known and most enduringly popular novels of the twentieth century. First published in 1908, it has never been out of print, and it continues, nearly a century after its first appearance, to appeal to new readers in many locations around the world. Anne of Green Gables is the story of how a little girl, adopted from an orphan asylum by a brother and sister seeking a boy to help them on their Prince Edward Island farm, grows to responsible young adulthood and, as she grows, brings light and life to her adoptive home. Although it is, as Montgomery described it in her journal, a “simple little tale,” it has nonetheless generated not only an international readership but, more recently, an increasing critical interest that focuses on the text’s engagement with social and political issues, its relation to Montgomery’s life and her other writing, and its circulation as a popular cultural commodity in Canada and elsewhere.

This Broadview edition is based on the first edition of Anne of Green Gables. It includes a critical introduction and a fascinating selection of contemporary documents, including contemporary review of the novel, other writings by L.M. Montgomery (stories, writings on gender and on writing), and excerpts from the “Pansy” books by Isabella Macdonald Alden.

Contents

Preface (7–8)

Acknowledgements (9–10)

Abbreviations (11)

Introduction / Cecily Devereux (12–38)

Lucy Maud Montgomery: A Brief Chronology (39–41)

A Note on the Text / Cecily Devereux (42–50)

Anne of Green Gables (51–334)

Appendix A: Selected Montgomery Stories Before Anne

  1. “Our Uncle Wheeler” (1898) (335–44)
  2. “A New-Fashioned Flavoring” (1898) (344–56)
  3. “Patty’s Mistake” (1902) (356–60)
  4. “The Cake That Prissy Made” (1903) (360–64)

Appendix B: Montgomery on Writing: “The Way to Make a Book” (1915) (365–70)

Appendix C: Montgomery on Gender

  1. “The Thirty Sweet Girl Graduates of Dalhousie University” (1896) (371–79)
  2. “Famous Author and Simple Mother” (1925) (379–84)

Appendix D: The “Pansy” Novels of Isabella Macdonald Alden

  1. From The Man of the House (1883) (385–87)
  2. From Links in Rebecca’s Life (1878) (387–89)
  3. From Ruth Erskine’s Crosses (1879) (389–90)

Appendix E: Selected Reviews

  1. The New York Times Saturday Review of Books (18 July 1908) (391)
  2. Montreal Daily Herald (21 July 1908) (392)
  3. The Globe (15 August 1908) (392–93)
  4. Outlook (22 August 1908) (393–94)
  5. Canadian Magazine (November 1908) (394)
  6. The Bookman (March–August 1909) (395)
  7. Spectator (13 March 1909) (395–96)
  8. The Mail and Empire (6 December 1913) (397)

Select Bibliography (398–400)