Anne of Green Gables, L. M. Montgomery - Genevieve Wiggins (essay date 1992)
Genevieve Wiggins (essay date 1992)
SOURCE: Wiggins, Genevieve. “‘Born of True Love’: Anne of Green Gables.” In L. M. Montgomery, pp. 19-42. New York: Twayne Publishers, 1992.
[In the following excerpt, Wiggins discusses major themes in Anne of Green Gables and Montgomery's personal affection for the book.]
After eight years of growing success in writing for periodicals, Montgomery, in her own words, “went to work and wrote a book” (Weber, 51). In the spring of 1904, she began her account of a red-haired orphan girl adopted by an elderly couple, intending to use the story as a short serial for a Sunday-school periodical. Her central character soon became so real to her that she decided to follow a long-standing ambition and make the adventures of Anne the basis for a full-length novel. Written during the evenings at her grandmother's home in Cavendish, the work was completed in October 1905,1...
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