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From: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Date: 20080415
Author:
L. M. Montgomery (Lucy Maud Montgomery), 1874-1942, Canadian novelist, b. Prince Edward Island. Her first novel,
Anne of Green Gables
(1908), met with immediate success and has been widely translated. Anne Shirley, the novel's heroine, is a spirited, witty young girl with red hair and a wild imagination. The novel's sequels include
Anne of Avonlea
(1909),
Chronicles of Avonlea
(1912),
Anne of the Island
(1915), and
Anne's House of Dreams
(1917).
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The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 2008
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