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Anne of Windy Poplars (Anne of Green Gables, #4)

L.M. Montgomery

Start date: March 11, 2022

Finish date: April 3, 2022

Why we're reading this: Read with Kerri, Leeanne, Shirin; my second five stars for Anne Shirley's series.…more
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Apr 03, 2022 C. (Comment, never msg). rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

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I read this oeuvre jointly with Kerri, Leeanne, and Shirin. They dismissed the question of Lucy Maud Montgomery writing about Anne’s twenties, 19 years after “Anne’s House Of Dreams”. It succeeds this volume and introduces Anne’s & Gilbert’s marriage. They presumed it was fan interest but I love discussing curiosities. I doubt requests coerce authors into work, unless material was planned.

I think Maud wondered about Anne after university, or noticed gaps and made them replete. It will whet my cu ...more

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Apr 07, 2022 Kerri rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

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There really is something about Anne Shirley -- even when the book had its predictable moments, when L.M. Montgomery returns to the various situations and character types that she perhaps overuses a bit, Anne shines through and makes the reading experience absolutely lovely. Although it's not just Anne -- the author does have a magical way with language. I know if I tried to replicate it I would just sound silly, a pale imitation, but her beautiful descriptions of houses, places, people and thou ...more

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Apr 08, 2022 S. ≽^•⩊•^≼ I'm not here yet rated it liked it · review of another edition

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5/10

The last two books of Anne were my least favorite. I always wonder how the author of Anne of Green Gables (the first book) wrote these two.
Anne is changed sooo muccch, the people around her are not good and lovely as Marilla and Matthew and I know everybody loves this...
So, probably it just me
This was a buddy read with Carolyn, Leeanne, and Kerri, and they loved this, and I enjoyed reading with them more than reading this book!

Anne of Green Gables 8.75/10
Anne of Avonlea 7.5/10
Anne of the Isl ...more

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Apr 03, 2022 Leeanne G rated it really liked it

“Anne of Windy Poplars” covers three years during which Anne works as the principal and school mistress of Summerside High, while Gilbert is in medical school. Most of the first section - aptly titled The First Year - is written as letters from Anne to Gilbert. I did like getting to spend some time in Anne’s point of view, but I think I still prefer the third person view for these books. I love how Anne has matured, and is continuing to gather wisdom about the world. However, in true Anne Shirle “Anne of Windy Poplars” covers three years during which Anne works as the principal and school mistress of Summerside High, while Gilbert is in medical school. Most of the first section - aptly titled The First Year - is written as letters from Anne to Gilbert. I did like getting to spend some time in Anne’s point of view, but I think I still prefer the third person view for these books. I love how Anne has matured, and is continuing to gather wisdom about the world. However, in true Anne Shirley fashion, she still gets herself into a bit of trouble when trying to help others.

There were quite a few unpleasant characters in this story, but thankfully, none of them stayed long. Delightful characters, like Elizabeth Grayson and Katherine Brooke, made up for the others. I also enjoyed the widows, Rebecca Dew, the Little Fellow, Lewis Allen, and Minerva Tomgallon. Minerva’s elegance and drama were unparalleled here. Oh and of course, Dusty Miller, a cat finally being treated right in this series! What a relief! While Maud blessed us with several lovely new characters, she neglected to give readers much time with the characters of Avonlea. There are few scenes with Marilla, Mrs. Lynde, the twins, Gilbert, or Diana. It was actually Diana’s presence that I missed the most.

Elizabeth Grayson was my favourite character. She reminds me of Sara Crewe, (minus some things about Sara). I love her idea of "Tomorrow", in which everything wonderful will happen and Elizabeth will be free to be and do whatever she likes. She was an endless joy and must return at some point in the series.

This was a buddy read with Kerri, Shirin, and Carolyn. In our discussion, we’ve noticed that Maud seems to almost have a formula for these books. We’ve met so many similar types of characters, (Maud went really heavy on the disagreeable ones here) and Anne has had to deal with similar problems. However, as Anne pointed out to Marilla in the first book, she never makes the same mistake twice. As far as I recall, Maud has stayed true to this so far. ...more

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