TABLE OF CONTENTS
THE ANNE OF GREEN GABLES TREASURY
Special Commemorative Edition
Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of
Anne of Green Gables 1908-2008
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER ONE
L. M. Montgomery and the Anne Books
Contains: Short biography and photograph of L. M. Montgomery, the author of the Anne books; map of Prince Edward Island; synopses of all eight Anne books (Anne of Green Gables, Anne of Avonlea, Anne of the Island, Anne of Windy Poplars, Anne's House of Dreams, Anne of Ingleside, Rainbow Valley, Rilla of Ingleside); map of "Avonlea;" Anne's Family Tree
CHAPTER TWO
Anne's World
Contains: Brief history of Prince Edward Island; all about Green Gables; map of Green Gables farm (including Lover's Lane, the Dryad's Bubble, Anne's school); detailed floor plans of Green Gables (including Anne's room, the kitchen and pantries, parlour, sitting room, and six other rooms)
CHAPTER THREE
Through the Years
Contains: Important events, inventions, books published during Anne's "lifetime" in the Anne books (1866-1919), year by year. For instance, did you know that the teddy bear did not appear until 1903 when Anne was thirty-seven years old? Or that the candy bar was not invented until 1911 when Anne was forty-five? Find out when the tea-bag, the ice cream cone, the bicycle, the electric range and many more items were introduced and how old Anne would have been at the time. Anne lived in an exciting era!
CHAPTER FOUR
School Days, Special Days
Contains: What it was like to go to Anne's one-room school with one teacher for eight grades; what Anne would have studied (literature, history, algebra, Latin and Greek, and many more subjects); pastimes and celebrations
CHAPTER FIVE
Tea Time
Contains: Learn how to prepare some of Anne's favorite food the way she would have (cucumber sandwiches, tea biscuits with homemade strawberry jam, shortbread, lemon biscuits, monkey-face cookies, sponge cake with orange-coconut frosting, caramel pie and more); ideas for having an Anne Tea Party; decorating the tea table; how to make sugared flowers to garnish your tea trays
CHAPTER SIX
Busy Hands
Contains: How to make some of the crafts Anne and her friends made, such as Anne's Flowered Hat, crocheted lace, potpourri, pressed flowers, button string
CHAPTER SEVEN
In Fine Fashion
Contains: What the styles of clothes were in Anne's day (did you know that Anne wore bustles and corsets?!); jewelry and accessories; how the laundry was done at Green Gables (in a large pot on the wood stove)
CHAPTER EIGHT
In the Garden
Contains: Anne's favorite flowers (such as Bouncing Bet, Scarlet Lightning, narcissi, roses, pansies), beautifully illustrated with their 'meanings' in Victorian flower language; how to grow the flowers in your garden; projects using the Anne-flowers (a "meaningful" Anne bouquet, nosegay in a flower pot, spring bulb garden, and more)
IN CONCLUSION
APPENDIX
Following in Anne's Footsteps: An "Anne" Itinerary for Prince Edward Island
Contains: Eight pages of Anne-sites to see on Prince Edward Island (such as Green Gables, "Bright River" station, "Mrs. Rachel Lynde's" house, "Ingleside"); also includes sites for L. M. Montgomery (her birthplace, the site of her Cavendish home, the house in which she was married); places where scenes from the Anne movie and the Tales of Avonlea series can be found; includes photographs
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This new edition of The Anne of Green Gables Treasury has 168 pages with full-color illustrations and sketches, all thoroughly researched and authenticated. Even the page borders were adapted from wallpaper of the period. This book is for everyone who has read and loved the Anne books -- it re-creates Anne's world and brings a beloved time and place to life.
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