Anne of Green Gables Series #1, ANNE OF GREEN GABLES, by Lucy Maud Montgomery [ILLUSTRATED EDITION]

The book was written as fiction for readers of all ages, but in recent decades has been considered a children's book. Montgomery found her inspiration for the book on an old piece of paper that she had written at a young age, describing a couple that were mistakenly sent an orphan girl instead of a boy, yet decided to keep her. Montgomery also drew upon her own childhood experiences in rural Prince Edward Island. Montgomery used a photograph of Evelyn Nesbit, which she had clipped from New York’s Metropolitan Magazine, and pasted the framed clipping on the wall of her bedroom, as the model for the face of Anne Shirley, the book's main character. This book contains eight original illustrations by Elizabeth R. Withington. It has been carefully edited, not for content, but for legibility.