Anne of Green Gables
“All sorts of mornings are interesting, don't you think?”
Anne Shirley is a freckle-faced, red-haired girl, who grows up in an orphanage having lost her parents at a very early age. Anne is always cheerful and fun-loving despite being brought up without love or affection. When she turns 11, she is adopted by the old farmer Matthew Cuthbert and his sister Marilla. Anne starts her new life at Green Gables, but actually the Cuthberts wanted a boy who could help with their work on the farm...
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It is 1907 on Prince Edward Island. An orphan, Anne Shirley is mistakenly sent there to Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert, a middle-aged brother and sister who had intended to adopt a boy to help them on their farm. Anne must make learn to live with the Cuthberts, in school, and in the town of Avonlea to make sure she is never sent back to the orphanage again.
1.Matthew Cuthbert Is Surprised
07-01-197926mMatthew Cuthbert and his sister decided to take in an orphan boy to help on their farm, but he's surprised to find red haired Anne waiting for him at the train station. Though not...
2.Marilla Cuthbert Is Surprised
14-01-197926m
3.Morning at Green Gables
21-01-197926m
4.Anne's History
28-01-197926mDuring the time in the carriage Marilla asks about Anne's past and she tells the story of how she ended up in the orphanage.
5.Marilla Makes Up Her Mind
04-02-197926mAnne and Marilla arrive at Mrs. Spencer's, but the woman is moved by the sad story and already finds herself wavering. Though the final decision is made when she sees where Anne is...
6.Anne of Green Gables
11-02-197926m
7.Mrs. Rachel Lynde Is Properly Horrified
18-02-197926mAnne meets Mrs. Rachel Linde, a good friend of Marilla, but the encounter doesn't go well. Mrs Linde comments on Anne's looks in a negative way, which hurts the girl. But instead o...
8.Anne's Impressions of Sunday School
25-02-197926mAnne is disappointed that her new Sunday clothes (made by Marilla) are so plain, so along the way to church she dresses up her hat with wildflowers. Afterward she talks about what...
9.A Solemn Vow
04-03-197926mAnne gets to meet Diana for the first time and desperately hopes to find a best friend. Unknowing to her Diana wishes for the exact same thing, and the girls hit it off right away.
10.Anne Plays with a Bosom Friend
11-04-197926mAnne and Diana have their first play date and are very excited. They are evenly matched when it comes to fantasizing about a world of their own, and Anne gets to share her chocolat...
11.Marilla's Brooch Disappears
18-11-197926mAnne admires Marilla's amethyst brooch, but afterwards it disappears. Marilla is disappointed when Anne tells her she doesn't know where it is and thinks she's lying to her.
12.Anne's Confession
25-03-197926mMarilla still thinks Anne is not telling her the truth, so she won't let her attend the picnic. So the girl finally comes up with a confession.
13.Anne Goes to School
01-04-197926mIt's Anne's first day of school, and though she's not as educated as the others, she makes a lot of new friends.
14.A Tempest in Class
08-04-197926mThe flirtatious and bold prankster Gilbert Blythe returns to town. But he goes too far when he jokingly calls Anne "Carrots," and she responds by breaking her slate over his head.
15.Fall Is Coming
15-04-197926mAnne is still angry at Gilbert. Deep in thought about him she forgets to do something Marilla told her to, which results in an embarrassing incident.
16.Diana Is Invited to Tea
22-04-197926mAnne is allowed to invite Diana over for tea when the Cuthberts are away.
17.Anne Returns to School
06-05-197926mAfter Diana is forbidden from playing with Anne, Anne decides to return to school.
18.Anne Rescues Minnie May
13-05-197926mMinnie May falls seriously ill while she and Diana are being babysat, and Anne is the only one who may know what to do.
19.Diana's Birthday
20-05-197926mAnne has been invited to go to concert and sleepover for Diana's birthday. But things go wrong for Diana when the girls get too boisterous during the sleepover.
20.Spring Once Again
27-05-197926mAnne enjoys the spring atmosphere and takes over the chores when Marilla gets a headache.
21.The New Minister's Wife
03-06-197926mMr. Phillips leaves the school, and Anne meets the new minister and his wife.
22.The Wrong Ingredient
10-06-197926mAnne catches a cold, and because she loses her sense of taste, mistakenly uses the wrong ingredient in a cake for Mrs. Allen.
23.Anne Is Invited to Tea
17-06-197926mAnne is invited to tea with the new minister and his wife.
24.An Affair of Honor
24-06-197926mThe "dare game" has taken on popularity with the girls of Avonlea, but to protect her pride from Josie Pye, Anne takes on an extremely dangerous dare: Walk the ridgepole of the Bar...
25.A Letter to Diana
01-07-197926mWhen Diana takes ill in another town, Anne thinks back and realizes she hasn't been as good a friend as she should have.
26.The Concert Plan
08-07-197926mAnne returns to school. The new teacher is wonderful and fair, and the teacher plans to have a concert to raise money to have a school flag made.
27.Matthew and the Puffed Sleeves
15-07-197926mMatthew, unlike Marilla, sees no problem with Anne having a nice dress with puffed sleeves like the other girls. He sets out to get one for her for Christmas, but his well-intentio...
28.The Christmas Concert
22-07-197926mAnne receives her Christmas presents, and the eve of the concert arrives.
29.Anne Starts the Story-Telling Club
29-07-197926mAnne finds it hard to settle back into mundane life after the concert, so she starts a creative writing club.
30.Vanity and Vexation of Spirit
05-08-197926mAnne buys black hair dye from a peddler, but she doesn't get the raven black hair she'd hoped for.
31.An Unfortunate Lily Maiden
12-08-197926mAnne and her friends act out the Lady of Shalott, but Anne soon finds herself in trouble. After her friends run to get Diana's parents, who will come to her rescue?
32.An Epoch in Anne's Life
19-08-197926mAnne and Diana are invited to Charlottetown by Aunt Josephine. She realizes that while city life and fancy things are a lot of fun once in a while, she prefers her country life and...
33.An Invitation to Queen's Class
26-08-197926mAnne and Diana has a quarrel regarding the future which was primarily about marriage. Anne, looking for Matthew for comfort, eats a few apples on a barrel that Jerry claimed to be...
34.Diana and Students at Queen's
09-09-197926mAnne learns about what Diana wants to do in the future. After hearing what Marilla has to say, Anne realizes the importance of hearing other people's opinions and accepts Diana's d...
35.Longing for the Summer Holidays
16-09-197926mFor the holidays, Anne decides to spend her entire break having fun as she is tired of studying. Without realizing it herself, studying has taken its toll on Anne. The reason for w...
36.The Future of the Story Club
23-09-197926mAfter visiting Idlewild once again, Anna and Diana are filled with bittersweet memories after seeing the current condition. Throughout the episode, Anne can't help but to realize h...
37.A 15-Year-Old's Spring
30-09-197926mMarilla constantly thinks back of the old times when Anne would talk. With the arrival of the new train station at Carmody, Aunt Josephine visits Green Gables and offers to let Ann...
38.My Number Is 13
07-10-197926m
39.The Results
14-10-197926mAnne, Jane, Gilbert and everyone else waits restlessly for the results. Seeing how tensed Anne is, Marilla lets Anne help Matthew out which puts her at ease. The results come as Di...
40.The Concert Hotel
21-10-197926mAnne is invited to recite at a concert to help and earn funds to give to a hospital in Charlottetown.
41.Off to Queen's College
28-10-197926mMrs.Spencer comes to Green Gables with a new adoption offer made by an American couple, but Anne listened to it as if she was hearing a story. Marilla decides to get a gown made fo...
42.Life on a New Campus
04-11-197926mA wave of sadness hits Marilla, Matthew and Anne as they face the first night of a new lifestyle. Anne initially saddened, is visited by Jane, Josie and Ruby at her room where they...
43.Home for the Weekend
11-11-197926mAnne is unable to tell Marilla and Matthew of her future plans for further studies. At Green Gables and Avonlea, Anne spends some quality time with the two throughout the area.
44.The Winter at Queen's
18-11-197926mHearing Matthew's condition from Ms Barry, Anne immediately departs for Green Gables and walks through a snowstorm. After a warming visit at Green Gables, Anne returns to Queen's w...
45.The Glory and the Dream
25-11-197926mAnne is afraid of seeing the results, and was in a moment of despair when everyone was cheering for Gilbert, to only also hear cheering starting for her as she passes by crying whe...
46.Matthew's Love
02-12-197926mAnne is stuck between a rock and a hard place while thinking of her future: to stay at Green Gables and help out seeing how old Matthew and Marilla has gotten, or to continue her e...
47.The Reaper Whose Name Is Death
09-12-197926mThe sudden news of Abbey's Bank going bankrupt was a huge shock to Matthew's already fragile heart, and killed him instantly. Marilla is seen performing present-day CPR on Matthew...
48.Matthew's Farewell
16-12-197926mThe funeral ends with Matthew's burial. Anne plants Matthew's favourite flowers right beside his tombstone. As life moves on, Anne feels guilty how she can still have fun and laugh...
49.The Bend in the Road
23-12-197926mMarilla learns the fate of her eyes from the eye specialist and now has to change her lifestyle entirely to help ease the strains on her eyes. Anne seeing Marilla's situation chang...
50.God's in Heaven, All Is Well on Earth
30-12-197926mNews of Anne no longer going to university spreads while Anne gets used to a new life where she helps out Marilla a lot. Ms. Lynde tells Anne about Gilbert and his withdrawal on te...
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