<DIV>Best-selling Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery published the first book in her charming series in 1908, making it a literary favorite for more than a hundred years. Published as a children's novel, the story of Anne Shirley, an orphan, was inspired by the author's childhood adventures on rural Prince Edward Island. It follows Anne's journey as she moves to a farm on Prince Edward Island to live with a middle-aged brother and sister who had intended to adopt a boy to help them with farming chores. The story follows Anne as she makes a home and comes of age on the island.<br><BR>- This chic and inexpensive edition comes with a heat-burnished cover, foil stamping, luxurious endpapers, and a smaller trim size that's easy to hold.<BR>- The widely popular novel has sold more than 50 million copies and has been translated into more than twenty languages since its first publication.<BR><BR><I>Anne of Green Gables</I> has been one of the world's most charming coming-of-age stories for more than a century.<br></DIV>