Anne's House of Dreams is a novel by Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery. It was first published in 1917 by McClelland, Goodchild and Stewart. Image File history File links Annes House of Dreams book cover This image is a book cover. ... Image File history File links Annes House of Dreams book cover This image is a book cover. ... Lucy Maud Montgomery Lucy Maud Montgomery, (always called Maud by family and friends) and publicly known as L. M. Montgomery, (November 30, 1874–April 24, 1942) was a Canadian author, best known for a series of novels beginning with Anne of Green Gables. ... McClelland and Stewart is a Canadian publishing company. ...

The novel is from a series of books written primarily for girls and young women, about a young girl named Anne Shirley. The books follow the course of Anne's life . It is set principally on Canada's Prince Edward Island, Montgomery's birthplace and home for much of her life. Anne Shirley is a fictional character from the novel Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery. ... Motto: i lost P.E.I. again mom:well, look under the couch Capital Charlottetown Largest city Charlottetown Official languages English Government - Lieutenant-Governor Barbara Oliver Hagerman - Premier Pat Binns (PC) Federal representation in Canadian Parliament - House seats 4 - Senate seats 4 Confederation July 1, 1873 (7th) Area Ranked 13th...

The series has been called classic children's literature, and has been reprinted many times since its original publication.

Anne's House of Dreams is book five in the series, and chronicles Anne's early married life, as she and her childhood sweetheart Gilbert Blythe begin to build their life together. Spoiler warning: Gilbert Blythe is the acquaintance and eventual husband of Anne Shirley in Lucy Maud Montgomerys Anne of Green Gables series of novels. ...

Plot summary

The book starts with Anne's marriage with Gilbert, which is very small and happens in the Green Gables orchard. After the marriage, they move to a house that Anne names "the house of dreams", in Four Winds Point, an area near the village of the Glen St. Mary. There, Anne and Gilbert meet many interesting people, such as the funny Captain Jim and the man-hater Miss Cornelia. Anne also meets Leslie Moore, who lost her beloved brother and her father, and then was forced to marry Dick Moore because of her mother, and then was made miserable when her husband returned mentally disabled from a trip. She becomes friends with Anne, but is sometimes bitter towards her because she is so happy and free. In the middle of the book, Anne becomes pregnant but her child, Joyce, dies shortly after birth [as Montgomery's second son did]. After that Anne and Leslie become closer.

Later in the story, Leslie rents a room in her house to a writer called Owen Ford, who is the grandson of the former owners of The House of Dreams. They fall in love, only to make Leslie more miserable because she is married to Dick. After a brain surgery which Gilbert proposes, Dick is cured from his sickness and reveals that he is not Dick, but Dick's cousin, George, who went with him on the trip, during which Dick died and the similar-looking George suffered a brain injury in the same accident. Leslie is then free to marry Owen and they have a happy ending. Owen finds the inspiration he was looking for in Captain Jim's shipboard diary, and writes a book called "The Life-Book of Captain Jim". While this is going on, Anne becomes pregnant again, and this time the child is born healthy. He is named James Matthew, for Matthew Cuthbert and Captain Jim.

In the end of the book, Captain Jim dies and Anne, Gilbert and Jem move to the old Morgan house, to the great sadness of Anne. Also, Miss Cornelia makes a startling announcement, deciding to marry a man named Marshall Elliott.

This book introduces Susan Baker, the elderly spinster who is the Blythes' maid-of-all-work.

Series

Montgomery continued the story of Anne Shirley in a series of sequels. They are listed in the order of Anne's age in each novel.

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External links

• Anne's House of Dreams Online text
• An L.M. Montgomery Resource Page Resource on L.M. Montgomery and Anne's Legacy
• Anne3.com Home of the Sullivan Anne of Green Gables trilogy with info on the movies and the Anne of Green Gables Forum
• Anne Shirley Home Page Resource page specifically concerning Anne Shirley and the series.