Victoria T. (justicepirate) reviewed Anne of Windy Poplars (Anne of Green Gables, Bk 4) on + 350 more book reviews
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This book focuses on Anne's time at a house she is boarding at called Windy Poplars with a few widows while she teaches at a school for three years while Gilbert Blythe is in medical school. It is cut into three years' time and is a combination of her letters to her darling fiance' Gilbert and her actual adventures in dealing with the people there (mainly the Pringles). It is filled with various love stories and events that Anne has a hand in, because she can't resist trying to do right for people. It was a really fun book! If you ever watched the TV mini-series, Anne of Avonlea was mainly based off of this book (but it is hardly like it at the same time). Definitely fun!
Corina U. (coneflower2001) reviewed Anne of Windy Poplars (Anne of Green Gables, Bk 4) on + 41 more book reviews
I loved each book of the Anne of Green Gables series!! Such good stories. Even after I saw the movies I enjoyed the books. I will not part with any of them. These novels are easy to read and timeless.I highly recommend the series.
Having never read a book written by Lucy Maud Montgomery before, I was delighted by Anne of Windy Poplars. I read this book out of sequence. I should have read Anne of Green Gables first but my wife was reading it so I picked up Windy Poplars which I believe is the fourth in the Anne Shirley series of novels. I am an unlikely candidate to like a book like this. I am a fifty seven year old man and a fan of the Oakland Raiders. I usually read theology, philosophy or gore soaked books about Stalingrad. But I was thoroughly charmed by the character of Anne Shirley and her three years as principal of a school on Prince Edward Island. Lucy Maud Montgomery is edwardian Canada's answer to Jane Austen but her heroine and supporting cast are more ordinary people. The character of Anne Shirley is like a catalyst that goes from relationship to relationship, managing to intuitively know how to bring out the best in everyone, from the vindictive Pringles to the isolated and anti-social Katherine Brooke and the elfin Elizabeth. You will feel sad when Anne Shirley's three years on Spook Lane are over but you, like me, will be glad there are other books to discover. I loved Anne of Windy Poplars and I hope you will too.
Anne C. (sellingbooksfromhome) reviewed Anne of Windy Poplars (Anne of Green Gables, Bk 4) on + 22 more book reviews
Very entertaining and highly amusing.
Jennifer W. (JWilson) reviewed Anne of Windy Poplars (Anne of Green Gables, Bk 4) on + 73 more book reviews
Honestly, I did not care for this book in the series. I found out it was written many years after the 7 other books in the series. For some reason, the author went back and decided to fill in a gap in the series -- and I feel you can tell that the author has been away from these characters for a long time. I didn't get the same feeling from this book as I did from the other books in the Anne of Green Gables series. There is barely any dialogue between Anne and her family & friends back at Green Gables. Whenever she goes back to visit, it focuses more on her new friends from Windy Poplars who come and visit. There is absolutely no dialgue between Anne ans Gilbert. She does write him letters, but there are none from him. And whenever they are in Green Gables together, he acts as a driver or stops by -- but no interaction at all!! What a let down for the reader since they just become engaged at the end of the last book!!
This book does nothing to develop or enhance the Green Gables series. I have read the next book, (Anne of House of Dreams #5), and it is wonderful. I would suggest that you skip book #4 altogether and go right to book #5 after you read Anne of the Island.
This book does nothing to develop or enhance the Green Gables series. I have read the next book, (Anne of House of Dreams #5), and it is wonderful. I would suggest that you skip book #4 altogether and go right to book #5 after you read Anne of the Island.
Amee P. (StokeyGal) reviewed Anne of Windy Poplars (Anne of Green Gables, Bk 4) on + 25 more book reviews
If you're a fan of Anne, you will certainly love this. This is one of my favorite series, one that I can never put down. Anne will always make you smile, laugh, or cry over something. It's a must-have for anyone with imagination and a love for books!
Serena S. (misshollywoodstarlet) reviewed Anne of Windy Poplars (Anne of Green Gables, Bk 4) on + 8 more book reviews
Good, wholesome reading for young girls.
The whole series is perfectly captivating- a timeless classic!
these books should be written into all schools mandatory reading list. I went to Borders and was told they were not on the shelf , because of lack of demand but I could order it. That is a sad state of affairs, for our youth and their reading habits.
Wendy H. (wrinkles08) reviewed Anne of Windy Poplars (Anne of Green Gables, Bk 4) on + 87 more book reviews
Anne Shirley has left Redmond College behind to begin a new job and a new chapter of her life away from Green Gables. Now she faces a new challenge: the Pringles. They're known as the royal family of Summerside - and they quickly let Anne know she is not the person they had wanted as principal of Summerside High School. But as she settles into the cozy tower room at Windy Poplars, Anne finds she has great allies in the widows Aunt Kate and Aunt Chatty - and in their irrepressible housekeeper, Rebecca Dew. As Anne learns Summerside's strangest secrets, winning the support of the prickly Pringles becomes only the first of her triumphs.
Claudia G. (Brimasmom) reviewed Anne of Windy Poplars (Anne of Green Gables, Bk 4) on + 25 more book reviews
Anne had taken her first job away from Green Gables and soon discovered that her real work lay in dealing head-on with the proud Pringle family. But she quickly became the whole town's champion and confidante, and would have appeared almost meddlesome - if she weren't as spirited and loveable as ever.
Susan G. (MomforHuckabee) reviewed Anne of Windy Poplars (Anne of Green Gables, Bk 4) on + 8 more book reviews
Anne had taken her first job away from Green Gables and soon discovered that her real work lay in dealing head-on with the proud Pringle family. But she quickly became the whole town's champion and confidante, and would have appeared amost meddlesome-if she weren't as spirited and loveable as ever.!
one of the Anne of Green Gables series. Montgomery is always a fun 'escape' read.
Anne has left Green Gables and is teaching at a private school. There are many adventures in this book! It's Wonderful!
Suzanne W. (IBlameJane) reviewed Anne of Windy Poplars (Anne of Green Gables, Bk 4) on + 12 more book reviews
If you like the rest of the Anne of Green Gables series you'll love this as well.
LeeAnn B. (idahobookwoman) reviewed Anne of Windy Poplars (Anne of Green Gables, Bk 4) on + 11 more book reviews
The Anne of Green Gables Series #4.
All the Anne of Green Gables series are great. I read them all.
The fourth book of the Anne of Green Gables series.
Audrey R. (angelrossiter) reviewed Anne of Windy Poplars (Anne of Green Gables, Bk 4) on + 23 more book reviews
I absolutely loved all the "Ann-with-an-e" books as a child.
Donna B. (foxygirl) reviewed Anne of Windy Poplars (Anne of Green Gables, Bk 4) on + 107 more book reviews
This is one of the books in the green gable series. A very good read
Nona B. (suzannemarie) reviewed Anne of Windy Poplars (Anne of Green Gables, Bk 4) on + 22 more book reviews
later book in series Anne of Green Gables. Good if you like the series - certainly a follow up book.
Donna E. (impossible) reviewed Anne of Windy Poplars (Anne of Green Gables, Bk 4) on + 3352 more book reviews
#4 in the Anne of Green Gables Series. Still an ever popular series.
Book Description
Anne Shirley has left Redmond College behind to begin a new job and a new chapter of her life away from Green Gables. Now she faces a new challenge: the Pringles. They're known as the royal family of Summerside - and they quickly let Anne know she is not the person they had wanted as principal of Summerside High School. But as she settles into the cozy tower room at Windy Poplars, Anne finds she has great allies in the widows Aunt Kate and Aunt Chatty - and in their irrepressible housekeeper, Rebecca Dew. As Anne learns Summerside's strangest secrets, winning the support of the prickly Pringles becomes only the first of her triumphs.
From the Publisher
Anne Shirley has left Redmond College behind to begin a new job and a new chapter of her life away from Green Gables. Now she faces a new challenge: the Pringles. They're known as the royal family of Summerside - and they quickly let Anne know she is not the person they had wanted as principal of Summerside High School. But as she settles into the cozy tower room at Windy Poplars, Anne finds she has great allies in the widows Aunt Kate and Aunt Chatty - and in their irrepressible housekeeper, Rebecca Dew. As Anne learns Summerside's strangest secrets, winning the support of the prickly Pringles becomes only the first of her triumphs.
Anne Shirley has left Redmond College behind to begin a new job and a new chapter of her life away from Green Gables. Now she faces a new challenge: the Pringles. They're known as the royal family of Summerside - and they quickly let Anne know she is not the person they had wanted as principal of Summerside High School. But as she settles into the cozy tower room at Windy Poplars, Anne finds she has great allies in the widows Aunt Kate and Aunt Chatty - and in their irrepressible housekeeper, Rebecca Dew. As Anne learns Summerside's strangest secrets, winning the support of the prickly Pringles becomes only the first of her triumphs.
From the Publisher
Anne Shirley has left Redmond College behind to begin a new job and a new chapter of her life away from Green Gables. Now she faces a new challenge: the Pringles. They're known as the royal family of Summerside - and they quickly let Anne know she is not the person they had wanted as principal of Summerside High School. But as she settles into the cozy tower room at Windy Poplars, Anne finds she has great allies in the widows Aunt Kate and Aunt Chatty - and in their irrepressible housekeeper, Rebecca Dew. As Anne learns Summerside's strangest secrets, winning the support of the prickly Pringles becomes only the first of her triumphs.
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I love this series; I'm still on number three.
