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Post by Moose on Apr 28, 2014 19:48:44 GMT
I am rereading these at the moment, as I do every couple of years. I only have the first one in a paper copy but all the rest are available on Project Gutenburg. The first is without doubt my favourite tho. Any fans, or anyone want to reread with me?
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Post by DGoeij on Apr 29, 2014 7:16:21 GMT
Back in the Netherlands Lady RB listened to some podcasts by a group of people who did a reading of several of the books. The first one was certainly very entertaining, Lady RB seems the fan of the family, you could ask her where she found those.
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Post by raspberrybullets on Apr 29, 2014 9:17:46 GMT
I love Anne of Green Gables! One of my favourite books. And even more enjoyable to read as an adult then as a kid. I've always wanted to visit PEI since reading the book. I have all the books in the series.
Not sure where I found those - i was looking for audio books so I had something to listen to while walking and found these free ones online. The only problem was the voice of Diana - whoever read her sounded about 80!
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Post by Mari on Apr 29, 2014 11:09:45 GMT
I only watched the film till about halfway through. I didn't like the girl, the 'uncle' was too sweet, the 'aunt' was fairly believable and everyone else hated her for some reason and thought she was a bad kid. Really weird.
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Post by Moose on Apr 29, 2014 17:34:10 GMT
Which film version did you see? I've seen a couple, neither very memorable. Have you never read the books Mari? You'd enjoy them I think
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Post by spaceflower on Apr 30, 2014 12:59:43 GMT
Oh, I loved Anne of Green Gables when i read them as a young teen-ager. I've reread them later, and then I love the first one best. When Anne was young and impulsive and had a lot of mishaps.
I read Anne of Ingleside later (translated much later) and hated it. Anne was such a submissive wife, thinking only of Gilbert's feeling. She put up with this dreadfaul aunt and never even spoke to Gilbert about it. The perfect wife but she did not stand up for herself (not surprising considering the times) but more shockingly, she did not stand up for her children's needs either. I got so angry with Anne (or rather L.M. Montgomery) that I could not even finish the book. Anne of Ingleside sort of ruined Anne for me.
I watched a Canadian series about Anne and another one which sounded like it would be about Anne but wasn't (The Road to Avonlea). I enjoyed it but of course a series is always different from the books.
I also loved the Emily books, the had a more melancholy tone. Both Anne and Emily are orphans, very popular in the classic girls books.
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Post by Kye on Apr 30, 2014 19:59:14 GMT
I love the Anne books. I had another read of them all last year and it did me good. Anne is my role model! WWAD.
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Post by Mari on May 4, 2014 8:40:55 GMT
Which film version did you see? I've seen a couple, neither very memorable. Have you never read the books Mari? You'd enjoy them I think I doubt it. I don't know what version I saw. I deleted it
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Post by Moose on May 18, 2014 16:05:22 GMT
Am reading Anne of Avonlea now
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Post by JoeP on May 18, 2014 17:49:39 GMT
Isn't that a kind of cheese spread?
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Post by Moose on May 18, 2014 18:20:21 GMT
That would be Dairylea
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Post by Kye on May 18, 2014 18:40:56 GMT
I did a re-read of all the Anne books at the end of last year. Now I'm good for awhile.
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Post by Moose on May 18, 2014 18:50:12 GMT
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Post by Alvamiga on May 18, 2014 21:08:17 GMT
That would be Dairylea That must have been Dan of Dairylea then!
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