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Title Page Table of Contents Epigraph PROLOGUE - The Mystery of Anne of Green Gables PART 1 - The Perfect Storm Fall 1903–Spring 1905

ONE - Old Memories and New Ambitions

Childhood Memories Putting Together the Fragments: The Birth of the Writer Climbing Literary Heights: The Years Before Anne The “Original” Anne

TWO - The Model for Anne’s Face

Evelyn Nesbit Glossy Girl A Picture of Youth

THREE - Building Castles in Spain

Storms and Stresses Monty’s Airy Castle The Summoning of Kindred Spirits The Passing of Time The Architecture of Blue Castles: Ephraim Weber First Glimpses of Anne

FOUR - The Orphan Girl and the Snow Queen

Frozen in the Past: Clara Birth and Death Entwined Inside the Ice Palace A Prequel and a Timely Invitation An Orphan Girl from Nova Scotia and a Fateful Mistake The Flash of Anne

PART 2 - Writing Anne Spring 1905—Winter 1907

FIVE - Romantic Orchards, Kindred Spirits, and a Spring Flirtation

Romantic Gardens and Orchards Enter Diana Anne Is Adopted Romantic Affinities

SIX - Maud’s Bosom Friends

Sapphic Values Romantic Codes and Rituals: Mollie and Pollie Darling Penzie Secrets

SEVEN - Pagan Love and Sacred Promises: Anne and Diana

The Playhouse in Idlewild Pagan Diana A Part of One Another A Boston Marriage

EIGHT - Good Enemies and Old Love Letters

The Simpsons Taking the Stage Anne Confronts Gilbert Blythe Love Letters from the Past: Nate Lockhart The Embers of Love and Hate: Ed Simpson

NINE - Wicked Satire in Small-Town Avonlea

Anne Confronts Mrs. Lynde Giving Them Bars Cultural Stereotypes Satirizing Sunday School Morals A Young Unmarried Minister “On Trial”

TEN - This Old Place Has a Soul, Green Gables

The Old Homestead Avalon Winter Family Quarrels Nostalgia The Webb Farm Seven Gables and Gray Gables Lover’s Lane The Myth of Home Canadian Icons and Landmarks A Shrinking World

ELEVEN - Red Hair, Puffed Sleeves, and the Rituals of Growing Up

The Art of Beauty Fiery Red Being Elaine Puffed Sleeves Coming of Age Maidenhood

TWELVE - Farewells and Decisions

A Baptism of Pain Haunt of Ancient Peace A Girl’s Gift Book Anne Goes Traveling Maud Decides New Courage Re-Enter Frede

THIRTEEN - The Mystery of Anne Revealed

To Anne Charity Ann Lucy Ann Anne’s Prototype

PART 3 - Anne Takes Off Spring 1907—Fall 1938

FOURTEEN - The Most Popular Summer Girl

How Anne Finds a Home in Boston The Anne Sequel Sensitive and Imaginative Girlhood My First Book At Home in the Modern World

FIFTEEN - The Vows Kept for Life

New Sequels and Secrets The Making of a Celebrity Author A Funeral and a Wedding The House of Dreams Keeping Vows

EPILOGUE - Dramatis Personae Abbreviations Endnotes Selected Bibliography Acknowledgments Index Copyright Page

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