# Kindred Spirits:  Anne of Green Gables Appreciation

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [September 18, 2003, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kindred-spirits-anne-of-green-gables-appreciation/202363 "2003-09-18T13:29:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![zoogirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b9bd4f/32.png) [@zoogirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoogirl)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2003, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kindred-spirits-anne-of-green-gables-appreciation/202363/21 "2003-09-21T06:32:12Z")

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Somehow I managed to miss Anne when I was a kid although I read like a fiend. I went through all of the Heidi books and stuff like Little Women and all the Nancy Drew and Bobbsy Twins books, but somehow I totally slid by Anne. Weirder, even, because Ann is my IRL name and of course I’m Canadian!

Anyway, this spring I picked one up at Value Village and was Immediately hooked. I went through half a dozen in a couple of weeks. I haven’t read “Emily” yet, but I guess I’ll have to.

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**Author:** ![Loneraven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c0e974/32.png) [@Loneraven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loneraven)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2003, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kindred-spirits-anne-of-green-gables-appreciation/202363/22 "2003-09-21T14:51:36Z")

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> \*Originally posted by kung fu lola \*  
> \*\*OMG, **Guin** , I must have a censored version. I don’t remember reading that part at all. How oogy!

I think I must have the same version. I’d never even heard of this bit before, and I definitely read the book more than once. _resolves to dig out old copy_

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**Author:** ![AmericanMaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@AmericanMaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AmericanMaid)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2003, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kindred-spirits-anne-of-green-gables-appreciation/202363/23 "2003-09-22T14:01:04Z")

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Hmm… I think my version of Rilla of Ingleside does have the drowned kitten part. And now that I think about it, I could have picked up the book on PEI one summer.  
Rilla of Ingleside really opened my eyes about the importance and horror of WWI. All my life I only heard about WWII from my father and grandfather. Years later when I became a history major, I understood that WWII is really WWI part II.

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**Author:** ![Globe-trotter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cab0a1/32.png) [@Globe-trotter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Globe-trotter)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2003, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kindred-spirits-anne-of-green-gables-appreciation/202363/24 "2003-09-22T14:37:40Z")

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I love _Anne of Green Gables_, but my sister is the “Annemaniac” in the family.

I immediately took to Anne the first time I read the series when she complained about people writing her name without an E. Hee! My usual complaint as well!

Never dated any Gilberts, though. 😉

I think I loved the first one best. It’s definitely the one I reread most often.

The first time I read _Rilla of Ingleside_,

I told my sister, “Oh my God, Walter is DEAD!” and walked about totally traumatized for a few days. To this day my sister teases me about this, since I told her about Walter’s death BEFORE she read the novel. Ooops. I don’t think I’ll live that one down.

So yeah, I’m definitely a fan. This is definitely a series my niece will read as I’ll make a reader out of her if it kills me 😃 (unless her other aunt - my sister the aforementioned maniac - gets a hold of her before I do).

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