When Anne Shirley arrives at Green Gables farm on Prince Edward Island, she surprises everyone: first of all, she is a girl. Marilla Cuthbert and her brother, Matthew, had specifically asked for an orphan boy. She has bright red hair that wont manage and a mouth that wont shut. Nothing will ever be the same at Green Gables! A favorite story of generations of girls ever si When Anne Shirley arrives at Green Gables farm on Prince Edward Island, she surprises everyone: first of all, she is a girl. Marilla Cuthbert and her brother, Matthew, had specifically asked for an orphan boy. She has bright red hair that wont manage and a mouth that wont shut. Nothing will ever be the same at Green Gables! A favorite story of generations of girls ever since it was first published in 1908, Lucy Maud Montgomerys classic story of one girls profound effect on a small Canadian community has stayed in print for nearly one hundred years and has been made into a popular TV series and even a musical.