Title: Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery Media: Book series Approx length: 8 mid length books (can all be read as standalones) Where to find it: You can get all but one of the audiobooks free on the librivox app (there are several versions with different narrators, my recommendation would be Karen Savage who is brilliant) All the ebooks are free on Project Gutenberg (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/45) Otherwise I'm sure plenty of book shops have them.
What is it, in summary?: The story of Anne Shirley, an orphan growing up in Prince Edward Island during the late nineteenth century. The books follow her from age 11 being adopted by a brother and sister, to having children of her own. The last two books (Rainbow Valley and Rilla of Ingleside) focus on her children with Anne as a periphery character.
What do you love about it?: It's a series that feels like a cosy night in by the fire. There's a lot of beautiful description, lovable characters, fun everyday scrapes and dramas and romances.
What sort of things are you likely to request for it?: Probably canon compliant fic set in the earlier books.
Are there sections of canon (rather than the whole canon) that can be consumed by themselves to fulfil your requests, or that showcase particular characters and relationships?: Any of the Anne books can be read as a standalone and the last two in particular. I'd be happy with something set in any of them, though my specific prompts will probably be focused on the first three books.
Content warnings (ie, rape, incest, racism, gore/violence): There's nothing graphic at all, but child neglect, domestic abuse, child death including newborns, and similar things are sometimes touched on in the novels. The only ones I'd think would need a cw would be Anne's House of Dreams for child death and domestic abuse, Rainbow Valley for child neglect, and Rilla of Ingleside for war.
Anne of Green Gables
Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery
Media:
Book series
Approx length:
8 mid length books (can all be read as standalones)
Where to find it:
You can get all but one of the audiobooks free on the librivox app (there are several versions with different narrators, my recommendation would be Karen Savage who is brilliant)
All the ebooks are free on Project Gutenberg (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/45)
Otherwise I'm sure plenty of book shops have them.
What is it, in summary?:
The story of Anne Shirley, an orphan growing up in Prince Edward Island during the late nineteenth century. The books follow her from age 11 being adopted by a brother and sister, to having children of her own. The last two books (Rainbow Valley and Rilla of Ingleside) focus on her children with Anne as a periphery character.
What do you love about it?:
It's a series that feels like a cosy night in by the fire. There's a lot of beautiful description, lovable characters, fun everyday scrapes and dramas and romances.
What sort of things are you likely to request for it?:
Probably canon compliant fic set in the earlier books.
Are there sections of canon (rather than the whole canon) that can be consumed by themselves to fulfil your requests, or that showcase particular characters and relationships?: Any of the Anne books can be read as a standalone and the last two in particular. I'd be happy with something set in any of them, though my specific prompts will probably be focused on the first three books.
Content warnings (ie, rape, incest, racism, gore/violence):
There's nothing graphic at all, but child neglect, domestic abuse, child death including newborns, and similar things are sometimes touched on in the novels.
The only ones I'd think would need a cw would be Anne's House of Dreams for child death and domestic abuse, Rainbow Valley for child neglect, and Rilla of Ingleside for war.