Anne on Green Gables (book)

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The title page of the first edition published in 1908

Anne of Green Gables (original title: Anne of Green Gables ) is a children's book by the Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery , the first edition of which was published in 1908 .

action

Anne Shirley is a red-haired, freckled orphan who is accidentally sent to live with the elderly bachelor Matthew Cuthbert and his unmarried sister, Marilla, who is also unmarried. Matthew and Marilla take Anne in although they were expecting a boy to help them on their farm. They live on Green Gables (the name comes from the green gables of the house) in the fictional town of Avonlea on Prince Edward Island .

Anne's wild imagination, incessant talking, and fiery temperament place her at the center of a series of entertaining adventures. As she grows, nurtured by the love and discipline of Marillas and Matthews, she develops into an intelligent and independent young woman who uses her imagination constructively. The book describes their development from 11 to 16 years of age.

Other important people are her best friend Diana Barry, her class rival Gilbert Blythe and the town's "gossip aunt" Rachel Lynde.

background

Cast members of Anne and Matthew outside the Anne of Green Gables Museum in Cavendish

The story is about as well known in the English-speaking world as Pippi Longstocking is in Germany. Since Anne on Green Gables was the favorite book of the writer Astrid Lindgren , Pippi Longstocking is inspired by the spirited red-haired Anne.

LM Montgomery was inspired for the book by a newspaper article that reported on a couple who were accidentally sent an orphan girl instead of an orphan boy, but they took her in. LM Montgomery also processed memories of her own childhood on the rural Prince Edward Island ( Canada ) at the end of the 19th century.

Sequels

As this book met with great success, LM Montgomery wrote other books on Anne. From the sixth volume, Anne of Ingleside , Anne's children, in the last volume Rilla of Ingleside, especially her daughter Bertha Marilla , are the focus. The volume Rainbow Valley was first translated into German in 2013.

expenditure

# Original title German title publication Anne Shirley's age Years in which the action takes place
1 Anne of Green Gables Anne on Green Gables 1908 11-16 June 1877 - summer 1882
2 Anne of Avonlea Anne in Avonlea 1909 16-18 August 1882 - August 1884
3 Anne of the Island Anne in Kingsport 1915 18-22 September 1884 - summer 1888
4th Anne of Windy Poplars Anne in Windy Willows 1936 22-25 September 1888 - summer 1891
5 Anne's House of Dreams Anne in Four Winds 1917 25-27 September 1891 - autumn 1893
6th Anne of Ingleside Anne in Ingleside 1939 34-40 1900 - September 1906
7th Rainbow Valley Anne in Rainbow Valley 1919 41 May 1906 - September 1907
8th Rilla of Ingleside Anne and Rilla - In love for the first time /
Anne and Rilla - The way to happiness		 1920 49-54 June 1914 - September 1919
9 The Road to Yesterday - 1974 <

Timeline of the plot

In the Anne books, dates are almost never given, nor are any dates of birth of the people. The action of the book Anne of Green Gables takes place in the last quarter of the 19th century (probably from June 1877 to summer 1882).

This chronological table contains the years and age of Anne and important events based on the statements in the book Rilla of Ingleside that Anne and Gilbert were married for 24 years and Warsaw fell. Based on further information from the books, Anne's year of birth and all of the following years can be derived:

Chapter 16 of Rilla of Ingleside says: "Warsaw has fallen," said Dr. Blythe [...] one warm August day. The fact is that Warsaw was captured by German troops on August 5, 1915. So the action takes place at this point in August 1915.

Chapter 19 speaks of February . This would mean it is the next year, ie 1916. This year is confirmed in Chapter 21 by the mention of June 20, 1916 .

A chapter earlier (20th chapter) it says:

Where are you wandering, Anne o'mine? , asked the doctor, who even yet, after twenty-four years of marriage, [...]

“ What are you thinking about, my Anne? asked the doctor (note: Gilbert), who even now, after 24 years of marriage, [...] "

- Excerpt from the English version of Rilla of Ingleside , Chapter 20

This means (since it is known from the book Anne in Four Winds that the wedding anniversary of the Blyths was in September) that they were married for twenty-four years in September 1915 (it would be in September 1916, but in the chapter concerned it is only between February and June, 25 years). This implies that they married in 1891. Anne was 25 years old at the time, which results in the year 1866 of her birth. Based on the year of birth and wedding year, one can deduce many other years in which the action takes place.

year event Anne's age
1826 Anne's future foster mother Marilla Cuthbert is born
1863 Anne's future husband Gilbert Blythe is born
February 1866 Anne's future best friend Diana Barry is born
March 1866 Anne Shirley is born; 3 months later, her parents died of yellow fever
1866-1874 Anne lives with the Thomas family in Marysville 0-8
1874 - March 1877 Anne lives with the Hammond family 8-10
March-June 1877 Anne is spending 4 months at the Hopetown orphanage 11
June 1877 Anne is adopted by Marilla, 51 and Matthew and now lives on Green Gables 11
Summer 1881 - Summer 1882 Anne goes to Queens College in Charlottetown for 1 year and passes the Great Teacher Examination 15/16
Summer 1882 Matthew dies
Sep 1 1882 - summer 1884 Anne teaches at Avonlea for 2 years, Jane Andrews teaches in Newbridge and Gilbert in White Sands 16-18
Late autumn 1882 Marilla adopts 6-year-old twins Davy and Dora Keith
Summer 1884 Diana (18) becomes engaged
Aug 1884 Miss Lavender's wedding
Sept. 1884 Mrs. Rachel Lynde moves to Green Gables after her husband dies
Sep 1884 - summer 1888 Anne studied for 4 years at Redmond College in Kingsport 18-22
June 1887 Diana (21) marries Fred Wright
June 1888 Fred wright jr. is born
Fall 1888 Anne becomes engaged 22nd
11 Sept. 1888 - summer 1891 Anne has been the principal of Summerside High School for 3 years; that's how long Gilbert studies medicine 22-25
Dec (?) 1889 Anne-Cordelia Wright is born
1891 Jack Wright is born
September 1891 Anne and Gilbert (28) get married and move to Four Winds 25th
Oct 1891 Anne meets Leslie Moore (28)
April 1892 Susan Baker becomes the Blythes' housekeeper
June 1892 Anne's first daughter Joyce is born and dies the same day 26th
Summer 1892 Anne meets Owen Ford
circa June 1893 Anne's first son James "Jem" Matthew is born 27
August 1893 Cornelia Bryant and Marshall Elliott, as well as Leslie and Owen become engaged
Fall 1893 The Blythes move to Glen St. Mary to a house called Ingleside 27
189? Anne's son Walter is born
1895 or 1896 Anne's twin daughters Anne "Nan" and Diana "Die" are born 29 or 30
1898 Anne's son Shirley is born 32
July 1900 Anne's youngest daughter Bertha Marilla "Rilla" is born 34
September 1906 Anne and Gilbert (43) have been married for 15 years 40
September 1915 Anne and Gilbert (52) have been married for 24 years 49

Trivia

  • In the two short story collections "Chronicles of Avonlea" and "Further Chronicles of Avonlea" Anne Shirley appears on the sidelines.
  • Canadian writer Budge Wilson wrote the prequel How It All Began - Anne, the Girl from Green Gables (Before Green Gables) in 2008, which tells Anne's life before she arrived in Avonlea.

Adaptations

Film adaptations

comics

Yumiko Igarashi created a comic series based on the books. This appeared under the title Akage no Anne ( 赤 毛 の ア ン ) from 1997 to 1998 in five books.

Radio plays

The audio play label Titania Medien brought out the radio play series Anne on Green Gables for the 100th anniversary of the first volume . By 2010 the first five volumes had been set to music in a total of twenty radio plays, so each book corresponds to four radio plays. Speakers in this series include Marie Bierstedt , Lutz Mackensy , Dagmar von Kurmin , Simon Jäger , Jochen Schröder and Regina Lemnitz . The radio play series ends with episode 20.

Web links

Wikisource: Anne of Green Gables  - English version in text and audio book versions

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Source of the years: The respective Anne books or see also the table of the plot
  2. ^ Lucy M. Montgomery: Anne in Four Winds. Loewe, 5th edition 1995, ISBN 3-7855-2340-8 , chapter: The first bride of Green Gables , p. 33, quote: “When Anne woke up on the morning of her wedding day, the sun blinked in the window, and the fresh one September wind [...]. "
  3. ^ Lucy M. Montgomery: Anne in Four Winds. Loewe, 5th edition 1995, ISBN 3-7855-2340-8 , chapter: The First Bride of Green Gables , p. 36, quote: “Marilla's face looked gray and old when she turned to the house that Anne had filled with joy and life for fourteen years [...]. ”Anne came to Green Gables when she was 11, now it's 14 years later, so she was 25 at her wedding.
  4. ↑ a b c d see for the source of the year: Explanation above this table.
  5. ^ Lucy M. Montgomery: Anne in Kingsport. Loewe, 10th edition 1995, ISBN 3-7855-2210-X , chapter: Spring and Anne's return to Green Gables , p. 153/156, quote: “Marilla felt that of her sixty years she was only nine years, since Anne was there, had really lived ”. So Marilla was 60 when Anne was 20 (1886). 1886-60 = 1826.
  6. ↑ Lucy M. Montgomery: Anne on Green Gables. Loewe, 11th edition 1995, ISBN 3-7855-2085-9 , chapter: The storm in a water glass , p. 100, quote: “Gilbert is in your class [...]. He's already fourteen. ”Anne was 11 (1866) and Gilbert is 3 years older, so he was born in 1863.
  7. ↑ Lucy M. Montgomery: Anne on Green Gables. Loewe, 11th edition 1995, ISBN 3-7855-2085-9 , chapter: A holy oath is sworn , p. 83, quote: "Diana's birthday is in February and my birthday in March."
  8. ^ Lucy M. Montgomery: Anne in Avonlea. Loewe, 11th edition 1995, ISBN 3-7855-2138-3 , chapter: Poesie und Klartext , p. 238, quote: Diana says: “I'm only eighteen.” Anne was also 18 at this point (because it was the second Year she teaches, and she started teaching at 16) so they are the same age.
  9. ↑ Lucy M. Montgomery: Anne on Green Gables. Loewe, 11th edition 1995, ISBN 3-7855-2085-9 , chapter: A holy oath is sworn , p. 83, quote: "Diana's birthday is in February and my birthday in March."
  10. ↑ Lucy M. Montgomery: Anne on Green Gables. Loewe, 11th edition 1995, ISBN 3-7855-2085-9 , chapter: Anne tells her story , p. 45, quote: “[...] Father died 4 days after her. [...] Mr. and Mr. Thomas [...] I lived there with them until I was eight years old. "
  11. ↑ Lucy M. Montgomery: Anne on Green Gables. Loewe, 11th edition 1995, ISBN 3-7855-2085-9 , chapter: Anne tells her story , p. 46, quote: "[...] Mrs. Hammond came and got me [...] When me Having been with the Hammonds for two years, Mr. Hammond died. [...] She took me to the orphanage in Hoptown. [...] after four months Mrs. Spencer came and took me with her. "
  12. ↑ Lucy M. Montgomery: Anne on Green Gables. Loewe, 11th edition 1995, ISBN 3-7855-2085-9 , chapter: The first morning on Green Gables , p. 38, quote: “[...] and looked out in amazement into the sunny June morning .” So Anne came in June to Green Gables, when she was in the orphanage for 4 months, she was there from March to June.
  13. ↑ Lucy M. Montgomery: Anne on Green Gables. Loewe, 11th edition 1995, ISBN 3-7855-2085-9 , chapter: Anne tells her story , p. 46, quote: "[...] Mrs. Hammond came and got me [...] When me Having been with the Hammonds for two years, Mr. Hammond died. [...] She took me to the orphanage in Hoptown. [...] after four months Mrs. Spencer came and took me with her. "
  14. ↑ Lucy M. Montgomery: Anne on Green Gables. Loewe, 11th edition 1995, ISBN 3-7855-2085-9 , chapter: The first morning on Green Gables , p. 38, quote: “[...] and looked out in amazement into the sunny June morning .” So Anne came in June to Green Gables.
  15. ↑ Lucy M. Montgomery: Anne on Green Gables. Loewe, 11th edition 1995, ISBN 3-7855-2085-9 , chapter: Anne tells her story , p. 44, quote: “I turned eleven last March (note, now it's June) [...] . “Your year of birth 1866 + 11 results in 1877.
  16. ↑ Lucy M. Montgomery: Anne on Green Gables. Loewe, 11th edition 1995, ISBN 3-7855-2085-9 , chapter: An evening in the White Sands Hotel , p. 206, quote: "Summer noise [...] The room [...] had changed a lot, since Anne had spent her first anxious night there four years earlier. "At 11 she came to Green Gabels, now it is 4 years later so she is 15. 1866 + 15 = 1881. The next chapter (p. 213) says:" In the next three weeks all kinds of preparations were made for Anne's year at [...] college ". So she attended college until 1882.
  17. ↑ Lucy M. Montgomery: Anne on Green Gables. Loewe, 11th edition 1995, ISBN 3-7855-2085-9 , chapter: Home again , p. 226, quote: “At the end of June a well-known eye specialist comes to the island and the doctor said I should definitely get in touch with him to get a check up. [...] But Anne, you did a great job [...] The Great Teacher's Examination in just one year, [...]. ”In the following chapter (p. 228) Matthew dies and in the following chapter Marilla goes to the Eye specialist. So, after Anne returned from college, Matthew died that summer (either in June or before June).
  18. ^ Lucy M. Montgomery: Anne in Avonlea. Loewe, 11th edition 1995, ISBN 3-7855-2138-3 , chapter: Differences of opinion , p. 35, quote: “Because that was the first of September, the day when school started. Jane would be teaching at Newbridge, Gilbert would be teaching at White Sands. ”So the class began on Sept. 1.
  19. ^ Lucy M. Montgomery: Anne in Avonlea. Loewe, 11th edition 1995, ISBN 3-7855-2138-3 , Chapter 1, p. 15, The book begins with: "A [...] girl of a good sixteen [...]." So it was Anne 16. 1866 + 16 = 1882.
  20. ^ Lucy M. Montgomery: Anne in Avonlea. Loewe, 11th edition 1995, ISBN 3-7855-2138-3 , chapter: Beginning of holidays , p. 119, quote: “The school year was over, and since everyone was satisfied with her, she was hired for the next one [. ..]. “The first school year lasted approximately from summer 1882 - summer 1883 and the second from autumn 1883 - summer 1884.
  21. ^ Lucy M. Montgomery: Anne in Avonlea. Loewe, 11th edition 1995, ISBN 3-7855-2138-3 , chapter: Marilla adopts twins , p. 60, quote: "[...] it was late autumn now." The previous chapter talks about October and that The action takes place at the time Anne started teaching, so it must be 1882.
  22. ^ Lucy M. Montgomery: Anne in Avonlea. Loewe, 11th edition 1995, ISBN 3-7855-2138-3 , chapter: A question of duty , p. 59
  23. ^ Lucy M. Montgomery: Anne in Avonlea. Loewe, 11th edition 1995, ISBN 3-7855-2138-3 , chapter: Poesie und Klartext , p. 238, quote: Diana says: “I'm only eighteen. My mother doesn't want any of us to get married before twenty-one. ”Since Diana is the same age as Anne, the year is 1884. In the following chapter, we talk about the last week of August, so Diana got engaged in the summer (probably in August).
  24. ^ A b c Lucy M. Montgomery: Anne in Avonlea. Loewe, 11th edition 1995, ISBN 3-7855-2138-3 , chapter: The wedding in the stone house , p. 240, quote: “The last week of August began. Miss Lavender's wedding was imminent. In two weeks Anne and Gilbert would be going to Redmond College. In a week Mrs. Rachel Lynde would be moving to Green Gables [...]. ”So the wedding is in the last week of August and the other two happenings are in September. It must be the year 1884 because it happens after Anne has finished teaching at Avonlea and she is preparing for Redmond.
  25. ^ Lucy M. Montgomery: Anne in Kingsport. Loewe, 10th edition 1995, ISBN 3-7855-2210-X , chapter: 1, p. 15, quote: "It was a beautiful summer [...] and Miss Lavender's wedding was the crowning glory". In the 2nd chapter it is said that Anne is 18 years old. Your year of birth 1866 + 18 = 1884.
  26. ^ Lucy M. Montgomery: Anne in Kingsport. Loewe, 10th edition 1995, ISBN 3-7855-2210-X , chapter: finished studying , p. 216, quote: “All in all, that means [...] that in four years of college [...] you will have so much learns what you need twenty years for in life. ”So the collage lasts 4 years.
  27. ^ Lucy M. Montgomery: Anne in Avonlea. Loewe, 11th edition 1995, ISBN 3-7855-2138-3 , chapter: Poesie und Klartext , p. 238, quote: Diana says: “I'm only eighteen. My mother doesn't want any of us to get married before twenty-one. ”Since Diana is the same age as Anne, the year is 1884. The engagement took place in 1884 and the wedding was when Diana was 21, ie 1887.
  28. ^ Lucy M. Montgomery: Anne in Kingsport. Loewe, 10th edition 1995, ISBN 3-7855-2210-X , In the chapter An Intermezzo (p. 141) it is said that Anne will be 20, so it is March. Two chapters later (p. 157) there is talk of summer. In the chapter Prince Charming (p. 165) it is November and two chapters later (p. 173) it is March again, so a year has passed and Anne and Diana are 21 years old. In the following chapter, An Evening in June (p. 177/180), we speak of June and it is said that Diana's wedding will take place in 5 days. So she married in June 1887 at the age of 21.
  29. ^ Lucy M. Montgomery: Anne in Kingsport. Loewe, 10th edition 1995, ISBN 3-7855-2210-X , Chapter: Marriage Affairs , p. 231, We are talking about Diana's first child, "little Fred". The action takes place after Anne has just finished studying, so it's 1888. Also on the same page is the talk of Phil's wedding. The chapter Diana's Wedding (p. 182) mentions that Phil will get married next June, so it will be June when Diana's child will be born.
  30. ^ Lucy M. Montgomery: Anne in Kingsport. Loewe, 10th edition 1995, ISBN 3-7855-2210-X , chapter: And love wins yet , p. 238, There is talk of the "autumn forest", so the engagement took place in autumn, besides, it is after Anne finished studying, so it must have been 1888.
  31. ↑ Lucy M. Montgomery: Anne in Windy Willows. Loewe, 5th edition 1993, ISBN 3-7855-2270-3 , Chapter 1, p. 13, On the first page of the book, Anne writes a letter on Monday, September 12, which says: Immediately after my arrival yesterday , so she had been in Summerside since 9/11. The year must be 1888, after Anne has finished college and got engaged, as Gilbert says he has another 3 years to study and he hardly takes a break from one or more semesters.
  32. ↑ The book Anne in Windy Willows. is divided into 3 years. Sept. 1888 + 3 would be summer 1891.
  33. ^ Lucy M. Montgomery: Anne in Kingsport. Loewe, 10th edition 1995, ISBN 3-7855-2210-X , Gilbert says on the last page of the book But we still need a lot of patience, Anne. I won't finish studying medicine for three years.
  34. ↑ Lucy M. Montgomery: Anne in Windy Willows. Loewe, 5th edition 1993, ISBN 3-7855-2270-3 , Chapter 5, p. 150, quote: "There was an awful lot of news: Diana had a daughter ...". This is Anne's 2nd year in Summerside, so it was late 1889 (first year is Sept. 1888-summer 1889). At the beginning of the chapter, Christmas is mentioned, so the birth could have been in December.
  35. ^ Lucy M. Montgomery: Anne in Ingleside. Loewe, 3rd edition 1992, ISBN 3-7855-2382-3 , Chapter 1, pp. 9 + 12, quote: "It's been nine years since you moved [...]". Anne moved away after their wedding in 1891, so it is now 1900. On page 12 it says: “[...] Anne-Cordelia [...] At the age of eleven she can cook as well as I can.” 1900–11 = 1889.
  36. ^ Lucy M. Montgomery: Anne in Ingleside. Loewe, 3rd edition 1992, ISBN 3-7855-2382-3 , chapter 1, p. 9, quote: "It's been nine years since you moved away, [...]" '. Anne moved away after their wedding in 1891, so it is now 1900. In Chapter 2, p. 17, it says: “And he's still so small that he lets you cover him up before going to sleep ,” Diana said enviously. Jack is nine now and doesn't want to hear anything about it. ”1900-9 = 1891.
  37. ^ Lucy M. Montgomery: Anne in Four Winds. Loewe, 5th edition 1995, ISBN 3-7855-2340-8 , chapter: Leslie Moore , p. 80; A page back it says it's October, plus it's shortly after Anne and her husband moved to Four Winds, so it must be 1891.
  38. ^ Lucy M. Montgomery: Anne in Four Winds. Loewe, 5th edition 1995, ISBN 3-7855-2340-8 , Anne married in Sep. 1891. In the chapter: Christmas in Four Winds (p. 105) there is talk of the first Christmas together, so it's still 1891. In the New Year chapter on the lighthouse it becomes 1892. Two chapters later ( spring days ) it is April and Susan Baker is mentioned.
  39. ^ Lucy M. Montgomery: Anne in Four Winds. Loewe, 5th edition 1995, ISBN 3-7855-2340-8 , Anne married in Sep. 1891. In the chapter: Christmas in Four Winds (p. 105) there is talk of the first Christmas together, so it's still 1891. In the chapter New Year on the lighthouse it becomes 1892. In the chapter Spring days it is April and the following Chapter Sunrise - Sunset in early June. In the same chapter the baby is born, so it was probably June 1892.
  40. ^ Lucy M. Montgomery: Anne in Four Winds. Loewe, 5th edition 1995, ISBN 3-7855-2340-8 , Anne married in Sep. 1891. In the chapter: Christmas in Four Winds (p. 105) there is talk of the first Christmas together, so it is still 1891. In the chapter New Year on the lighthouse it is 1892 . Two chapters later ( spring days ) it is April and Susan Baker is mentioned. The chapter Miss Cornelia Announces a Guest says, "Gilbert insisted that Susan help with the house for the summer ..." so the action still takes place in the same summer that Anne's first child was born, 1892.
  41. ^ Lucy M. Montgomery: Anne in Four Winds. Loewe, 5th edition 1995, ISBN 3-7855-2340-8 , Anne married in Sep. 1891. In the chapter: Christmas in Four Winds (p. 105) there is talk of the first Christmas together, so it is still 1891. In the chapter New Year on the lighthouse it becomes 1892 . Two chapters later ( spring days ) it is April and Susan Baker is mentioned. The chapter Miss Cornelia Announces a Guest says, "Gilbert insisted that Susan should help out for the summer ..." so the action still takes place the same summer Anne's first child was born, 1892 The late autumn and winter chapter speaks of a dull November day and the next chapter it is March, so it is now 1893. Two chapters later it is May and it is said, “May passed,” so it is now June. In the chapter A Dream Comes True (p. 203), Jem is born, so it was 1893, probably in June.
  42. ^ Lucy M. Montgomery: Anne in Ingleside. Loewe, 3rd edition 1992, ISBN 3-7855-2382-3 , chapter 1, p. 9, quote: It's been nine years since you moved away, [...] . Anne moved away after their wedding in 1891, so it is now 1900. Chapter 3, p. 19, says: Anne pulled out the letter that her little son had written. [...] It was the first letter she had ever received from one of her children, and for a seven-year-old boy in the first grade it was a very nice letter [...]. 1900 - 7 = 1893.
  43. ^ Lucy M. Montgomery: Anne in Four Winds. Loewe, 5th edition 1995, ISBN 3-7855-2340-8 , chapter: Miss Cornelia has news , p. 222, there is talk of the August sun and the next chapter red roses . The action takes place after Jem was born, so probably in the same year.
  44. ^ Lucy M. Montgomery: Anne in Four Winds. Loewe, 5th edition 1995, ISBN 3-7855-2340-8 , In the chapter Farewell to the dream house , the autumn wind is mentioned on p. 243 . The action takes place after Jem's birth, assuming that the month sequence is chronological, it is the same year, i.e. 1893.
  45. ^ Lucy M. Montgomery: Anne in Ingleside. Loewe, 3rd edition 1992, ISBN 3-7855-2382-3 , chapter 1, p. 9, quote: It's been nine years since you moved away, [...] . Anne moved away in 1891 after their wedding, so it is now 1900. Also in this chapter the cherry trees are in bloom. Chapter 5 mentions June, Chapter 8 July, Chapter 11 August and Chapter 12 November. In chapter 14, it's January, so it must be the next year, 1901. In the same chapter a quick succession follows until May. At the end of Chapter 15, June is mentioned. Chapter 16 speaks of poppies. Chapter 19 speaks of autumn and winter. It's Anne's birthday in chapter 20, so it's March, which means it's 1902. In chapter 24 it's June. Chapter 26 says, “In the last week of August, Nan and Tue came to school.” Chapter 29 is October and November. Spring came in Chapter 30, so it must be 1903. This chapter says: "Jenny Penny was nine, so only one year older than Di [...]". That means Di and her twin sister are 8th 1903 - 8 = 1895. If the book runs chronologically and no year (or the order of the months) is left out, that would mean you were born in 1895. It can be assumed, however, that there are two or three time leaps in this book, since the months do not correspond to the number of years in the book. At the beginning of the book it is 1900 and at the end of 1906. Probably between chapters 23 and 24 there is a time jump from 1902 to 1903. Chapter 22 speaks of spring and chapter 24 of a June tower, which is why one could assume that the plot still takes place in the same year, i.e. 1902, but in chapter 24 it is also mentioned that Jem is 10 years old. Jem must have been born in 1893. 1893 + 10 would be 1903. So the action in this chapter takes place in 1903. Two chapters later, Di and Nan come to school, so probably also in 1903. If you now look at the chronological order of the months again, it would be 1904 in the 30th. Chapter in which it is mentioned that Di is 8 years old, that would result in the year of birth 1896.
  46. ^ Lucy M. Montgomery: Anne in Ingleside. Loewe, 3rd edition 1992, ISBN 3-7855-2382-3 , chapter 1, p. 9, quote: It's been nine years since you moved away, [...] . Anne moved away after their wedding in 1891, so it is now 1900. In Chapter 3, p. 19, it says: "[...] Shirley with his two years." 1900 - 2 = 1898.
  47. ^ Lucy M. Montgomery: Anne in Ingleside. Loewe, 3rd edition 1992, ISBN 3-7855-2382-3 , chapter 1, p. 9, quote: It's been nine years since you moved away, [...] . Anne moved away after their wedding in 1891, so it is now 1900. In Chapter 8, p. 47, it says: “[...] meanwhile, little Bertha Marilla Blythe [...] blinked at the happy faces that surrounded her . She was born on the coldest July night in eighty-seven years. ”The book is structured chronologically, it starts when the cherry blossom petals are in bloom and now it's July, so there was no winter in between and it must be around 1900.
  48. ^ Lucy M. Montgomery: Anne in Ingleside. Loewe, 3rd edition 1992, ISBN 3-7855-2382-3 , Chapter 42, p. 236, In the chapter it is said that they have been married for 15 years. 1891 + 15 = 1906.
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