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 Five years have passed since the orphan girl Anne Shirley came to live in the childless home of Marilla and Matthew Cuthbert. She has returned to Avonlea to teach in the same village school where she herself was taught. Her earlier friends, Diana Barry, Jane Andrews, Priscilla Gray, and Gilbert Blyth, have also become teachers at neighboring village schools.

A mysterious new neighbor and his parrot named Ginger are now added to the original cast of characters. And there are the mischievious but darling Keith twins, Davy and Dora, whom Marilla has adopted.

Hear more stories in the Anne of Green Gables series.(P)1998 Blackstone Audiobooks Classics Fiction Growing Up Growing Up & Facts of Life Literature & Fiction

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"With a brisk pace and pleasant, natural style, O'Malley's voice makes a good match for Anne's sweet-natured temperament and higher energy....O'Malley gives the many narrative passages, and Anne's parts, a lively quality, while setting an overall tone of nostalgia to match the story." ( AudioFile)
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Shame such a lovely story was told by such a ‘Siri’ like reader. A disappointment after listening to Anne of Green gables.

Beautiful story, monotone reader

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As this is included in audible's free library, it was a good find. The narration was slightly stilted but worth persevering.

Many enjoyable layers of story writing

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Reading about the life of young Anne as she goes through her teenage years is a delightfully innocent tale. As a very very much older reader it reminds me of books I read in my pre ten/very early teen years. A gentle story I loved to listen to in bed, to relax me before sleep.
I shall try the next book in the sequence now.

Easy restful read

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Another lovely story following Ann's journey, growing in age, imagination, and emotional and academic intelligence, as well as the many familiar and new characters I've become fond of. All so interesting and flawed yet mostly adorable. It took me a while to get used to the narrator Susan O'Malley as Anne of Green Gables, which I'd listened to previously, was read by Rachel McAdam's and well I'd become used to the voices of the characters differently and more animated. These stories leave me feeling upbeat and wanting more.

Love this book

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The narrator reads fast with little emotion, and often reads sentences in a very clunky way. She also has very sharp S-sounds, which is undesirable. The story is cute.

Good story, meh narrator

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