Template:Out of universe Anne's House of Dreams is the fifth book in the Anne of Green Gables series by L. M. Montgomery. It centres on 25-year-old Anne Shirley, who has just married Gilbert Blythe and settled into a lovely house in Four Winds.
Dedication
"To Laura, in memory of the olden time."
Blurb
Anne's own true love, Gilbert Blythe, is finally a doctor, and in the sunshine of the old orchard, among their dearest friends, they are about to speak their vows. Soon the happy couple will be bound for a new life together and their own dream house, on the misty purple shores of Four Winds Harbour.
A new life means fresh problems to solve, fresh surprises. Anne and Gilbert will make new friends and meet their neighbours, Captain Jim, the lighthouse attendant, with his sad stories of the sea, Miss Cornelia Bryant, the lady who speaks from the heart - and speaks her mind - and the tragically beautiful Leslie Moore, into whose dark life Anne shines a brilliant light. (from the 1998 Bantam Books reissue)
Plot
Chapter 1: In the Garret of Green Gables
Chapter 2: The House of Dreams
Chapter 3: The Land of Dreams Among
Chapter 4: The First Bride of Green Gables
Chapter 5: The Home Coming
Chapter 6: Captain Jim
Chapter 7: The Schoolmaster's Bride
Chapter 8: Miss Cornelia Comes to Call
Chapter 9: An Evening at Four Winds Point
Chapter 10: Leslie Moore
Chapter 11: The Story of Leslie Moore
Chapter 12: Leslie Comes Over
Chapter 13: A Ghostly Evening
Chapter 14: November Days
Chapter 15: Christmas at Four Winds
Chapter 16: New Year's Eve at the Light
Chapter 17: A Four Winds Winter
Chapter 18: Spring Days
Chapter 19: Dawn and Dusk
Chapter 20: Lost Margaret
Chapter 21: Barriers Swept Away
Chapter 22: Miss Cornelia Arranges Matters
Chapter 23: Owen Ford Comes
Chapter 24: The Life-Book of Captain Jim
Chapter 25: The Writing of the Book
Chapter 26: Owen Ford's Confession
Chapter 27: On the Sand-Bar
Chapter 28: Odds and Ends
Chapter 29: Gilbert and Anne Disagree
Chapter 30: Leslie Decides
Chapter 31: The Truth Makes Free
Chapter 32: Miss Cornelia Discusses the Affair
Chapter 33: Leslie Returns
Chapter 34: The Ship o' Dreams Comes to the Harbour
Chapter 35: Politics at Four Winds
Chapter 36: Beauty for Ashes
Chapter 37: Miss Cornelia Makes a Startling Announcement
Chapter 38: Red Roses
Chapter 39: Captain Jim Crosses the Bar
Chapter 40: Farewell to the House of Dreams
Timeline
This setting of the book is in the early 1890s. It starts in August 1890 and ends in September 1892.
Editions
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Adaptations
Radio dramas
- Anne's House of Dreams (1979), a Polish radio drama, originally produced and broadcast in 1979. It was directed by Maria Wachowiak and starred Anna Romantowska as Anne.
Audio dramas
- Anne's House of Dreams (2010), a German audio drama produced by Titania Medien, adapted into four parts and starred Marie Bierstedt as Anne.
Behind the scenes
Trivia
- Anne's House of Dreams is dedicated to Laura Pritchard Agnew, Montgomery's friend from Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. Laura and her brother Will were one of Montgomery's first kindred spirits. To honour her childhood friends, Montgomery later modeled Diana Barry after Laura and Gilbert Blythe after Will.
- Anne's House of Dreams is the first book in the Anne series to take place in the location of Four Winds. However, Four Winds also appears as the name of a location in an earlier short story by Montgomery entitled "Four Winds", which was published between 1907 and 1908. The story also contains a plot that has a striking resemblance to the story of Owen Ford, Leslie West, and Dick and George Moore.
See also
- Read:Anne's House of Dreams
- Study:Anne's House of Dreams
External links
Anne's House of Dreams on Classic Reader- Anne's House of Dreams at L.M. Montgomery Online
Anne's House of Dreams on Wikipedia