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Rainbow Valley is the seventh book in the Anne of Green Gables series by L. M. Montgomery. Unlike the first six, this book centres on Anne and Gilbert's children (Jem, Walter, Nan and Di mainly) and their friends, the four Meredith children (Jerry, Faith, Una and Carl) as well as a runaway named Mary Vance.
Dedication
"To the memory of Goldwin Lapp, Robert Brookes, and Morley Shier, who made the supreme sacrifice that the happy valleys of their home land might be kept sacred from the ravage of the invader."
Blurb
Anne Shirley is grown up, has married her beloved Gilbert, and is the mother of six mischievous children. These boys and girls discover a special place all their own, but they never dream of what will will happen when a strange family moves into an old mansion nearby. The Meredith clan is two boys and two girls---and a runaway named Mary Vance. Soon the Merediths join Anne's children in their private hideout, intent on carrying out their plans to save Mary from the orphanage, to help the lonely minister find happiness, and to keep a pet rooster from the soup pot. There's always an adventure brewing in the sun-dappled world of Rainbow Valley. (from the 1998 Bantam Books reissue)
Plot
Chapter 1: Home Again
Chapter 2: Sheer Gossip
Chapter 3: The Ingleside Children
Chapter 4: The Manse Children
Chapter 5: The Advent of Mary Vance
Chapter 6: Mary Stays at the Manse
Chapter 7: A Fishy Episode
Chapter 8: Miss Cornelia Intervenes
Chapter 9: Una Intervenes
Chapter 10: The Manse Girls Clean House
Chapter 11: A Dreadful Discovery
Chapter 12: An Explanation and a Dare
Chapter 13: The House on the Hill
Chapter 14: Mrs. Alec Davis Makes a Call
Chapter 15: More Gossip
Chapter 16: Tit for Tat
Chapter 17: A Double Victory
Chapter 18: Mary Brings Evil Tidings
Chapter 19: Poor Adam!
Chapter 20: Faith Makes a Friend
Chapter 21: The Impossible Word
Chapter 22: St. George Knows All About It
Chapter 23: The Good-Conduct Club
Chapter 24: A Charitable Impulse
Chapter 25: Another Scandal and Another "Explanation"
Chapter 26: Miss Cornelia Gets a New Point of View
Chapter 27: A Sacred Concert
Chapter 28: A Fast Day
Chapter 29: A Weird Tale
Chapter 30: The Ghost on the Dyke
Chapter 31: Carl Does Penance
Chapter 32: Two Stubborn People
Chapter 33: Carl Is—Not—Whipped
Chapter 34: Una Visits the Hill
Chapter 35: "Let the Piper Come"
Timeline
This setting of the book is in the middle of the 1900s. It starts in May 1906 and ends in September 1907.
Editions
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Adaptations
Radio dramas
- Rainbow Valley (1979), a Polish radio drama, originally produced and broadcast in 1979. It was directed by Stanisława Grotowska and starred Anna Romantowska as Anne.
Stage
- Rainbow Valley (1999), a musical stage production with two acts, produced by The Castle Co.
See also
- Read:Rainbow Valley
- Study:Rainbow Valley
External links
Rainbow Valley on Classic Reader- Rainbow Valley at L.M. Montgomery Online
Rainbow Valley on Wikipedia