Anne of Green Gables is one of the most famous novels by Canadian writer Lucy Montgomery (1874-1942). *** Marilla and Matthew Cuthbert, from Greengable, Prince Edward Island, decide to adopt a boy from an orphanage. But due to an unforeseen coincidence, the girl Ann Shirley gets to them. Other outstanding works of L. Montgomery are "The Story of a Girl", "The Golden Road", "Anne from Prince Edward Island", "Anne and the House of Dreams" and "Emily from the New Moon". Lucy Montgomery published more than a hundred stories in the Chronicle and Echo newspapers before returning to her longtime dream, a book about a red-haired girl and her friends.