Before Green Gables
Cover of Viking Canada 2008 Hardcover
AuthorBudge Wilson
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish
GenreChildren's novel
Publication date
2008
Media typePrint (Hardcover)
Pages400
ISBN0-425-22576-3
OCLC312933557
Followed byAnne of Green Gables 

Before Green Gables is the title of a prequel to the Anne Shirley series.[1] The book was published in 2008 by Puffin, a division of Penguin Books, as part of Puffin's celebration of Anne Shirley's centennial anniversary, which sees the Anne Shirley series re-released to commemorate the event.[1] The first book in the Anne Shirley series was Anne of Green Gables, which was published in 1908.

The author of the prequel is Canadian children's author Budge Wilson.[1] In the official press release, Budge Wilson wrote: "I will, of course, try to be true to the astonishing character that Lucy Maud Montgomery created… But I would not – in fact, could not – presume to tell my part of Anne's history in Montgomery's voice. I will do this in my own voice, hoping that she would approve of the project if she were alive today."[1]

Synopsis

This book describes Anne's difficult pre-Green-Gables childhood. That time includes the deaths of her parents, her subsequent life with the Thomas and later the Hammond families, and her time in an orphanage.[1]

Publisher

Three editions are available from different publishers:

  • Canada: Viking Canada (AHC), ISBN 978-0-670-06721-3
  • US: Putnam Pub Group, ISBN 978-0-399-15468-3
  • UK: Penguin Books, ISBN 978-0-14-138412-2

Translation

Before Green Gables was translated into Japanese as a title of Kon'nichiwa Anne (meaning "Hello, Anne") and sold by Shinchosha[2] and Polish as Droga do Zielonego Wzgórza (meaning "Road/Way to Green Gables"), published by Wydawnictwo Literackie.[3] The book was also translated in French as a title of Anne... : Avant la maison aux pignons verts (meaning "Anne : Before Green Gables..."), published by Trécarré.[4]

Criticism

Benjamin Lefebvre, co-chairman of the L.M. Montgomery Research Group wrote an article about this book.[5]

Adaptations

The series was adapted into an anime, Kon'nichiwa Anne: Before Green Gables, the latest entry in Nippon Animation's World Masterpiece Theater series. It aired in Japan from April 5, 2009 to December 27, 2009.

  • L.M. Montgomery Online This scholarly site includes a blog, an extensive bibliography of reference materials, and a complete filmography of all adaptations of Montgomery texts. See, in particular, the page devoted to Before Green Gables.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Penguin Books ltd., Press Release: December 14, 2007.
  2. ↑ こんにちは アン Archived 2008-07-09 at the Wayback Machine ISBN 978-4-10-211339-4 and ISBN 978-4-10-211340-0
  3. ↑ Droga do Zielonego Wzgórza ISBN 978-83-08-04308-0 and ISBN 978-83-08-04311-0
  4. ↑ Wilson, Budge; Fortier, Dominique (2009). Anne...: Avant la maison aux pignons verts. ISBN 978-2895684398.
  5. ↑ "Eternally Anne". Benjamin Lefebvre. Retrieved 2023-10-19.
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