No. 6), Anne of Ingleside (Anne of Green Gables

Translated by a computer? Horrible. Checked Russian and German translations of same book by same company. Again, computer? Missing prepositions, tenses all out of whack. A first year student could have done better. The translating company's website doesn't exist. The scary part is the publishing company seems to be under the auspices of the store. Sad days. These books are flooding the market.

Since this book was in hardcover, I was assuming, in the lack of a date or description, that it was an earlier edition. What I got was a cheap-looking modern edition that I never would have bought if I had had information as to the publication date, which was never listed. I don't like being exploited like this. Books should be advertised with dates.

"Anne of Ingleside" is the sixth book in Lucy Maud Montgomery's superb "Anne of Green Gables" series. Anne and Gilbert have been married nine years and live in the large house they call Ingleside. Gilbert has a thriving medical practice in Glen St. Mary; he and Anne have five young children, with a sixth on the way. They have also the unique maid of all work Susan Baker.

The story centers around a lively series of domestic crises, large and small, delivered with humor and gentle wisdom. Some are typical childhood events, such as the death of a treasured pet or the consequences of a lie. Some affect everyone, such as the prolonged stay of Gilbert's ill-tempered Aunt Mary Maria, whose pessimistic posturing threatens to unhinge the whole family. Some are quite frightening, such as Anne's very serious bout with pneumonia.

A visit by old college classmate Christine Stuart will trigger a surprising crisis of confidence for Anne in her marriage. Her fears are stoked by Gilbert's air of preoccupation and Anne's recollections of Christine Stuart as a rival for Gilbert's affections. Anne's imagination will lead her down a dark path to a fateful conversation with her husband.

Anne of Ingleside" is rich in the details of a maturing marriage. It is also an introduction to the little Blythe's, each healthy, imaginative, and unique, of whom we will see more in "Rainbow Valley." It is highly recommended as a very good read to "Anne" fans of all ages.

“Juvenile Imagination vs the Secret Wisdom of Mothers”

This 6th book in the beloved ANNE OF GREEN GABLES series, set on Prince Edward Island, starts when Anne is about to give birth to Rilla (named after aging Marilla Cuthbert of Green Gables) and concludes several years later. Time has a blissfully liquid way of ebbing and flowing—which may confuse and even exasperate some chronologically- strict readers. For those of us who have faithfully followed Anne’s romanticized and harrowing adventures over the years we yearn for more of her story—which has charmed generations of girls who would like to visit PEI for themselves, to savor the essence of red-haired Anne. Indeed there’s nothing like the Island Cure for mainland Canadians feeling blue.

Most of the book details the childhood woes and challenges of the small fry: Jem, Walter, twins Nan and Diana, toddler Shirley (a boy) and finally lisping Rilla. ANNE opens with her nostalgic return to Green Gables, with all its treasured places with her girlfriend, dearest Diana.
LMM describes a variety of kid pranks and cruelty to each other, strangers, friends, and even siblings. Little Di learns to her sorrow not to be manipulated by elaborate lies, and the exaggerations of two silver-tongued girls. Anne appears as the almost too–perfect mother, until she frets without cause over deep-rooted latent jealousy. Over the years she deals with a cantankerous, meddling old relative who will not leave; she also seems to be cured at long last of her penchant for matchmaking. When the ladies of the Sewing Guild get together to make quilts, well--the list of gossipy items rattled off fills an entire, plot-less chapter!

Some of her offspring tend toward the romantic like their mother and imagine things not only fairy-like but too dramatically frightening. Even one’s imagination can be overdone… Best are the lovely descriptions of Mother Nature, as each season melts into the next. Anne lovingly teaches her brood that “the world will always be full of magic.” Alas, when one of the children is under the weather—physically or emotionally--the ubiquitous bottle of castor oil is brought out or at least mentioned.

The only American reference is to Boston, but this gentle saga is naively free of dollars and presidents. You will find reference to Kelpies, snipe and red bubbles mingled along with Canadian colleges. Our Anne cherishes the few years left to her and Gilbert to watch over their growing cherubs. It is only in the last few chapters that Anne doubts her attractiveness for her dear husband--the conscientious but overworked doctor of Glen St. Mary. Will she pull herself together and cast off the image of scheming Christine Stewart for good? Anne appears briefly as a minor character in other LMM novels, but there is only one last book in this cherished series, about the juvenile antics of the baby, Rilla. Perhaps the author was capitalizing on a sure thing; Anne is more an observant, secondary character, for LMM truly knew how to capture the idyllic countryside of PEI which may prove the true star of this disconnected novel.

Quite a few years have passed since Anne's House of Dreams, tiny Jem who was barely a newborn is now the oldest of six brilliant Blythe siblings. While our book begins strongly from Anne's perspective, it's obvious quite early on that Montgomery is shifting the perspective of our adventures from those of Anne Shirley Blythe and her fantasies to those of her children. At first, I really loved getting to know the Blythe children. I appreciate how Montgomery has given each child their own distinct voice. Even little Rilla! As the Blythe children grow and develop they encounter all sorts of trials, tribulations, adventures, and misunderstandings. It's obvious from the get-go that these are the children of Anne Shirley. But I quickly tired of these stories. While I adore Anne's children, they are presented as little angel who can do no wrong. Even when they do make mistakes, the reader is aware of the entire process; how each child made the mistake and the silly reasons they are in trouble. This makes all the stories feel not only sickeningly sweet but also repetitive. I almost was hoping that Anne and Gilbert would have a proper troublemaker. Instead, the Blythe children each fall into different misunderstandings with strangely happy endings.

As with all of the Anne of Green Gables books, Anne of Ingleside is a beautiful collection of stories featuring some of my favorite literary characters. I got bored a few times, but I always appreciated the winsome and wistful tone Montgomery manages to capture in her writing. I've been told by many that the series only gets better from here. I cannot wait to see what else is in store for the Blythe family. After all-- World War I is about to begin. And I'm sure that will completely change their world forever.

"Anne of Ingleside" is the sixth book in Lucy Maud Montgomery's superb "Anne of Green Gables" series. Anne and Gilbert have been married nine years and live in the large house they call Ingleside. Gilbert has a thriving medical practice in Glen St. Mary; he and Anne have five young children, with a sixth on the way. They have also the unique maid of all work Susan Baker.

The story centers around a lively series of domestic crises, large and small, delivered with humor and gentle wisdom. Some are typical childhood events, such as the death of a treasured pet or the consequences of a lie. Some affect everyone, such as the prolonged stay of Gilbert's ill-tempered Aunt Mary Maria, whose pessimistic posturing threatens to unhinge the whole family. Some are quite frightening, such as Anne's very serious bout with pneumonia.

A visit by old college classmate Christine Stuart will trigger a surprising crisis of confidence for Anne in her marriage. Her fears are stoked by Gilbert's air of preoccupation and Anne's recollections of Christine Stuart as a rival for Gilbert's affections. Anne's imagination will lead her down a dark path to a fateful conversation with her husband.

Anne of Ingleside" is rich in the details of a maturing marriage. It is also an introduction to the little Blythe's, each healthy, imaginative, and unique, of whom we will see more in "Rainbow Valley." It is highly recommended as a very good read to "Anne" fans of all ages.

"Anne of Ingleside" is the sixth book in Lucy Maud Montgomery's superb "Anne of Green Gables" series. Anne and Gilbert have been married nine years and live in the large house they call Ingleside. Gilbert has a thriving medical practice in Glen St. Mary; he and Anne have five young children, with a sixth on the way. They have also the unique maid of all work Susan Baker.

The story centers around a lively series of domestic crises, large and small, delivered with humor and gentle wisdom. Some are typical childhood events, such as the death of a treasured pet or the consequences of a lie. Some affect everyone, such as the prolonged stay of Gilbert's ill-tempered Aunt Mary Maria, whose pessimistic posturing threatens to unhinge the whole family. Some are quite frightening, such as Anne's very serious bout with pneumonia.

A visit by old college classmate Christine Stuart will trigger a surprising crisis of confidence for Anne in her marriage. Her fears are stoked by Gilbert's air of preoccupation and Anne's recollections of Christine Stuart as a rival for Gilbert's affections. Anne's imagination will lead her down a dark path to a fateful conversation with her husband.

Anne of Ingleside" is rich in the details of a maturing marriage. It is also an introduction to the little Blythe's, each healthy, imaginative, and unique, of whom we will see more in "Rainbow Valley." It is highly recommended as a very good read to "Anne" fans of all ages.

I enjoyed the first five books in the Anne of Green Gables series, but I wish I had skipped this one. It started out okay, but there was very little interaction between Anne and Gilbert--in fact, Gilbert was rarely in this book. The latter part of the book was more like a series of short stories about Anne's children. Many of the characters were mean-spirited and extremely "gossipy"--adults and children both! Even Susan showed a snooty side. Some of the stories didn't make any sense, and others were overly syrupy sweet. Towards the end, the plot pretty much fizzled out. I considered stopping several times (and probably should have!), but stuck it out to the end.

"Anne of Ingleside" is the sixth book in Lucy Maud Montgomery's superb "Anne of Green Gables" series. Anne and Gilbert have been married nine years and live in the large house they call Ingleside. Gilbert has a thriving medical practice in Glen St. Mary; he and Anne have five young children, with a sixth on the way. They have also the unique maid of all work Susan Baker.

The story centers around a lively series of domestic crises, large and small, delivered with humor and gentle wisdom. Some are typical childhood events, such as the death of a treasured pet or the consequences of a lie. Some affect everyone, such as the prolonged stay of Gilbert's ill-tempered Aunt Mary Maria, whose pessimistic posturing threatens to unhinge the whole family. Some are quite frightening, such as Anne's very serious bout with pneumonia.

A visit by old college classmate Christine Stuart will trigger a surprising crisis of confidence for Anne in her marriage. Her fears are stoked by Gilbert's air of preoccupation and Anne's recollections of Christine Stuart as a rival for Gilbert's affections. Anne's imagination will lead her down a dark path to a fateful conversation with her husband.

Anne of Ingleside" is rich in the details of a maturing marriage. It is also an introduction to the little Blythe's, each healthy, imaginative, and unique, of whom we will see more in "Rainbow Valley." It is highly recommended as a very good read to "Anne" fans of all ages.

I will make a little pause now, mostly because even if Anne is the most important character for me, Montgomery switched her attentions on her and Gilbert children, that I find not so fascinating I must admit, maybe in a bit of time, when I will miss her terribly, I will read the other 3 books.

Faró ora una piccola pausa, perché se per me Anne resta il personaggio principale, la sua autrice sembra concentrarsi piuttosto sui figli che lei ha avuto con Gilber, che invece, ammetto, mi interessano poco; magari tra qualche tempo, quando l'astinenza si fará dolorosa, mi leggeró gli ultimi tre libri che mi mancano per finire questa serie meravigliosa.

This book tells of Anne's marriage after having quite a few more children and worries - does Gilbert still love her? Is he still attracted to his college sweetheart?
I didn't feel that Anne had developed enough as a character to be worth another book - maybe it's because her children (lovely as they are) are starting to dominate the book. Maybe it's because unlike the previous books, the changes in her life (e.g. moving to Ingleside and having kids) was not a major "bend in the road" but rather a walk down a straight one from her last book, and even though the road might be a lovely one, it does not contain as many surprises as a bend would. All of her other books had a bend, or a little twist, between them, and I feel I miss it in this book.
The main characters added to this book are the children, and Susan. The children are all somewhat similar to Anne, they are not Anne herself as a child, and they all seemed a little "bland" to me by comparrison to her. Even though they were all difference ages, which would have made them more likely to experience different events on different levels, they do not, which is a little disappointing.
Susan, on the other hand, is nothing but bland - she has her own ways, her own opinions and basically - a woman who knows her own mind, unusual as all of those above might appear to be. She is just so funny sometimes! God bless Lucy Maud Montgomery for inventing her!

Anne of Ingleside is the sixth book in L.M. Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables series. This novel takes place about seven years after Anne's House of Dreams (book 5,) and Anne is the married mother of five children.

Anne in her mid-thirties is not as fun-loving a character as she was in the earlier books. She has much more responsibility now and this is plainly illustrated for the reader in Anne of Ingleside. I understand that Anne's freedom has been curtailed a bit by her choices, but Montgomery paints her life in such a negative light that I can't help but wonder what happened to the real Anne? Anne Shirley was always a "when life gives you lemons, make lemonade" kind of girl, but as a wife and mother she seems bitter and resentful of the people around her.

Most of the story however is really about Anne's children in this novel and unfortunately, they all seem like paler versions of their mother. They are a little boring and ill-formed, and their so-called "adventures" are not very interesting at all. All in all, Anne of Ingleside was a disappointment and I am worried about the next two books...

"Anne of Ingleside" is the sixth book in L.M. Montgomery's "Anne of Green Gables" series, but it was the last of the eight books written. Montgomery had originally ended her series in 1920 with "Rilla of Ingleside." In 1936 she wrote "Anne of Windy Poplars," which became the fourth book and fit in between "Anne of the Island" and "Anne's House of Dreams," covering the three years the red-headed orphan spent teaching while waiting for Gilbert to finish medical school. "Anne of Ingleside" was written in 1939 and is set ten years after "Anne's House of Dreams," and before "Rainbow Valley." This allows Montgomery the opportunity to retroactively foreshadow what would happen to her son Walter in the World War and other aspects of the final pair of books.

At this point Anne and Gilbert have five children, are about to have a sixth, and have made Glen St. Mary into a home. But then Gilbert's maiden Aunt Mary Maria arrives and puts a serious damper on the happy household. Anne's primary focus is on her children and their daily little crises, although Jem wanting a dog turns out to be a constant concern. It takes a little get used to Anne Shirley being a mother, but what is impossible to believe is that Anne is suddenly worried that Gilbert no longer loves her. But Anne is not only convinced of this, but is equally sure that Gilbert is interested in somebody else, the widowed Mrs. Andrew Dawson of Winnipeg, who was formerly Christine Stuart. Yes, the same Christine Stuart that Anne was jealous of in "Anne of the Island" when she thought Gilbert was dating her, even though the truth was he was simply providing her with an escort since her fiance was out of town. Apparently our Anne-girl can be fooled twice and the entire business is carried all the way until the final chapter, which is why I round down on this one. It has to be clear to all those who love the character of Anne Shirley and the writing of L.M. Montgomery that this novel is on the bottom shelf and it is there for good reason.

This was Montgomery's last novel, her previous effort being "Jane of Lantern Hill" in 1937. That was a solid story about a young girl reconciling her parents, but "Anne of Ingleside" really does seem like Montgomery took everything she had left and mixed it together for a last novel. At the end Montgomery describes Anne in her white gown, her hair in two long braids, looking, "like the Anne of Green Gables days . . . of Redmond days . . . of the House of Dreams days. That inward glow was still shining through her." That is what we want to hear, but it is really too little too late. However, just accept that this book is an abberation. Even though the Blythes are secondary characters in the next book, "Rainbow Valley," is it one of my favorites and the story of the Blythes during the World War makes for a fascinating ending to the story, even if it is far removed from where we started with the red-headed orphan who was adopted by Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert.

This books was only written in 1939, three years before Montgomery's death and slipped in as the 6th volume long after what is now volume 7 and 8 were published. It has little of the lightheartedness of the earlier Anne books. It is more like a collection of short stories, were chapters are dedicated to the different children of Anne. Many of the stories are filled with bitterness and spite and bad gossip. Gossip has always been a part of the Anne books, but here it shows its nasty side, its destructiveness. It is not the entertaining gossip of good hearted women like Mrs. Rachel Lynde or Miss Cornelia. The children have again and again very painful experiences within their social circle and their disappointment in friends somehow doesn't seem to be theirs but the authors. To make matters worse, the book has no story line and is barely held together by the cycle of the year with its seasons.
It feels very much like this book was not written because Montgomery wanted to, but she had to, whether under pressure from readers, the publisher or others and she did not enjoy it. It reflects a negativity and bitterness that is hard to take and one has to wonder what frame of mind she was in when she wrote it. Fortunately, as the book was added later, it is not necessary to read it to understand the later books and can be easily skipped which is my recommendation.

Anne of Ingleside is one of the best books that I have ever read! This is the sixth book in the Anne of Green Gables series and features some of your favorite characters from the previous novels return! Such as Little Elizebeth, Diana Berry, Rebecca Dew, and others! This novel also indroduces us to Anne's 6 children! Jem who is named after Captain Jim from the fifth book in the series Anne's House of Dream.....Who gets into all kinds of trouble. You also get a chance to see how time has worn at the marrige of Gilbert and Anne! All in all it is a must read! This book can be read even if you haven't read the other 5 books in the series. Believe it or not and still make really good sense!

Of all the Anne books I have read (and I have read them all), this is perhaps my least favorite. While none of the books can be called "gritty" by any stretch of any imagination, "Anne of Ingleside" is just a bit too romanticized for my tastes. Here, family life is perfectly idyllic and the usual conflicts are almost entirely absent.
So, my recommendation would be: If you read just one Anne book, perhaps choose another.
If however you want the whole Anne experience, this book is most certainly not "bad" enough to skip. It is just a bit of a let-down in an otherwise very enjoyable series.

This is the first Anne of Green Gables book I've read, but I have seen the earler versions on tv. I guess I cheated by jumping right to Anne of Ingleside,but I was anxious to see how she fared with five kids, six actually, because she's pregnant when the story opens.

I read it and all I can say is what a sweet
adolescent book:) This story takes us on an adventure of Anne
and her family. Mostly each chapter is devoted to a single family member's adventure. With three girls and three boys, there are many adventures, like the time when an aunt came and wouldn't leave,or the lesson about false friends.

This was a fun book to read and I definitely
give it my highest rating:)

You can tell Maud wrote this book when depressedbecause it almost tries to hard to be happy. In many ways it is a feminist's nightmare. At the end maud confronts her old Redmond class-mate Christine. And snubs her because she is childless! She is afraid that Christina is prettier than her, etc, and that Gilbert has forgotten about her. We are lead to believe that a woman is nothing without children, that her only aim in life is her children. However it is interesting to read about the birth of Rilla. That's probably the most interesting part in the book. Anne does not really have much of a role throughout the novel. It is only stories of her children. I enjoyed finding out more about them, but there were some problems. I know this book and Anne of Windy Poplars were written after the other books in the series and this may be the reason. Nan was imaginative in this one and Di, Gilbert's favorite, was the practical one. In Rainbow Valley Di is the imaginative one and Nan the practical one. There is very little of Di, the red-headed twin, in this book. If you thought there was little of Gilbert in the previous books, then be prepared for next to nothing of him in this one. He is totally seperated from his family, all he does is work. I would like to see him interact more with the children, etc. Aunt Mary Maria makes life hell for them for awhile, but in my opinion she leaves too soon for things to become too interesting. We needed some more conflict, perhaps if Aunt Mary Maria stayed and Anne and Gilbert's marriage became threatened by her....if we had been taken into Gilbert's mind: Ok, so now he has to choose between his wife and his kin who according to the book he cannot bear to bar from his house. (That is why he does not bar the horrible aunt Mary Maria out.) In addition, he character was not developed enough. There must have been something good about her! The book gives us the impression that it is trying to be too cheerful. I know L.M. need not write like this, just read "Emily's Quest" for example.
In short this was my least favorite L.M. book ever. I know she wrote this and Anne of Windy Poplars at the urging of her publisher and so I forgive her.

Lucy Montgomery can't seem to write convincing men, and only does marginally better with women. The quality of this series has really gone downhill since Anne was a girl, or even a young woman. Now that she has children, the book no longer focuses on her, which was really the main reason the books seemed to come alive in the beginning. Now, they drag on and on. I found myself having to skim large sections simply because nothing happens. One of the longest chapters is a quilting circle's gossip- and that's it. And it's not even gossip about characters we know or care about! A genius to the early books was that Anne either had many problems, or believed she did, and we could join in the child's angst about life. But now Anne has the ideal life she has always wanted. And there is no conflict. And hence, much of this book is simply boring. There are times when things pick up- like when her children get into trouble. We start to see something similar to the adventures of the Anne we knew. But each issue is quickly resolved within a chapter, and nothing encourages you to go on to the next pericope. There is some hope when Anne starts to dabble with match-making, but this is quickly ended before it could get very interesting. Aunt Mary Maria is a pill of a woman, and she makes for some very interesting reading- but then she leaves after the first quarter of the book, never to be seen again, and with everything unresolved.
When Lucy writes of Anne's son, Jem, there is something missing. He doesn't seem like a boy somehow- or else not like a real human. And I realized that this is further developed in Lucy's treatment of Gilbert, who seems to be amazingly absent in these later books. There is no great undying love between her and Gilbert as there was in earlier books. Yes, it is mentioned, it is assumed, but we don't see it. Gilbert does very little thought or action- he is mostly wallpaper. Lucy doesn't write convincing male characters.
The last third of the book picks up somewhat, with a few more conflicts for the children, and Anne's marriage appears to be in jeopardy. But I finished this book really unsure as to if I wanted to read the final installment- despite the foreshadowing of the last two pages.

First of all, Anne does NOT stop being Anne (with an e), for example, on page 8 Anne says "Don't talk as if our day was ended, Diana. We're only 15 years old and kindred spirits. The air isn't just full of light ... it is light. I'm not sure that I haven't sprouted wings." My favorite part of the book was when the ladies were gossiping, it was really funny. If you skip that part of the book how do you know it's boring?
Susan is definatly the funniest character in the book. And who says Anne has to be a feminist?
If you like Anne you should like these books.

I loved this book every bit as much as I loved the earlier ones. Anne's children are sweet and wonderful, and it's good to know that Gilbert still loves her after all those years! I only wish there were a book in between the previous book and this one. It seems quite a jump for Anne, whose life we have known so intimately ever since she was 11 years old, to suddenly go from having one baby to having 5 children and one on the way.

I'm surprised at how many Anne fans are disappointed in Anne of Ingleside. Of course, Anne can't be the same 13-year-old girl we first met, but I'm still rooting for her all the way. Some say Anne has her "ideal life," but near the end of this novel, Anne does stumble upon some insecurity, which I found absolutely devastating. I have laughed and cried with Anne throughout this series, and this installment is no exception. Now, we get to meet Anne's children, who have trials of their own. Not a bit boring to me. I would still recommend this book to anyone who is a fan of the younger Annes.

I think this book was absolutely fantastic. I read this book first and then I read the others though I still have to read a couple more. A flaw in all the books I have so far read about Anne is that the author has created no romance between Anne and Gilbert . I mean a little kissing wouldn't hurt at all and it would make the books so much more romantic and sweet . I don't mean to say that the author has to be totally Danielle Steel but it would have been nice if she had made her books romantic. The worst thing in this whole book was the incessant gossiping of the old ladies at the sewing party. I skipped it because it was so boring. Nevertheless I really like these books and I think the author has described the natural beauty very NICELY. You would feel as if you were there.I find Anne's children very adorable. And I would like to inform the other readers out there that Anne has six children:Jem, Walter, Di, Nan, Shirley and Rilla. I recommend this book to all as it is full of laughter and fun.

When I was finally able to pick up a copy of this book, I was quite excited to read more of Anne's continuing adventures. Up to this point, I had found myself enthralled by all of Anne's adventuring. But when I finally managed to finish this book, it really was a disappointing moment. The book revolves, mostly, around the adventures of Anne's children, none of which were in the least bit interesting. Her children's stories all follow one main plotline. 1: I'm going to be naughty even though mother and everyone says I should be good. 2: Oh, it really was horrible wanting to be naughty, because it all turned out badly in the end. 3: Mother's holding me and everything's all better again. About half way through the book, I really began to wonder how two such interesting characters as Anne and Gilbert could have possibly had not 1, but 6 dull, rather stupid, flighty children. Even their imaginings, which, in Anne seemed so interesting, were all terribly lackluster and idiotic in her children. There was absolutely no character development of Anne or Gilbert, which, I rather felt there should have been, considering the book takes place over quite a number of years. Anne is nothing more than window dressing, brought in and out of the scenes in the most haphazard fashion. Gilbert spends the entire book going from work to more work, and yet another spat of work, before starting it all over again. Everything that I enjoyed so much about their earlier romance was gone completely, and the end, to which the back of the book aludes is flat at best. Anne does nothing to 'win' Gilbert's love all over again. It's practically all of one chapter. 1: Anne has a fit, and is sure Gilbert no longer loves her(which, if I were writing Gilbert, considering how utterly boring Montgomery writes her out to be, would be completely understandable). 2: Anne gets jealous. 3: Anne and Gilbert come home and suddenly everything's right in the world again. I was thankful to finally finish this book, something I've never felt with the first 5. With those it was always, Good grief, it's over already? All in all, if you're HUGE Anne fan, you might want to read this book simply to have read another book into which Anne figures. But don't expect her to be anything like the old Anne so many came to love and respect.

When I first read this book, I disliked the new characters, and wanted to know about Avonlea, Marilla, Mrs. Lynde, and Diana. But that was because I didn't read the books in order! My favourite part was the touch of cynicism Anne shows when Gilbert seems to forget their anniversary. Up until this point, Anne has been nothing short of perfect, and this book made her REAL to me.

Now, I love Anne, I really do. I've read the first five books many times. But this one falls quite flat. LMM spends about a page every chapter describing the flowers and the trees and whatnot, which gets old fast. Additionally, I feel like I as a reader got demoted. While Anne and Gilbert have their lives, the reader gets relegated to the kiddie table to see what hi-jinx the children are up to. I'm sure the children are great, but I've followed Anne from eleven years old, and I want to stay with her. I felt condescended to.

The quilting chapter bored me utterly to death. The other characters that were introduced came and went too quickly...except for Aunt Mary Maria, I felt cheated out of getting to know anyone. The whole book is too much telling, not enough showing. Overall..it was just a struggle to get through, which I only managed because I think it's a shame not to read the whole series.

If you like Anne of Green Gables in any way, you have to read the other books in order to see her grow up. She stills continue to get in trouble, romance with Gilbert continues, just about anything that can happen, happens. These books fulfill everything that you could ever want out of a book.

It seems that Montgomery didn't know what to fill this book with. There are some nice stories about Anne's children (who are very sweet kids indeed), but there is also the extremely boring chapter about the gossipy Ladies' Aid meeting, or the too lengthy presence of the personage of aunt Mary Maria. Anne herself has turned into a common housewife, and there is nothing left of the good naughty little girl with the great imagination or the clever and ambitious young woman. Gilbert is a doctor, Anne is "Mrs Doctor", and we almost forget about the earlier school and college competions between both of them, where they are equal and both interesting. Reading the previous books one could think Anne would become a famous writer, not just the shadow of man she loves. She is really a wonderful mother and wife, but she could be these things without losing her personality too.

in this book Anne stops being Anne! She becomes this average mother that sits in the background. Gilbert is hard to find and is never called Gilbert, but only Dr. Blythe. I don't mind the children but the Anne story should have ended at book five. The end, where Anne feels jealous was about the only part you could truly enjoy, it had the only bit of romance you see in the whole book. Read it if you love Anne but if you don't, don't bother.

I hated this book even when I was a kid. Lucy Maud Montgomery didn't know how to "create" a happy marriage between Anne and Gilbert because her own marriage was so disasterous. In real life, Lucy Maud's only friends were women and her negative attitude towards her husband is reflected in this book. Gilbert should have been outgoing, interesting, debonaire and REAL. Instead, he's a flat cardboard character who hides in the background. Although Anne is only in her late 30's, she's a prim and repressed matron who feels life has passed her by as she watches her children grow. And the kids are annoying! Saintly Walter is being primed as the sacrificial lamb and martyr--a destiny he fulfills in "Rilla of Ingleside." There's something weirdly disturbing and unreal about them...and their parents. Believe it or not--the most fascinating character is "Christine," the sultry widow who flirts with Gilbert and tries to "steal" him away from Anne--sort of! Christine is a little naughty and not very nice (by early 1900's standards) and she spices up this otherwise dull book.

I have just finished reading this book and I could not put it down.The way LMM describes every little detail is fantastic.I was furios towards the end when it seemed that Gilbert was neglecting Anne.However everything worked out and I am desperate to find out more.I really want to know about Anne and Gilbert's six children and Anne and Gilbert themselves!Anne of Ingleside is an unforgetable book and a MUST for all the Anne fans of whom I know there are many.