Anne of Green Gables, Chapters Twelve to Fourteen

In which Anne makes a bosom friend in Diana Barry, and scandal rocks Green Gables by means of a pic-a-nic and a brooch, and in which our narrator tries not to snicker at the word "bosom."



Nothing really jumped out at me as needing a note in this one, and we won't be getting another illustration until next time (but it'll be a doozy!) so here's another cover, this one from a 1970 Japanese edition. Fun fact: Did you know that Anne of Green Gables is weirdly popular in Japan? Apparently, it's been on their national school curriculum since 1952, so pretty much every person born and educated in Japan since World War II ended has read this book. Of course, I don't know if this completely explains why it's caught on there the way it has; I mean, there must have been some special appeal to get put on the curriculum in the first place, and surely not every book placed on there has become so popular, right?

Nine years after this edition was printed, Nippon Animation put out what appears to be an astonishingly comprehensive anime adaptation where what the crap is up with Anne's head holy geez she looks like the next stage in human evolution seriously wow. Anyway, it's apparently pretty good.

Also, let's back up a sec, two links back, did you see that? There's a real Green Gables, and a freakin' Anne of Green Gables THEME PARK up in Prince Edward Island. Seriously, we need more theme parks based on books.


If you would like to read along, the text can be found at Project Gutenberg. No reading ahead, though!