In which Anne goes to Queens, where Josie Pye continues to be a jerk, Jane Andrews and Ruby Gillis are comforting, Gilbert Blythe is a surprisingly handsome rival; where Anne distinguishes herself and makes the Cuthberts proud before some ominous foreshadowing; and in which our narrator does not get just a little choked up at the end.
Oddly, I didn't find anything that I thought needed a note in this section, so let's take a look at our final cover. This one's from a relatively ordinary American cover from 2008, but I thought it was just very charming how well it showed Anne's big, exuberant smile and Matthew's shy reticence. It's interesting the patterns you notice, when looking through these covers. The most popular seem to be
some variation of Anne waiting at the train station, or on that
first drive back as with this one. Many of them show some
generic scene of Anne enjoying the
outdoors. A few have her
looking out of
the window, maybe showing one of the
titular green gables. A couple show
other specific scenes (though I... I don't actually remember that last one?) Oddly, none seem to show her and Marilla, which in my opinion is the real central relationship in the book.
Anyway, as you may be able to tell, the story is coming to a close, and the next episode will finish it off. And... that foreshadowing is there for a reason.
If you would like to read along, the text can be found at Project Gutenberg. No reading ahead, though!
i think you don't remember that last scene because it wasn't actually Anne headed into the drink (and thus an odd choice for the cover). very end of chapter 14: "We had a splendid tea and then Mr. Harmon Andrews took us all for a row on the Lake of Shining Waters—six of us at a time. And Jane Andrews nearly fell overboard. She was leaning out to pick water lilies and if Mr. Andrews hadn't caught her by her sash just in the nick of time she'd fallen in and prob'ly been drowned. I wish it had been me. It would have been such a romantic experience to have been nearly drowned. It would be such a thrilling tale to tell. "
ReplyDeleteAh, you're totally right! I'd completely forgotten about that bit. That definitely is an odd choice, since not only does it not happen to Anne, we don't even SEE it happen; we only hear about it second-hand. Well, you know, "see." Though, I must say, it does appear to be a rather faithful rendition of what the scene would've looked like.
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