First published 1909

Anne of Avonlea

by Lucy Maud Montgomery

Anne of Avonlea is L. M. Montgomery's sequel to Anne of Green Gables, first published by L. C. Page & Company of Boston in September 1909. Anne Shirley, aged sixteen to eighteen, teaches at the Avonlea school while Marilla takes in the orphaned twins Davy and Dora.

Editions tracked
2
First edition
The Page Company, 1909
First published
L. C. Page & Company, Boston, 1909
First UK edition
Pitman, 1909
Series
Anne of Green Gables

The first edition of Anne of Avonlea by Lucy Maud Montgomery was published in Boston by The Page Company in 1909. We track 2 editions.

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Title page of Anne of Avonlea, The Page Company, 1909
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The first edition of Anne of Avonlea by Lucy Maud Montgomery was published in Boston by The Page Company in 1909.

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We track 2 editions of Anne of Avonlea, including 1 first edition. Each has its own page with how to identify it.

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Brown cloth cover of Anne of Avonlea, 1909, with George Gibbs's portrait of a red-haired girl inset
The 1909 London edition from Sir Isaac Pitman and Sons, with art by George Gibbs.Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
Title page of the 1909 first edition of Anne of Avonlea by L. M. Montgomery, published by L. C. Page in Boston
Title page of the 1909 first edition, published in Boston.Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain