Lucy Maud Montgomery’s beloved Avonlea books, featuring Mighty Girl Anne of Green Gables, are just one part of her literary work, which encompasses 20 novels and over 500 short stories and poems, as well as her personal diaries and letters. She began her professional writing career in 1897 while working as a teacher — a job she had taken to allow herself time to write. Between 1897 and 1907, she published over 100 stories. Anne of Green Gables was originally published in 1908, and was an immediate success, both in Canada and abroad. Montgomery was invested in the Order of the British Empire in 1935, and her writings, mostly set in her home of Prince Edward Island, continue to draw new readers — and new visitors to that beautiful province. If you're a fan of Montgomery and Anne, make sure to visit our Anne of Green Gables Collection.
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