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''Anne of Green Gables'' is a 1908 novel by Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery. Written for all ages, it has been considered a children's novel since the mid-twentieth century. It recounts the adventures of Anne Shirley, an 11-year-old orphan girl who is mistakenly sent to Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert, a middle-aged brother and sister who had intended to adopt a boy to help them on their farm in Prince Edward Island. The novel recounts how Anne makes her way with the Cuthberts, in school, and within the town. Since publication, ''Anne of Green Gables'' has sold more than 50 million copies and has been translated into 20 languages.〔(Reuters.com ) on ''Anne of Green Gables'' (March 19, 2008)〕 Numerous sequels were written by Montgomery, and since her death, another sequel has been published, as well as an authorized prequel. The original book is taught to students around the world. It has been adapted as film, made-for-television movies, and animated and live-action television series. Anne Shirley was played by Megan Follows in the 1985 Canadian produced movie. Plays and musicals have also been created, with productions annually in Canada since 1964 of the first musical production, which has toured in Canada, the United States, Europe and Japan. == Background == In writing the novel, Montgomery was inspired by notes she had made as a young girl, about a couple who were mistakenly sent an orphan girl instead of the boy they had requested yet decided to keep her. She drew upon her own childhood experiences in rural Prince Edward Island. Montgomery used a photograph of Evelyn Nesbit, which she had clipped from New York’s ''Metropolitan Magazine'' and put on the wall of her bedroom, as the model for the face of Anne Shirley.〔(YouTube.com ), Irene Gammel, ''Looking for Anne of Green Gables: The Story of L. M. Montgomery and her Literary Classic'' (New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2009).〕 Montgomery was also inspired by the "formula Ann" orphan stories which were popular at the time and distinguished her character by spelling her name "Anne." She based other characters such as Gilbert Blythe in part on people she knew. She said that she wrote the novel in the twilight of the day, while sitting at her window and overlooking the fields of Cavendish.〔Irene Gammel, "The Mystery of Anne Revealed," ''Looking for Anne of Green Gables''.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Anne of Green Gables」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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