John Knox's famous dictum "A school in every village, a college in every town" had been embraced by the Presbyterian church, and Montgomery was brought up in a culture that greatly valued education. Montgomery was brought up with a traditional Scots Presbyterian education. (the Avonlea Village Improvement Society), which tries to improve (with questionable results) the Avonlea landscape. She is also a founding member of the A.V.I.S. Harrison, Miss Lavendar Lewis, Paul Irving, and the twins Dora and Davy.Īnne is no longer simply "of Green Gables" as she was in the previous book, but now takes her place among the "important" people (and the "grown up" people) of Avonlea society, as its only schoolteacher. It includes many of the characters from Anne of Green Gables, as well as new ones like Mr. This book follows Anne from the age of 16 to 18, during the two years that she teaches at Avonlea school. Montgomery).įollowing Anne of Green Gables (1908), the book covers the second chapter in the life of Anne Shirley. Anne of Avonlea is a 1909 novel by Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery (published as L.
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