Anne of Green Gables, 3-Book Box Set, Volume I : Paperback : Random House USA Inc : 9780553333060 : 0553333062 : 01 Apr 2005 : Anne of Green Gables  Anne (with an e of course) starts out as a mistake. The elderly Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert had planned on adopting a boy to help Matthew with the chores on their Prince Edward Island farm. What are they to do with the red-haired, high-spirited girl who arrives instead? Anne of Avonlea It seemed only yesterday that the skinny, freckle-faced redhead had first come to the island. Now here is Anne, teaching at the Avonlea school, 16, pretty, and all grown up. Well, not quite...