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About the Book

First published in 1912 by McClelland and Stewart

Chronicles of Avonlea is a short story collection set in Avonlea during the period of Anne of the Island. There are ocassional mentions of Anne throughout the stories.

Novels

1. Anne of Green Gables
2. Anne of Avonlea
3. Anne of the Island
4. Anne of Windy Poplars
5. Anne’s House of Dreams
6. Anne of Ingleside
7. Rainbow Valley
8. Rilla of Ingleside

Short Story Collections

1. Chronicles of Avonlea
2. Further Chronicles of Avonlea
3. The Road to Yesterday

Chronicles of Avonlea was adapted for the early episodes of the popular television series, Road to Avonlea.

1. The Hurrying of Ludovic - While spending one of her summers at Echo Lodge, Anne devises a plan to help Ludovic Speed, Theodora Dix’s beau of fifteen years, propose to her.
2. Old Lady Lloyd - Having once lost her lover due to stubborn pride, the still proud and lonely Margaret Lloyd yearns to befriend his orphan daughter.
3. Each in His Own Tongue- Rev. Leonard forbids his beloved grandson, a musical genius, to play the violin.
4. Little Joscelyn- Frail old Aunty Nan loved the now-famous Little Joscelyn as a child, but cannot attend her concert.
5. The Winning of Lucinda- Lucinda Penhallow had quarrelled with her fiance of fifteen years, Romney Penhallow, each refusing to be the first to speak to the other again. At Alice Penhallow’s wedding, Anne Shirley’s green dress helps a twist of fate in bringing the two together again.
6. Old Man Shaw’s Girl - Old Man Shaw allows his beloved daughter to spend three years in Montreal with her Aunt. Will Sara come back changed?
7. Aunt Olivia’s Beau - Twenty years ago, prim, girlish Aunt Olivia had been forced to reject her suitor because he was poor and unfit. When Malcolm MacPherson (who buys Rachel Lynde’s house) returns from the West, wealthy, loud, and affectionate, will things change for Aunt Olivia?
8. The Quarantine at Alexander Abraham’s - When Old Maid “Peter” MacPherson goes after a runaway boy in her Sunday School class, she finds herself quarantined for smallpox with a cantankerous Avonlea bachelor.
9. Pa Sloane’s Purchase - Pa Sloane wins an orphaned baby at an auction!
10. The Courting of Prissy Strong - Rosanna, and later Anne Shirley, help Stephen Clark court secretly Prissy Strong in defiance of Prissy’s domineering sister.
11. The Miracle at Carmody- Judith is an embittered woman who hates God and blames him for her sister Salome’s handicap. She struggles to raise the mischievious orphan boy, Lionel Hezekiah, but doesn’t know how to properly teach him right and wrong.
12. The End of a Quarrel - Nancy revisits Avonlea after twenty years, and roams the woods near her old lover’s home on a whim.

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