Anne of Avonlea is a 1987 Canadian television miniseries. It is a sequel to the 1985 Anne of Green Gables miniseries. The miniseries dramatizes material from several books in the eight-novel 'Anne' series by Lucy Maud Montgomery; they are Anne of Avonlea (Book Two), Anne of the Island (Book Three) and Anne of Windy Poplars (Book Four). Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel is a 1987 miniseries, adapting material from three of L.M. Montgomery's original novels: Anne of Avonlea, Anne of the Island, and Anne of Windy Poplars. The film has been titled as Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel for re-airings and DVD releases, but was titled Anne of Avonlea during its original airing in Canada. It was aired in the United States as Anne of.
| Author | Lucy Maud Montgomery |
|---|---|
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
| Series | Anne of Green Gables |
| Genre | Canadian literature, children's literature |
| Publisher | L. C. Page & Co. |
Publication date | 1909 |
| Preceded by | Anne of Green Gables |
| Followed by | Anne of the Island |
| Text | Anne of Avonlea at Wikisource |
Anne of Avonlea is a 1909 novel by Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery (published as L. M. Montgomery).
Plot introduction[edit]
Following Anne of Green Gables (1908), the book covers the second chapter in the life of Anne Shirley. This book follows Anne from the age of 16 to 18, during the two years that she teaches at Avonlea school. It includes many of the characters from Anne of Green Gables, as well as new ones like Mr. Harrison, Miss Lavendar Lewis, Paul Irving, and the twins Dora and Davy.
Title[edit]
Anne 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. She is also a founding member of the A.V.I.S. (the Avonlea Village Improvement Society), which tries to improve (with questionable results) the Avonlea landscape.
Themes[edit]
Montgomery was brought up with a traditional Scots Presbyterian education.[1] 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.[2] At the same time, Montgomery's education had been extremely disciplinarian.[3] Montgomery had followed the theories of educational reformers like John Dewey, and this tension between traditional education vs. the new theories was reflected in Anne of Avonlea as Anne spends much time arguing about the merits of whipping students. vs persuasion as teaching methods.[4] In the book, Anne has her students write essays about their thoughts and feelings in place of rote learning.[5]
Plot summary[edit]
Anne is about to start her first term teaching at the Avonlea school, although she will still continue her studies at home with Gilbert, who is teaching at the nearby White Sands School. The book soon introduces Anne's new and problematic neighbour, Mr. Harrison, and his foul-mouthed parrot, as well as the twins, Davy and Dora. They are the children of Marilla's third cousin and she takes them in when their mother dies while their uncle is out of the country. Dora is a nice, well-behaved girl, somewhat boring in her perfect behaviour. Davy is Dora's exact opposite, much more of a handful and constantly getting into many scrapes. They are initially meant to stay only a short time, but the twins' uncle postpones his return to collect the twins and then eventually dies. Both Anne and Marilla are relieved (Marilla inwardly, of course) to know the twins will remain with them.
Other characters introduced are some of Anne's new pupils, such as Paul Irving, an American boy living with his grandmother in Avonlea while his widower father works in the States. He delights Anne with his imagination and whimsical ways, which are reminiscent of Anne's in her childhood. Later in the book, Anne and her friends meet Miss Lavendar Lewis, a sweet but lonely lady in her 40s who had been engaged to Paul's father 25 years before, but parted from him after a disagreement. At the end of the book, Mr. Irving returns and he and Miss Lavendar marry.
In the chapter entitled, 'An Adventure on the Tory Road,' Anne and Diana discuss the eponymous ' 'Tory' Road,' constructed and landscaped by ' 'the Tory government',' provincial 'Conservatives...'when they were in power just to show they were doing something.' ' A resident also reminisces about adolescent courtship in her father's roadside home 'twenty years ago.'[6] The Conservative majority dissolved amidst the 1867 Land Question politics of the Tenant League and regained the provincial government between 1870-91.[7]1896 Dominion elections similarly inspired author L.M. Montgomery to fictionalize 'Conservative' reactions to Liberal 'Grit' ascension in the 1917 Anne's House of Dreams. Both novels nevertheless traverse multiple temporalities and timelines in a politics of post-Confederation memory.
Anne discovers the delights and troubles of being a teacher, takes part in the raising of Davy and Dora, and organizes the A.V.I.S. (Avonlea Village Improvement Society) together with Gilbert, Diana, and Fred Wright, though their efforts to improve the town are not always successful. The Society takes up a subscription to repaint an old town hall, only to have the painter provide the wrong colour of paint, turning the hall into a bright blue eyesore. The trials and travails of the A.V.I.S. further represented the lackluster results of an imagined bipartisan effort to interweave 'Liberal' notions of rural 'secularization' with 'Conservative' temporal ideas on urban 'modernities.'
Towards the end of the book, Mrs. Rachel Lynde's husband dies and Mrs. Lynde moves in with Marilla at Green Gables, allowing Anne to go to college at last. She and Gilbert make plans to attend Redmond College in the Autumn.
This book sees Anne maturing slightly, even though she still cannot avoid getting into a number of her familiar scrapes, including selling Mr. Harrison's cow after mistaking it for her own, accidentally rubbing red dye on her nose before meeting a famous author, and getting stuck in a duck house roof while peeping into a pantry window.
Characters[edit]
Anne Shirley - Once an impetuous and awkward orphan, Anne has matured and now serves as the teacher of the Avonlea school. She is described as being slim and lithe, having starry grey eyes and hair that charitable friends describe as auburn. She still has not lost her imaginative, creative spirit and charms nearly everyone she meets.
Marilla Cuthbert - The woman who took Anne in five years before, along with her late brother Matthew. To the outsider, she may still seem austere, but Marilla has become more emotionally demonstrative and, what was once described as the 'glimmerings' has developed into a fuller sense of humour.
Gilbert Blythe - Anne's childhood enemy and now good friend. Gilbert is also a teacher at the nearby White Sands School. He is in love with Anne but does not yet admit it to her.
Diana Barry - Anne's bosom friend since childhood. Diana is described as having beautiful black hair and a rosy complexion. She is less imaginative than Anne, but remains a completely loyal friend.
Rachel Lynde - Marilla's best friend and neighbour, an outspoken and opinionated, but well-intentioned woman. Though she still argues with Anne, she is genuinely fond of her.
Davy Keith - One of the twins whom Marilla takes in. Davy is mischievous, naughty, loves to eat sweets and rarely does what he is told. He has blonde hair in ringlets all over his head, one dimple, roguish hazel eyes, a snub nose and is often smiling.
Dora Keith - Dora, Davy's sister, is his opposite. She does everything she is told without mistake and is very docile. She has fair, long, sleek curls, mild hazel eyes, a straight nose and 'prunes and prisms' mouth.
Jane Andrews - Anne's childhood friend, also a teacher at the Newbridge School.
Fred Wright - A friend of Gilbert's, who plans to follow in his father's footsteps as a farmer. Fred and Diana become engaged, although he falls short of Anne's romantic vision of a dashing dream husband.
Mr. J.A. Harrison - Anne and Marilla's bad-tempered new neighbour. Anne wins him over and they become good friends. He has a grounded, practical attitude and blunt, sometimes hurtful, manners. He inherited a foul-mouthed parrot named Ginger who comes between Mr. Harrison and those he holds dearest even, at times, Anne, who it persists in referring to as a 'red-headed snippet.'
Paul Irving - One of Anne's students, an imaginative young boy and a fast friend for Anne. He was raised in the United States and has come to Avonlea to live with his paternal grandmother.
Anthony Pye - another of Anne's students, and initially her most difficult. He tests Anne's patience to the point that she finally snaps and gives him a whipping. Although she is horrified at herself afterwards, she does win his respect, and his behaviour improves.
Miss Lavendar Lewis - An imaginative, attractive, old maid with snow white hair who Anne and Diana come across on their way to a friend's place. She lives in Echo Lodge. She also becomes good friends with Anne.
Charlotta the Fourth - Miss Lavendar's maid. Her real name is Leonora and she is the youngest of four girls who have all been employed by Miss Lavendar. Her eldest sister was named Charlotta and Miss Lavendar kept referring to Charlotta's three sisters as 'Charlotta' as well. Charlotta is well-meaning, but a bit awkward, and addresses everyone as either 'Sir' or 'Ma'am'.
Stephen Irving - Paul's father and Miss Lavendar's sweetheart from her youth. The two had an argument before Paul was born and Mr. Irving left for the States and married Paul's mother. They are once again reconciled by Anne many years after Mr. Irving's first wife's death.
Priscilla Grant - An old classmate of Anne's from Queens Academy.
Series[edit]
Montgomery continued the story of Anne Shirley in a series of sequels. They are listed in the order of Anne's age in each novel.
| # | Book | Date published | Anne Shirley's age |
| 1 | Anne of Green Gables | 1908 | 11 – 16 |
| 2 | Anne of Avonlea | 1909 | 16 – 18 |
| 3 | Anne of the Island | 1915 | 18 – 22 |
| 4 | Anne of Windy Poplars | 1936 | 22 – 25 |
| 5 | Anne's House of Dreams | 1917 | 25 – 27 |
| 6 | Anne of Ingleside | 1939 | 34 – 40 |
| 7 | Rainbow Valley | 1919 | 41—48 |
| 8 | Rilla of Ingleside | 1921 | 49 – 53 |
| # | Book | Date published | Anne Shirley's age |
| — | Chronicles of Avonlea | 1912 | — |
| — | Further Chronicles of Avonlea | 1920 | — |
| — | The Blythes Are Quoted | 2009 | — |
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Film, TV or theatrical adaptations[edit]
The 1975 miniseries Anne of Avonlea, the sequel to the lost 1972 Anne of Green Gables, starring Kim Braden as Anne is based on this novel as well as the following book Anne of the Island.
The book formed the basis for the 1987 CBC Television miniseries Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel, which aired as Anne of Avonlea on the Disney Channel in the United States, as the sequel to the 1985 film Anne of Green Gables.
This book along with Anne of the Island formed the basis of the musical Anne & Gilbert.[8]
References[edit]
- ^Waterson, Elizabeth Magic Island, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008 page 22.
- ^Waterson, Elizabeth Magic Island, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008 page 22.
- ^Waterson, Elizabeth Magic Island, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008 page 22.
- ^Waterson, Elizabeth Magic Island, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008 page 22.
- ^Waterson, Elizabeth Magic Island, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008 page 22.
- ^Montgomery, Lucy Maud (1909). Anne of Avonlea. Boston, MA: L.C. Page & Co. pp. 200–09.
- ^Ian Ross, Robertson (1985). 'Political Realignment in Pre-Confederation Prince Edward Island, 1863-70'. Acadiensis. 15 (1): 35–58.
- ^'Anne and Gilbert production website'. Archived from the original on 2013-06-09.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
External links[edit]
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- Anne of Avonlea by L. M. Montgomery (Project Gutenberg)
- Anne of Avonlea at Faded Page (Canada)
- Anne of Avonlea at Faded Page (Canada)
- Anne of Avonlea Full Text This site also offers the full text of the entire Anne of Green Gables series, as well free PDF and ebook downloads.
- Official page on the Sullivan Anne trilogy On the world-famous Canadian miniseries, based in part on Anne of Windy Poplars, with a message board for fans
- An L.M. Montgomery Resource Page Resource on L.M. Montgomery and Anne's Legacy
- Anne and Gilbert, The Musical - New musical set during the years of Anne of Avonlea.
- The Anne Shirley Homepage - A great resource for all Anne fans with galleries, fan art, time lines, recipes and calendars.
- L.M. Montgomery Online Formerly the L.M. Montgomery Research Group, this site includes a blog, extensive lists of primary and secondary materials, detailed information about Montgomery's publishing history, and a filmography of screen adaptations of Montgomery texts. See, in particular, the page about Anne of Avonlea.
- The L.M. Montgomery Literary Society This site includes information about Montgomery's works and life and research from the newsletter, The Shining Scroll.
| Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel | |
|---|---|
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| Created by | Lucy Maud Montgomery |
| Based on | Anne of Avonlea by Lucy Maud Montgomery |
| Written by | Kevin Sullivan |
| Directed by | Kevin Sullivan |
| Starring | Megan Follows Colleen Dewhurst Wendy Hiller Frank Converse Jonathan Crombie Marilyn Lightstone Schuyler Grant Rosemary Dunsmore Kate Lynch Geneviève Appleton James O'Regan |
| Theme music composer | Hagood Hardy |
| Country of origin | Canada |
| Original language(s) | English |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Kevin Sullivan |
| Running time | 230 minutes (approx.) |
| Release | |
| Original release | May 19, 1987 on Disney and CBC March 5 & 12, 1988 (PBS) |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Anne of Green Gables |
| Followed by | Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story |
Anne of Avonlea is a 1987 Canadian television miniseries. It is a sequel to the 1985 Anne of Green Gables miniseries. The miniseries dramatizes material from several books in the eight-novel 'Anne' series by Lucy Maud Montgomery; they are Anne of Avonlea (Book Two), Anne of the Island (Book Three) and Anne of Windy Poplars (Book Four). As well, the TV film introduces several characters and issues not present in the books.
The miniseries aired in four hour-long installments, in May and June 1987, on the Disney Channel as Anne of Avonlea: The Continuing Story of Anne of Green Gables, and in two 150-minute installments, in December 1987 on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and in March 1988 on PBS, as Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel.[1] The film was also shown theatrically in Israel, Japan and Europe as Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel and has been released on DVD under that title.
Synopsis
The film resumes the story of Anne Shirley, who at 16 had chosen to study for her college degree by correspondence in order to remain at Green Gables to help an aging Marilla, who has eyesight problems, look after the house and farm. Anne now holds a Teacher's Licence after completing the two-year post-secondary course at Charlottetown's Queens Academy in only one year.
Anne begins to teach at Avonlea School and has dreams of becoming a writer, but her story 'Averil's Atonement' is rejected by a magazine. Leaving the post office one day, Anne runs into Gilbert Blythe, who tells her that her best friend Diana Barry is engaged to Fred Wright. Anne is initially bewildered by Diana's decision, calling it impulsive. Meanwhile, in the last two years, Marilla's eyesight has greatly improved. Having regained her independence, Marilla encourages Anne to resume her old ambition of attending college.
At the clambake celebrating Fred and Diana's engagement, Anne and Gilbert wander off to a bridge, where Gilbert proposes. Anne rejects his offer, convinced that their marriage would be unhappy and unsuccessful. She runs off.
At Diana's wedding, Anne sees Gilbert with a young woman named Christine Stuart. Gilbert tells Anne that he and Christine are just friends, then offers to wait for her if there is any hope of them getting together. Anne rejects him again, and Gilbert suspects that there is someone else, despite Anne's assertion there is no person she cares about more than him. Anne returns to Green Gables and decides to look into the job her former teacher Miss Muriel Stacey offered her. Eventually, Anne decides to take this job as an English teacher at Kingsport, Nova Scotia Ladies’ College in the hope that it will inspire her and give her something to write about.
Initially, Anne finds her new job to be difficult. A member of the local community — and member of the powerful Pringle family — had also tried for Anne's post and was rejected, causing resentment. However, Anne gradually earns the respect of her students, their families and her colleagues, including the severe and critical Katherine Brooke and the Pringle family. Anne organizes a play to raise money for the college, which is greatly appreciated. Her dream of being published is also finally achieved after she writes a series of short stories based on Avonlea inspired by a suggestion from Gilbert. While teaching at the Ladies' College, Anne grows close to one student, Emmeline Harris, at whose house she is boarding along with the stern, controlling grandmother Harris and her repressed daughter Pauline who is a virtual prisoner in the house. Anne is able to convince the grandmother, a hypochondriac, to leave the house and go to a community picnic, and to let Pauline attend a friend's wedding overnight in another town, where she strikes up a romance. Emmeline's widowed father Morgan Harris, a well-to-do traveling businessman, also proposes marriage to Anne, after Anne and Emmeline had visited his spacious house in Boston. Anne also succeeds in getting the spinster teacher Katherine Brooke to spend a badly-needed summer vacation at Avonlea, where she opens up her feelings to Anne.
Anne declines Morgan Harris' proposal and returns to Green Gables, where she learns that Gilbert is ill nearby with scarlet fever, having returned home from Halifax Medical School. Anne finally realizes her true feelings for Gilbert, and goes to visit him. After Gilbert regains his health, he proposes once more, and Anne accepts him with a kiss, declaring, 'I don't want diamond sunbursts, or marble halls. I just want you.'
Cast
- Megan Follows – Anne Shirley
- Colleen Dewhurst- Marilla Cuthbert
- Patricia Hamilton- Rachel Lynde
- Wendy Hiller – Mrs. Harris
- Frank Converse – Morgan Harris
- Jonathan Crombie – Gilbert Blythe
- Schuyler Grant – Diana Barry
- Marilyn Lightstone – Miss Stacey
- Rosemary Dunsmore – Katherine Brooke
- Kate Lynch – Pauline Harris
- Genevieve Appleton – Emmeline Harris
- Susannah Hoffman – Jen Pringle
- Mag Ruffman – Alice Lawson
- Bruce McCulloch – Fred Wright
- Dave Foley – Lewis Allen
Awards and nominations
- 2 Cable Ace Awards: Best Costume, Best Supporting Actress (Colleen Dewhurst), 1987
- 6 Gemini Awards: Best Dramatic Miniseries, Best Photography, Best Art Direction, Best Costume Design, Best Performance by Lead Actress (Megan Follows), Best Performance by a Supporting Actress (Colleen Dewhurst), 1988
- Silver Award – International Film and Television Festival, New York, 1987
- Best Family Series – TV Guide, 1987
- CFTA Award – Best New TV Production, 1987
- Chris Award – Columbus International Film Festival, 1987
- Honourable Mention – International San Francisco Film Festival, 1988
- Crystal Apple Award – National Education Film and Video Festival, 1988
- ACT Award – Achievement in Children's TV, 1988
- Golden Hugo Award – Chicago International Film Festival, 1987
- Gold Award – Houston International Film Festival, 1987
Sequels and spinoffs
Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story was released in 2000 and followed Anne Shirley as she embarked on a new journey, taking her from her home in Prince Edward Island to New York City, London and into war-ravaged Europe.
Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning was released in fall 2008 serves as a prequel to the previous films in the Anne movie trilogy. Set between two different time periods, Anne Shirley, now in her fifties looks back on her early childhood before arriving at Green Gables only to uncover answers to questions that have plagued her throughout her life.
Road to Avonlea is a television series which was first broadcast in Canada and the United States between 1990 and 1996. It was inspired by a series of short stories and two novellas by Lucy Maud Montgomery, author of Anne of Green Gables, which Sullivan had previously adapted as Anne of Green Gables in 1985 and Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel in 1987. Many of the actors in the Anne of Green Gables movies also appear in storylines crossing over into the long-running Emmy award-winning series.
Several actors from the first two Anne films can be seen in both Road to Avonlea and the Anne of Green Gables, including Rosemary Dunsmore, Patricia Hamilton, Colleen Dewhurst, Jonathan Crombie, Jackie Burroughs, Cedric Smith, Mag Ruffman, Marilyn Lightstone, James O'Regan and David Fox.
Production
When Kevin Sullivan was commissioned by CBC, PBS and The Disney Channel to create a sequel he started by combining many different elements of Montgomery's three later books: Anne of Avonlea (1909), Anne of the Island (1915), and Anne of Windy Poplars (1936) into a cohesive screen story. Sullivan invented his own plotline relying on several of Montgomery's episodic storylines spread across the three sequels, He also looked at numerous other nineteenth century female authors for inspiration in fleshing out the screen story.
The film succeeded in re-popularizing Megan Follows and Colleen Dewhurst in their original roles. Sullivan also cast British veteran actress and Oscar winner, Wendy Hiller, in the role of the impossible Mrs. Harris, a character Sullivan specifically invented for the storyline, based on a composite of several matriarchs found in the series of novels.
In Canada, the film became the highest rated drama to air on network television in Canadian broadcasting history. This Sequel became known as Anne of Green Gables – The Sequel when shown around the world and as Anne of Avonlea – the Continuing Story of Anne of Green Gables when it premiered on The Disney Channel.
ACE Award nomination
Megan Follows was nominated for an ACE Award in 1988 by the National Academy of Cable Programing in the Ninth Annual System Awards for Cable Excellence for Disney's 'Anne of Avonlea.'[2]
Home Box Office led with 112 nominations for the ACE Award, or Award for Cable Excellence. Showtime got 48, Arts & Entertainment 33, and the Disney Channel and Cable News Network 10 each. 30 categories of the 174 ACE Awards were presented on a live broadcast on HBO on January 24, 1988. The other categories were presented at a non-televised dinner in Las Vegas on Jan. 22, 1988. The ACE awards were established after cable programs and performers were excluded from the Emmy Awards. The National Academy of Cable Programming[3] was established in March 1985 to promote excellence in cable television programming.[2]
External links
- The Official Anne of Green Gables Movie Website – The official website of Sullivan series of Anne of Green Gables movies
- Sullivan Entertainment Website – The Official website of Sullivan Entertainment. Includes information on the Anne movies and its spinoffs
- Road to Avonlea Website – The official website for Road to Avonlea, the spinoff to the Green Gables series of movies
- Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel on IMDb
- L.M. Montgomery Online Formerly the L.M. Montgomery Research Group, this site includes a blog, extensive lists of primary and secondary materials, detailed information about Montgomery's publishing history, and a filmography of screen adaptations of Montgomery texts. See, in particular, the page for Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel.
References
Anne Of Green Gables 1987 Movie
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