Flame-haired, precocious orphan Anne Shirley is mistakenly sent to live with sibling farmers Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert, dashing their hopes of adopting a boy to help them run the place. But the Cuthberts soon succumb to Anne's irresistible charm, vivid imagination and zest for life, qualities which also win over the residents the Avonlea community in this heartwarming tale of friendship and family. Chiltern are publishers of exquisitely crafted editions of the world's finest classic literature.