Anne Shirley A Modest Woman

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When Anne Shirley, a wildly imaginative girl, is adopted by Marilla and Matthew Cuthbert by mistake, the Cuthberts world flips upside down. A once quiet farmland transforms into a bustling, colorful, kingdom. Anne is guided by her imagination and daydreams. But her daydreams often distract her, leading to household disasters, causing conflict for both Anne and Marilla, who is a very modest woman. In Lucy Maud Montgomery’s book, “Anne of Green Gables”, Anne is brought up by Marilla while Matthew works outside on the farm. Throughout Anne's life with the Cuthberts, Marilla never had the tightest relationship with Anne and kept her strong motherly affection hidden. Marilla was seen as joyless and starched to the people of Avonlea, but throughout