Anne of Green Gables is a 1908 novel by Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery.Written for all ages, it has been considered a children s novel since themid-twentieth century. It recounts the adventures of Anne Shirley, an11-yearold orphan girl who is mistakenly sent to Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert,a middleaged brother and sister who had intended to adopt a boy to help them ontheir farm in Prince Edward Island. The original book is taught to students around the world. It has beenadapted as film, made-for-television movies, and animated live-actiontelevision series. Plays and musicals have also been created, with productionsannually in Canada since 1964 of the first musical production, which has touredin Canada, the United States, Europe and Japan.Since publication, Anne of Green Gables has sold more than 50 millioncopies and has been translated into 20 languages.