Anne of the Island

#77 in Classics

Anne of the Island

Lucy Maud Montgomery

First published 1915Original language EN

8.08.0 / 10
Score out of 10234 ratingsConfidence 61%: this much of the score is the readers’ own
#77 of 200 in Classics ahead of 62% of the category
220
Pages
about 4 h
Reading time

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About the book

Anne of the Island is the third novel in the Anne of Green Gables series by Lucy Maud Montgomery, published in 1915. The plot sees Anne Shirley leave Green Gables in Avonlea, Prince Edward Island, for the first time to attend Redmond College in Kingsport, Nova Scotia.

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Reading order · Anne of Green Gables

Full order & progress →
Score per volume9 volumes on a timeline, 1908 to 2009 · Best-rated volume: Anne of Green Gables
  1. Anne of Green Gables
    Anne of Green Gables1908 · 1,172 ratingsStart here
    8.48.4 / 10
  2. Anne of Avonlea
    Anne of Avonlea1909 · 290 ratings
    8.18.1 / 10
  3. Anne of the Island
    Anne of the Island1915 · 234 ratingsThis book
    8.08.0 / 10
  4. Anne of Windy Poplars
    Anne of Windy Poplars1936 · 131 ratings
    7.87.8 / 10
  5. Anne's House of Dreams
    Anne's House of Dreams1917 · 149 ratings
    8.08.0 / 10
  6. Anne of Ingleside
    Anne of Ingleside1939 · 43 ratings · Not ranked yet
    –Not ranked yet
  7. Rainbow Valley
    Rainbow Valley1919 · 25 ratings · Not ranked yet
    –Not ranked yet
  8. Rilla of Ingleside
    Rilla of Ingleside1921 · Not ranked yet
    –Not ranked yet
  9. The Blythes Are Quoted
    The Blythes Are Quoted2009 · Not ranked yet
    –Not ranked yet

Where the score comes from

The sources average 8.2 across 234 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 61% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Classics average of 7.7. That is how 8.0 comes out.

SourceAverageRatingsWeight
Open Library7.818 8%
Hardcover8.3216 92%

Reader voices

The most-liked reviews on Hardcover (credited to their authors).

  • “Anne is in college now with her friends in a beautiful little house and was just so wholesome. The best part was the final, I just waited so much for this that I cannot believe that finally happened.”

    ★ 4/5princesscata on Hardcover

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How long is Anne of the Island?

It has 220 pages — shorter than 71% of the ranked books in Classics.

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