Hi everyone! In May, we shall give you a summary on four novels by the female author L.M.Montgomery — The Anne of Green Gables Novels.
各位读者朋友，步入初夏的五月，这份书单与一个天真烂漫的女孩安妮有关。本期推介四本女作家L.M.Montgomery的小说《绿山墙的安妮故事系列》。
About the Author
作者简介
Lucy Maud Montgomery at 9
9岁时的女作家
L.M. Montgomery (Lucy Maud Montgomery) was born in Clifton (now New London), Prince Edward Island, on November 30, 1874. As an only child living with an elderly couple, Montgomery found companionship in her imagination, nature, books, and writing. When she was nine, she began writing poetry and keeping a journal.
加拿大女作家蒙哥玛利于1874年11月30日出生于加拿大爱德华王子岛的克里夫顿。她的父母是老来得女；所以她从小养成了以想象、大自然、书本和写作为伴的习惯。自九岁起，她便开始创作诗歌和固定记日记。
In 1905, she wrote her first and most famous novel, Anne of Green Gables. She sent the manuscript to several publishers, but, after receiving rejections from all of them, she put it away in a hat box. In 1907, she found the manuscript again, re-read it, and decided to try again to have it published. Anne of Green Gables was accepted by the Page Company of Boston, Massachusetts and published in 1908. An immediate best-seller, the book marked the beginning of Montgomery's successful career as a novelist.
1905年，作家创作了她的第一本，后来也被证明是最著名的作品：绿山墙的安妮。她将作品寄给数家出版商，却都遭到退稿。于是，她把手稿锁进一只帽箱里。两年后，她找出手稿，又读了一遍，打算再试试出版的运气。这一次，波士顿的一家出版公司接受了稿件，于1908年出版。这本书一出版便大受欢迎，蒙哥玛利也就此一炮打红，后续创作了绿山墙的安妮故事系列，一共八本。
Let’s see the first four novels of this set:
让我们来看看这一套丛书中的前四本：
①
Anne of Green Gables
《绿山墙的安妮》
索书号 I711.84/1
可在三楼外文阅览室阅读
As soon as Anne Shirley arrives at the snug white farmhouse called Green Gables, she is sure she wants to stay forever...but will the Cuthberts send her back to the orphanage? Anne knows she’s not what they expected--a skinny girl with fiery red hair and a temper to match. If only she can convince them to let her stay, she’ll try very hard not to keep rushing headlong into scrapes and blurting out the first thing that comes to her mind. Anne is not like anybody else, the Cuthberts agree; she is special--a girl with an enormous imagination. This orphan girl dreams of the day when she can call herself Anne of Green Gables.
这个名叫安妮.雪莉的女孩一到绿山墙农场，就爱上了这里；她想永远留下。但库斯伯特家的人会把她送回孤儿院吗？安妮知道，她并不符合她们的想象。她是个很瘦的女孩，有一头硬气的红发，脾气也是一样的倔强。如果，自己能说服他们就好了……安妮想着，如果可以留下，那她至少可以克制自己，做事不要那么急，也不要出口伤人。安妮并不是一个普通的女孩，连库斯伯特家的人都承认——她的想象力相当的惊人。这个孤儿的确有一个大梦想：那就是有一天，她会被人叫做“绿山墙的安妮”。
②
Anne of Avonlea
《少女安妮》
索书号 I711.84/3
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At sixteen, Anne is grown up...almost. Her gray eyes shine like evening stars, but her red hair is still as peppery as her temper. In the years since she arrived at Green Gables as a freckle-faced orphan, she has earned the love of the people of Avonlea and a reputation for getting into scrapes. But when Anne begins her job as the new schoolteacher, the real test of her character begins. Along with teaching, she is learning how complicated life can be when she meddles in someone else’s romance...as Anne enters womanhood, her adventures touch the heart and the funny bone.
16岁的安妮，应该说已经成人了……或者说，还差一点。她灰色的眼睛如同晚星一样明亮，但坚硬的红发仍旧像她那固执的脾气。当她，那个脸上长着雀斑的孤女住进绿山墙农庄之后，她就得到了埃文利人的爱——虽然大家也知道她脾气暴躁。16岁的安妮成为了学校老师，而这便是对她性情磨炼的开始；除了要适应教学的节奏，她也第一次面对卷入别人感情漩涡的考验……安妮已经步入成年，而成年人的世界里不可避免地要触及敏感的内心。
③
Anne of the island
《女大学生安妮》
索书号 I711.84/2
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New adventures lie ahead as Anne Shirley packs her bags, waves goodbye to childhood, and heads for Redmond College. With her old friend Prissy Grant waiting in the bustling city of Kingsport and her frivolous new friend Philippa Gordon at her side, Anne tucks away her memories of rural Avonlea and discovers life on her own terms, filled with surprises, including a marriage proposal from the worst fellow imaginable...
安妮.雪莉收拾行装，告别童年，去莱德蒙大学进行新的探险。她的老朋友皮茜.格兰特在热闹的金斯波特大城等她，而她轻浮的新朋友飞利帕.高丹则寸步不离她左右；现在的安妮将她的童年放置一旁，开始重新体验生活——这生活还是少不了惊险，甚至坏家伙来求婚的惊吓……
④
Anne of windy poplars
《风吹白杨的安妮》
索书号 I711.84/4
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Anne Shirley has left Redmond college behind to begin a new job and a new chapter of her life away from Green Gables. Now she faces a new challenge: the Pringles. They’re known as the royal family of Summerside-- and they quickly let Anne know she is not the person they wanted as principal of Summerside High School...
安妮.雪莉大学毕业，也离开了绿山墙，开始她的新生活和新工作。她所面临的新挑战来自这样一家人：萨默赛德地区的贵族皮格里家族。皮格里家族很快就让安妮明白，他们根本不欢迎安妮来当萨默赛德高中的校长。之后会怎样呢？
Above are the summaries of the first four novels. Expect more the next month and see you then!
以上是这一期的四本小说概述。下期会继续推介四本。读者朋友，我们下期见！
