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"Anne of Green Gables" by Lucy Maud Montgomery
Published in June, 1908
Project Gutenberg Ebook edition

An imaginative orphan is unexpectedly adopted into a quiet rural community, where her vivid inner life and stubborn spirit gradually transform the people around her.

Chapter 1-38
00:30 1 Mrs. Rachel Lynde Is Surprised
18:50 2 Matthew Cuthbert Is Surprised
48:14 3 Marilla Cuthbert Is Surprised
1:02:07 4 Morning at Green Gables
5 Anne’s History
6 Marilla Makes Up Her Mind
7 Anne Says Her Prayers
8 Anne’s Bringing-up Is Begun
2:05:36 9 Mrs. Rachel Lynde Is Properly Horrified
10 Anne’s Apology
11 Anne’s Impressions of Sunday-school
12 A Solemn Vow and Promise
3:00:05 13 The Delights of Anticipation
14 Anne’s Confession
15 A Tempest in the School Teapot
3:59:27 16 Diana Is Invited to Tea with Tragic Results
17 A New Interest in Life
18 Anne to the Rescue
4:53:52 19 A Concert, a Catastrophe, and a Confession
20 A Good Imagination Gone Wrong
21 A New Departure in Flavorings
5:51:39 22 Anne Is Invited Out to Tea
23 Anne Comes to Grief in an Affair of Honor
24 Miss Stacy and Her Pupils Get Up a Concert
25 Matthew Insists on Puffed Sleeves
6:43:55 26 The Story Club Is Formed
27 Vanity and Vexation of Spirit
28 An Unfortunate Lily Maid
29 An Epoch in Anne’s Life
7:48:18 30 The Queen’s Class Is Organized
31 Where the Brook and River Meet
32 The Pass List Is Out
8:40:13 33 The Hotel Concert
34 A Queen’s Girl
35 The Winter at Queen’s
36 The Glory and the Dream
9:34:27 37 The Reaper Whose Name Is Death
9:49:18 38 The Bend in the Road

Characters
Anne Shirley - A thin, red-haired orphan with an incredibly vivid imagination and a "tongue fastened at one end." Overjoyed to finally have a home
Matthew Cuthbert - A shy, awkward sixty-year-old bachelor who lives at Green Gables. Though he is terrified of women and girls, he finds himself strangely charmed by Anne
Marilla Cuthbert - Matthew’s sister. She is tall, thin, with a strict sense of duty. While Matthew is the heart of the duo, Marilla is the logic. She is the one who ultimately has to decide what to do about adopting Anne by mistake
Rachel Lynde - The town gossip and "notable" busybody, she represents the judgmental social standards of Avonlea
Alexander Spencer - She is the "middleman" whose misunderstanding of the Cuthberts' request led to Anne being brought to Prince Edward Island instead of a boy
Diana Barry - Anne’s kind, pretty, and conventional neighbour who becomes her first and dearest “bosom friend"
Gilbert Blythe - Handsome, confident, teasing, his thoughtless joke sparks Anne’s lifelong grudge and rivalry
Josephine Barry - Wealthy, sharp-tongued city-dweller, evolves to become Anne’s most generous and sophisticated "kindred spirit" benefactors
Mrs. Allan - Young, stylish, and deeply empathetic, a minister’s wife who becomes the ultimate role model and a nurturing mentor for Anne's emotions

Complete Features
Little Prince, Brave New World, Monte Cristo, Songs of Dead Dreamer, Last Unicorn, Brothers Karamazov, Fellowship of the Ring, Winnie the Pooh, Jane Eyre, Angels & Demons, Perfume, Great Gatsby, Jekyll & Hyde, Maigret, 1984, Metamorphosis, Dracula, Don Quixote, Dorian Gray, Anne Frank, Lord of the Flies, Liar's Poker, Sherlock Holmes, Agatha Christie, Great Expectations

Milestones
2021: 0 Full soundtrack, no editing, wife commentary, summary outline, irregular release
2022: 2.0 DaVinci editing, wordbook, book intro, AI host + illustration, chapter summary, scheduled release
2023: 2.1 Descript, CapCut, Suno score, character intro, weekly release
2024: 2.2 Standard condenser mic, Audacity, ChatGPT annotation + illustration, timestamp, 1-hour content

Available platforms
YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Reddit, Amazon Music, Firstory, Pocket Casts, KKBOX, Castbox, Noice, Podcast Addict, SoundOn, Castro, Player FM