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 the mid-twentieth century. It recounts the adventures of Anne Shirley, an 11-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 on their farm in Prince Edward Island. The novel recounts how Anne makes her way with the Cuthberts, in school, and within the town.
　　The original book is taught to students around the world. It has been adapted as film, made-for-television movies, and animated live-action television series. Plays and musicals have also been created, with productions annually in Canada since 1964 of the first musical production, which has toured in Canada, the United States, Europe and Japan.
　　Since publication, Anne of Green Gables has sold more than 50 million copies and has been translated into 20 languages.
　　《绿山墙的安妮（英文原版）》是一部甜蜜的描写儿童生活的小说，是一本感动家长、老师和孩子的心灵读本。作者的语言清新自然，笔触生动幽默，以细腻的笔触来描写主人公内心深处的情感变化，故事情节一波三折，引人入胜。马修和马瑞拉兄妹对安妮发自肺腑的疼爱和无私的付出，感人至深，而安妮纯真善良、热爱生活、坚强乐观的形象更让人掩卷难忘。马克·吐温高度评价这部小说，称“安妮是继不朽的爱丽丝之后l另一令人感动和喜爱的形象”。由于本书的世界性影响，每年都有数以万计的各国游客慕名前往加拿大爱德华王子岛探访小说主人公生活的足迹。
　　这部加拿大儿童文学名著自1908年问世以来，已被译成数100多种文字，在全球销售达几千万册，并在加、美、英、法、德等国相继被搬上银幕或拍成电视剧，风靡欧美。