Anne’s House of Dreams
Anne's House of Dreams
by Lucy Maud Montgomery
227 Pages
Published in 1917
In this book number five of the Anne of Green Gables classics the reader follows Anne Blythe and Gilbert on to there new home. For years Anne has dreamed of a house, and now she has one, which she calls the House of Dreams. They make many new friends who are just as endearing as the all of Lucy Montgomery's other human concoctions, and they entranced me the whole way through. Anne and Gilbert have their share of troubles, but rather than allowing it to pull them apart it brings the two lovebirds into a stronger and closer bond than before.
The reader thus far has seen Anne and Gilbert in their childishness, yet in this book the youth of the first four books slips into the past and our dear hero and heroine have grown up. Anne no longer gets into constant trouble, and she has also tamed her temper and her tongue. She is just as sweet and precocious, but now all that is balanced with a good dose of maturity as well.
I loved Anne's House of Dreams just as much as the books before it, and could relate even more to it because of my age and season in life. I enjoyed Anne when she was a child, but this book felt like the reward for the wait with her relationship with Gilbert. Finally they get to be together. But, just as in all the things we wait for, even dreams aren't perfect and while they work through their troubles, the characters become even more human and real.
This was another royal performance by Anne, Gilbert, and especially by Lucy Maud Montgomery who dreamed up this beloved character and made her real to me. Loved it! However, I think I am going to stop here for now with Anne. I watched the movies and love them all, but the sequel books aren't calling my name yet. I want to read them at some point, but not yet.
Where did you stop the Anne-mania? Have you read them all? Which was your favourite Anne of Green Gables book?
Dreadlock Girl Reviews Anne of Green Gables series:
Anne of Green Gables
Anne of Avonlea
Anne of the Island
May 31st, 2009 - 02:52
I actually don’t think that I went beyond this book either. This is the last one I own, even though I always wanted the other ones, they probably appealed to me less because Anne grew up and I was little. When I was a kid I didn’t get many new books; we didn’t have the internet and weren’t too adept at finding sales on our own, so bookstore new purchases were a rarity. Of course the Anne books were never at book fairs or on book orders, so I never completed the series. It might be worth completing now!
My favorite is still the first one, I have to say.
May 31st, 2009 - 13:46
I saw the films made of the first three books, but never read beyond the first one. How many are in the series? I really do want to read a few more of them someday.
May 31st, 2009 - 16:10
I’ve read them all as a girl, and I think the last few were my favourites (apart from the original) – especially this one and the Ingleside books.
My daughter and I are up to Anne’s House of Dreams next, but I have difficulty locating it in secondhand shops. I think if people are invested enough in a series to have bought this far into it, they are generally loath to part with them.
June 2nd, 2009 - 10:19
I’m so glad to see the whole series lives up to the standards set in Anne of Green Gables.
June 2nd, 2009 - 18:48
Hey, did you skip Anne of Windy Poplars, or just not review it? It’s number four!
June 3rd, 2009 - 19:50
I just read “Anne of Green Gables” for the first time just recently so I was excited to see this here! I just knew Anne and Gilbert ended up getting married! I expect I shall continue on with the series as I just adored Anne so much!
June 6th, 2009 - 10:33
I love this series. I read the whole thing when I was about ten, though, and I haven’t revisited it since. I really should! I haven’t read the new prequel, yet. I can’t decide if I want to or not.
June 7th, 2009 - 05:00
I read the whole series recently after having read them during my schooldays.I cant seem to get enough of her.Though Rilla Of Ingleside has less of Anne I still finished it just to know what happened in the end.