Anne Of Avonlea - Chapter 11

"Anne of Avonlea" was written by L. M. Montgomery and published in 1909, following the enormous success of Anne of Green Gables the prior year.

In this second book, Anne Shirley is sixteen years old and returning to Avonlea as the local schoolteacher, determined to be sensible, responsible, and worthy of the life she’s been given.

Chapter 11 celebrates the lively meeting of fact and imagination in Anne’s classroom.

Through the children’s voices, Anne glimpses humour, honesty and unexpected poetry...and is reminded that teaching is as much about listening as instructing.

The ordinary schoolroom briefly opens into something wider and more wonderful...

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