Anne Of Avonlea - Chapter 15

"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 working in Avonlea as the local schoolteacher, determined to be sensible, responsible and worthy of the life she’s been given...

Chapter 15 marks the satisfying close of Anne’s first year of teaching...

As vacation begins, she walks familiar paths shaped by memory, friendship and imagination...

In moments of shared understanding and quiet reflection, Anne takes stock of ideals tested, grief remembered and hopes not yet fully defined, then steps onwards into summer with gratitude...