Anne Of Avonlea - Chapter 5

"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 5 follows Anne through her very first day as a schoolteacher.

Nervous and uncertain, she meets her pupils and begins to learn their individual natures, forming an instant, intuitive bond with the sensitive Paul Irving, while struggling with the sullenness of Anthony Pye.

The chapter closes with Anne weary, yet quietly determined, beginning to understand that shaping young lives is slow, challenging work...and deeply worth doing...