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Publications
 

Looking for Anne: How L.M. Montgomery Dreamed up a Literary Classic

By: Irene Gammel
Toronto: Key Porter, New York: St. Martin's, March 2008. Paperback 2010.

An authoritative and surprising biography of the world's most beloved redhead. This book reveals the mystery of how Anne was born. Click here for more details

 

Anne's World: A New Century of Anne of Green Gables

Edited by Irene Gammel and Benjamin Lefebvre
University of Toronto Press 

The original essays in Anne’s World offer fresh and timely approaches to issues of culture, identity, health, and globalization as they apply to Montgomery’s famous character and to today’s readers.  Click here for more information.  

 

 

The Intimate Life of L.M. Montgomery

Edited by Irene Gammel, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2005.

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Making Avonlea: L.M. Montgomery and Popular Culture

Edited by Irene Gammel, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2002.

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L.M. Montgomery and Canadian Culture

Edited by Irene Gammel and Elizabeth Epperly, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1999.

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