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"Anne of Green Gables" by Lucy Maud Montgomery
Published in June, 1908
Project Gutenberg Ebook edition

An imaginative orphan is unexpectedly adopted into a quiet rural community, where her vivid inner life and stubborn spirit gradually transform the people around her.

Chapter 30-32
00:30 30 Miss Stacy selects Anne to prepare for Queen’s Academy. Marilla supports her ambitions. Anne studies hard, rivals Gilbert, misses Diana, and the winter passes into a welcome summer break.
24:17 31 Anne rests outdoors all summer, returns to school energized, matures quietly, story club fades, enjoys outings, and focuses entirely on studying for Queen’s Academy entrance exams.
37:16 32 Anne fears Queen’s exams, stays with Aunt Josephine, takes tests in Charlottetown, returns home anxious, and finally triumphs, tying with Gilbert but officially placed first among 200 students.

Characters
Anne Shirley - A thin, red-haired orphan with an incredibly vivid imagination and a "tongue fastened at one end." Overjoyed to finally have a home
Matthew Cuthbert - A shy, awkward sixty-year-old bachelor who lives at Green Gables. Though he is terrified of women and girls, he finds himself strangely charmed by Anne
Marilla Cuthbert - Matthew’s sister. She is tall, thin, with a strict sense of duty. While Matthew is the heart of the duo, Marilla is the logic. She is the one who ultimately has to decide what to do about adopting Anne by mistake
Rachel Lynde - The town gossip and "notable" busybody, she represents the judgmental social standards of Avonlea
Alexander Spencer - She is the "middleman" whose misunderstanding of the Cuthberts' request led to Anne being brought to Prince Edward Island instead of a boy
Diana Barry - Anne’s kind, pretty, and conventional neighbour who becomes her first and dearest “bosom friend"
Gilbert Blythe - Handsome, confident, teasing, his thoughtless joke sparks Anne’s lifelong grudge and rivalry
Josephine Barry - Wealthy, sharp-tongued city-dweller, evolves to become Anne’s most generous and sophisticated "kindred spirit" benefactors
Mrs. Allan - Young, stylish, and deeply empathetic, a minister’s wife who becomes the ultimate role model and a nurturing mentor for Anne's emotions

Costa's Wordbook
Go back on phr. fail to keep a promise
Get a word in edgewise phr. contribute to a conversation with difficulty because the other speaker talks almost without pause
Pall v become less appealing or interesting through familiarity (Paul)

Flounce n a wide ornamental strip of material gathered and sewn to a skirt or dress, a frill (Flance)
Gird one's loins phr. prepare oneself for something difficult or challenging
Galore adj in abundance (ge Lor)

Euclid -(300 BCE) a Greek mathematician known as the "father of geometry (U clid)

Complete Features
Little Prince, Brave New World, Monte Cristo, Songs of Dead Dreamer, Last Unicorn, Brothers Karamazov, Fellowship of the Ring, Winnie the Pooh, Jane Eyre, Angels & Demons, Perfume, Great Gatsby, Jekyll & Hyde, Maigret, 1984, Metamorphosis, Dracula, Don Quixote, Dorian Gray, Anne Frank, Lord of the Flies, Liar's Poker, Sherlock Holmes, Agatha Christie, Great Expectations

Milestone
2021: 0 Full soundtrack, no editing, wife commentary, summary outline, irregular release
2022: 2.0 DaVinci editing, wordbook, book intro, AI host + illustration, chapter summary, scheduled release
2023: 2.1 Descript, CapCut, Suno score, character intro, weekly release
2024: 2.2 Standard condenser mic, Audacity, ChatGPT annotation + illustration, timestamp, 1-hour content

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