Where Is Anne of Green Gables Supposed to Be?
From the Netflix and CBC Television series 'Anne with an E' Prince Edward Island is proud to have been the birthplace of Lucy Maud "L.M." Montgomery and her influential book "Anne of Green Gables." And the feeling is mutual. Of her beloved PEI, Lucy had this to say: “You never know what peace is until you walk on the shores or in the fields or along the winding red roads of Prince Edward Island in a summer twilight when the dew is falling and the old stars are peeping out and the sea keeps its mighty tryst with the little land it loves.” It might surprise you to learn, however, that Lucy did not want to be confused with her creation Anne Shirley, one of the world's most famous orphans. If there were any character she would like to be compared to, she'd rather it be the eponymous heroine in her 1923 novel "Emily of New Moon." With the exception of Peg Bowen on "The Story Girl," the author claimed to have not based her character
