Anne Shirley is an eleven-year-old orphan who has hung on determinedly to an optimistic spirit and a wildly creative imagination through her early deprivations. She erupts into the lives of aging brother and sister Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert, a girl instead of the boy they had sent for. Thus begins a story of transformation for all three; indeed, the whole rural community of Avonlea comes under Anne's influence in some way. These Collectors Edition compact hardbacks are ‘cloth-bound’ with matching coloured end papers and embossed gold lettering.