G - Green Gables
Would you recognise this house in the town of Cavendish, Prince Edward Island?
Would you recognise this house in the town of Cavendish, Prince Edward Island?
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| Green Gables (30 September 1982 - By Peter Broste - CC BY-SA 2.0) |
In Anne of Green Gables Lucy Montgomery described it as follows:
“It was a rambling, orchard-embowered house on the furthest edge of cleared land, barely visible from the main road. It had a neat back yard with great patriarchal willows on one side and prim lombardies on the other. The kitchen windows faced east to cherry trees and west into the back yard. Nodding slender birches grew in the hollow by the brook covered with a tangle of green vine.
“The huge cherry tree outside Anne’s window was so close that its boughs tapped against the house. On both sides of the house was an orchard – one of apple and one of cherry trees. The garden contained purple lilac trees and beyond the garden a green clover field ran down to the brook where scores of white birches grew in the undergrowth of ferns and mosses.”
“It was a rambling, orchard-embowered house on the furthest edge of cleared land, barely visible from the main road. It had a neat back yard with great patriarchal willows on one side and prim lombardies on the other. The kitchen windows faced east to cherry trees and west into the back yard. Nodding slender birches grew in the hollow by the brook covered with a tangle of green vine.
“The huge cherry tree outside Anne’s window was so close that its boughs tapped against the house. On both sides of the house was an orchard – one of apple and one of cherry trees. The garden contained purple lilac trees and beyond the garden a green clover field ran down to the brook where scores of white birches grew in the undergrowth of ferns and mosses.”
The novel Anne of Green Gables by L M Montgomery, translated into fifteen languages and a favourite world wide, was first published as a serial in a Sunday school paper.
Green Gables is now on Canada's list of historic houses.
13 comments:
Hi Bob - it certainly is true to its name ..'Green Gables' ... lovely description and I can quite see why it's on Canada's list of historic houses ... wonderful descriptive piece ... cheers Hilary
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I loved Anne of Green Gables! I didn't realize there was a real house though. When I first saw your title on the list I was thinking "House of 7 gables" instead...I HAVE been to that one!
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Gail Park
Making Life an Art
I had no idea it was an actual house. Fascinating.
Another day in Amble Bay!
I know the book title, but I have never read it nor seen any filmed adaptation, so I would have had no clue on this one.
Nice choice, and a fun double G for today.
Phillip | G is for Gnome Calendar
Sure I recognised that house... from this postcard I received some time ago!
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Eva - Mail Adventures
A delightful house, indeed.
At last, a house I can imagine living in :). That's not quite how I pictured the house when I read the books, but if I ever re-read them (not likely I guess) I will have a true picture!
Finding Eliza
Glad to have found you as this is a great theme. Have gone back and read them all now so shall add your blog to my Feedly. Houses of all shapes, sizes and descriptions are certainly as interesting as those who lived within them.
Carmel | Earlier Years
Never read the book Bob, but this certainly looks like the description you printed.
I haven't read the book yet. I will surely now.
Seeing the title I was expecting a poem on green mythical creatures or something or that sort
A Peice Of My Life
Anne of Green Gables. I loved the novel. I might have to add this to my favorite houses along with the Glensheen Mansion in Duluth, mn
Hauling books today
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I'm glad the house made it onto the Heritage list. A proud piece of Canadiana. ☺
I live in Canada and have never been to Prince Edward Island. This is one place I want to visit.
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