As soon as Anne Shirley arrives at the snug white farmhouse called Green
Gables, she is sure she wants to stay forever . but will the Cuthberts
send her back to to the orphanage? Anne knows she's not what they
expectedÑa skinny girl with fiery red hair and a temper to match. If
only she can convince them to let her stay, she'll try very hard not to
keep rushing headlong into scrapes and blurting out the first thing that
comes to her mind. Anne is not like anyone else, the Cuthberts agree;
she is specialÑa girl with an enormous imagination. This orphan girl
dreams of the day when she can call herself Anne of Green Gables. Anne
is described as bright and quick, eager to please, talkative, and
extremely imaginative. She has a pale face with freckles and usually
braids her red hair.