<P> In the late 19th century , brother and sister Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert , both in their old age , decide to take on an orphan boy to help out around their ancestral farm of Green Gables , on the outskirts of the town of Avonlea , on Prince Edward Island . When Matthew goes to pick the child up at the railway station , he finds not a boy , but a high - spirited and talkative girl , Anne Shirley . At first , the Cuthberts are inclined to send her back , particularly after Marilla 's brooch goes missing , and Anne , in despair , runs away . The family reconciles and Anne settles in her new home . Upon starting school , Anne once again displays boundless enthusiasm which is nevertheless easily turned into despair when things go wrong , which they often do . Slowly , her ebullient nature wins over those around her . </P>
<P> In the late 19th century , brother and sister Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert , both in their old age , decide to take on an orphan boy to help out around their ancestral farm of Green Gables , on the outskirts of the town of Avonlea , on Prince Edward Island . When Matthew goes to pick the child up at the railway station , he finds not a boy , but a high - spirited and talkative girl , Anne Shirley . At first , the Cuthberts are inclined to send her back , particularly after Marilla 's brooch goes missing , and Anne , in despair , runs away . The family reconciles and Anne settles in her new home . Upon starting school , Anne once again displays boundless enthusiasm which is nevertheless easily turned into despair when things go wrong , which they often do . Slowly , her ebullient nature wins over those around her . </P>
where did anne with an e take place
where did anne with an e take place
Green Gables , on the outskirts of the town of Avonlea , on Prince Edward Island .
Green Gables , on the outskirts of the town of Avonlea , on Prince Edward Island .