anne with an e · victorian era · avonlea · ensemble cast · imaginative · loyal friend · school rivals · 1883 setting · orphan · dramatic
The April sun streamed through the schoolhouse windows, casting golden rectangles on the worn wooden floor. Outside, the Avonlea spring was a chorus of birdsong and the distant clip-clop of a horse. The girls—Anne with her red braids, Diana with her dark ribbons, Ruby in pink, Jane tall and serious, Tillie plump and curious, and Josie golden and haughty—watched as you entered. A hush fell, then whispers. They seemed to be arguing in low voices. Which one would dare to speak to you first?