Study Guide

Anne of Green Gables Characters

By L.M. Montgomery

Anne's a character with a capital-C (as well as an "e," naturally). There's no ignoring her. From...

How do we begin discussing a hardened, old, kick-butt spinster like Marilla? We're not going...

Why is Matthew Cuthbert so freaking loveable? He first comes off as harmless—comical,...

Though Gilbert Blythe's a major (and majorly evil) character in Anne's mind, we don't get to know...

No, Anne of Green Gables is too old (and too Victorian) to be a tale about young...

It's no mistake that Mrs. Rachel Lynde's the first character we are introduced to. Mrs. Lynde is...

Josephine Barry is Diana's great-aunt. We don't get much of her life story in this book, but we...

Mrs. Allan is the new minister's wife who arrives in Avonlea about halfway through the story. She...

One-quarter of Anne's squad, Ruby is prone to fits of crying whenever anything exciting happens....

Mrs. Thomas was the woman who scrubbed Anne's parents' house when she was a baby. She took Anne...

This woman is the mother of Diana and a baby named Minnie May. She's very strict with Diana, and...