I finally got around to reading the Anne of Green Gables books (although, annoyingly, the boxed set I bought is missing two of the books).

These are some of my thoughts on the books.

One thing that we have to remember is that these books were written between 1908 and 1921. So they do reflect the time period when they were written. I’d say that they were relatively progressive in their day.

One glaring omission is the almost complete absence of Indigenous people, Black p...