Anne of Ingleside is a children's novel by Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery. It was first published in August 1939 by George G. Harrap & Co Ltd. It is the sixth book in the chronology and the final book to be published. The novel is one of a series of books featuring the character Anne Shirley. Montgomery found her inspiration in a newspaper article about a couple who were mistakenly sent an orphan girl instead of a boy, yet decided to keep her. She also drew upon her own childhood experiences in rural Prince Edward Island, Canada. A photograph of Evelyn Nesbitt, clipped from an American magazine and pasted to the wall near the author's writing desk, was also used as a model for Anne Seven years after Anne's House of Dreams, when Anne is visiting Avonlea with Gilbert. When she returns home to the old Morgan house, now named "Ingleside", she is greeted by her five children: James Matthew 'Jem', the eldest, now aged eight; Walter Cuthbert, who is almost seven and often thought to be a bit of a 'sissy' because of his love for poetry; Anne 'Nan' and Diana 'Di' twin girls, who are five and nothing alike, Nan having brown hair and eyes like her father and Di having red hair and green eyes; and finally Shirley, two years old and Susan Baker's favorite, as she took care of him as an infant while Anne was very sick following his birth. The book includes the dreadful, seemingly eternal visit of Gilbert's disagreeable, oversensitive aunt Mary Maria Blythe, whose visit was only supposed to last two weeks but stretches on for months and only leaves when Anne unintentionally offends her by arranging a surprise birthday party, much to the relief of the family. It is in this book that Anne and Gilbert's youngest child is born. She is named Bertha Marilla Blythe, but is also called the roly-poly baby, or, on a daily basis 'Rilla'. "Anne of Ingleside" also includes a series of adventures which spotlight one of Anne's children at a time, and eventually Anne herself. At the end of the book, Anne worries that Gilbert doesn't love her anymore and takes her for granted, and spends a disagreeable evening with the widowed and childless Christine Stuart, who was once Anne's rival—or so she thought—for Gilbert's love. Anne begins to wonder if she has been taking Gilbert for granted. At the end she is proven wrong, as Gilbert's lack of attention was in fact caused by worry over one of his patients and he surprises her with an anniversary gift and a promise of a trip to Europe for a medical congress. Lucy Maud Montgomery CBE (November 30, 1874 – April 24, 1942), called "Maud" by family and friends and publicly known as L.M. Montgomery, was a Canadian author best known for a series of novels beginning with Anne of Green Gables, published in 1908. Anne of Green Gables was an immediate success. The central character, Anne, an orphaned girl, made Montgomery famous in her lifetime and gave her an international following.] The first novel was followed by a series of sequels with Anne as the central character. Montgomery went on to publish 20 novels as well as 500 short stories and poems. Because many of the novels were set on Prince Edward Island, Canada and the Canadian province became literary landmarks. Montgomery's work, diaries and letters have been read and studied by scholars and readers worldwide. This is a great ebook that comes in PDF or Plain text format.

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