LIVING LUSCIOUSLY: Anne of Green Gables

*UPDATE APRIL 2015* I’m sad to report that actor Jonathan Crombie aka Gilbert Blythe from “Anne of Green Gables” has died in New York, aged 48, of a brain haemorrhage.

“Anne of Green Gables” starring Megan Follows as Anna Shirley and Jonathan Crombie as Gilbert Blythe was my all-time favourite story growing up – I read LM Montgomery’s first book (published in 1908) in the series multiple times as well as the later books – and I still love watching the TV series. You too?

Every time I see Gilbert Blythe, my heart has a little flutter. I loved the Canadian TV movies – parts one (1985) and two (1987), but the third instalment (2000) – which completely deviated from what LM Montgomery had written – was rather dire.

The fourth TV movie (2009) starring Barbara Hershey as a much older Anne, didn’t really grab me either. But, of course, I watched them anyway!

Scroll through the photos here:

More “Anne of Green Gables” lusciousness

If you’re looking for some escapism during your next day off, why not sit down with the Anne of Green Gables – Remastered Complete Collection DVD 8-disc box set (2012) and watch all of the Kevin Sullivan-directed versions? Or just start with the gorgeous original “Anne of Green Gables” from 1986 (which was the best) and go from there?

Learn more about the book series and the much earlier screen versions (starting in 1919 with a silent film) of the “Anne of Green Gables” tale, and Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery.

Here’s our photo gallery, A Luscious Childhood, if you are also feeling sentimental:

A luscious childhood

A luscious childhood

And you might also like these Facebook photo albums, via our Luscious page:

• Bubbles
• Pens and pencils
• Chalkboards
• Chess
• Picnics
• Get crafty: Textiles to inspire
• Stripes, polka dots and pom poms
• Tassles and fringes
• Buttons, badges and brooches
• Watch me: Clocks and watches
• Buckle up
• Luscious pastels
• Russian dolls
• Bicycles
• Colourful books
• Treehouses
• Butterflies
• Gumboots
• Watering cans
• Buckets
• Beach life
• Row, row, row your boat…
• Ferris wheels

Cheers, Natasha
www.myLusciousLife.com

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