Her dream of being published is also finally achieved after she writes a series of short stories based on Avonlea inspired by a suggestion from Gilbert. Anne is able to convince the grandmother, a hypochondriac, to leave the house and go to a community picnic, and to let Pauline attend a friend's wedding overnight in another town, where she strikes up a romance. Harris' daughter) who is a virtual prisoner in the house. Harris, and her repressed Aunt Pauline (Mrs. While teaching at the Ladies' College, Anne grows close to one student, Emmeline Harris, whom she tutors at Maplehurst, the house where Emmeline lives with her stern, controlling grandmother, Mrs. Anne organizes a play to raise money for the college, which is greatly appreciated. However, Anne gradually earns the respect of her students, their families and her colleagues, including the severe and critical Katherine Brooke and the Pringle family. A member of the local community - and member of the powerful Pringle family - had also tried for Anne's post and was rejected, causing resentment. Initially, Anne finds her new job to be difficult. Eventually, Anne decides to take this job as an English teacher at Kingsport, Nova Scotia Ladies' College in the hope that it will inspire her and give her something to write about. Anne returns to Green Gables and decides to look into the job her former teacher Miss Muriel Stacey offered her. Anne rejects him again, and Gilbert suspects that there is someone else, despite Anne's assertion there is no person she cares about more than him. Gilbert tells Anne that he and Christine are just friends, then offers to wait for her if there is any hope of them getting together. She runs off.Īt Diana's wedding, Anne sees Gilbert with a young woman named Christine Stuart. Anne rejects his offer, convinced that their marriage would be unhappy and unsuccessful. Having regained her independence, Marilla encourages Anne to resume her old ambition of attending college.Īt the clambake celebrating Fred and Diana's engagement, Anne and Gilbert wander off to a bridge, where Gilbert proposes. Meanwhile, in the last two years, Marilla's eyesight has greatly improved. Anne is initially bewildered by Diana's decision, calling it impulsive. Leaving the post office one day, Anne runs into Gilbert Blythe, who tells her that her best friend Diana Barry is engaged to Fred Wright.
Anne now holds a Teacher's License after completing the two-year post-secondary course at Charlottetown's Queens Academy in only one year.Īnne begins to teach at Avonlea School and has dreams of becoming a writer, but her story 'Averil's Atonement' is rejected by a magazine. The film resumes the story of Anne Shirley, who at 16 had chosen to study for her college degree by correspondence in order to remain at Green Gables to help an aging Marilla, who has eyesight problems, look after the house and farm. The film was also shown theatrically in Israel, Japan, and Europe as Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel and has been released on DVD under that title.įinally, in 2017, the miniseries was officially retitled Anne of Avonlea for its North American Blu-ray Disc release by Sullivan Films, as part of the Anne of Green Gables Collector's Set. The miniseries aired in four hour-long installments, in May and June 1987, on the Disney Channel as Anne of Avonlea: The Continuing Story of Anne of Green Gables, and in two 150-minute installments, in December 1987 on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, and in March 1988 on PBS, as Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel. Please accept our most sincere apologies for the late reply. Our support is currently tasked to capacity.
As well, the TV film introduces several characters and issues not present in the books. The miniseries dramatizes material from several books in the eight-novel 'Anne' series by Lucy Maud Montgomery they are Anne of Avonlea (Book Two), Anne of the Island (Book Three) and Anne of Windy Poplars (Book Four). It is a sequel to Anne of Green Gables, and the second of a tetralogy of films. Jump to navigationJump to search Anne of Green Gables: The SequelĪnne of Green Gables: The Continuing StoryĪnne of Green Gables: The Sequel is a 1987 Canadian television miniseries film.