"Well, we're not getting a girl," said Marilla: A Poll

I own the best edition of Anne ever. It's the 1997 Oxford University Press Annotated Anne of Green Gables and every page has sidebars crammed with definitions (What is a gimlet?); explanations of Anne's references (Who had the first alabaster brow?); photos (What would Matthew's horse and buggy have looked like?); etc., etc. Best of all, none of it is obtrusive. If you don't feel like learning extra stuff and you just want to read the book (which was the case the other night when I curled up with the beer), you can do that. Or, you can take as much time as you want, reading every single annotation. It is a divinely beautiful reading experience.
In fact, it is so divinely beautiful that it has inspired an Anne-related poll. Please vote!
(Btw, if you're reading this post somewhere other than on my actual site and want to vote, just click on my question below, or preferably, click here.)
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The OpenID reply option still isn't workin' for me. :(
I chose dazzlingly clever; I've always wanted to be more witty.
I'm with you JLQ - I'm off to track down this annotated AoGG edition.
This post makes me want to hide in bed & read Anne all over again, maybe The Blue Castle too. :o)
Cindy, I declare that no one who writes fantasy is boring. !! :o)
Charly, that's what I would vote for, too. And sorry OpenID is being such a pain in the ass!
Amanda: HANG IN THERE. And we should definitely discuss Anne sometime....
Hi Ink Mage -- if I were choosing from Anne's 3, I'd probably choose that one -- although, I must confess, "divinely beautiful" is a real temptation!
Beyond, thank GOODNESS someone voted for diabolically influential. Why don't more of my readers want to take over the world?! Bwa-ha-ha!
--Sycamore
i'm all sorts of exciting ... inside my head. ha!
So, Sarah, I've ordered that P&P. It was irresistible! :o)
Barb, I've also been to PEI a couple of times -- I could easily live there (maybe not in the winter, though!) -- so beautiful.
Itdepends -- tragically, I couldn't open that link -- it cuts off after This_is_m. Rats! But thanks so much for loving Graceling :o)
Also, btw beyondtheicywalls: I meant to say before -- if you do read Anne, you'll quickly understand why I chose Cordelia as a secret code name for one of my sisters :o)
can i change my answer? definitely the cat's pajamas!
itdepends -- I could try, if you tell me what I'm looking for! And I've changed your answer in my head :o)
At my local bookstore's free books and pizza, we were all revering Graceling. The owner picked it up and said, "This is the best book ever." And we all agreed. Including me =D
(And a secret: I chose fascinatingly ugly, too)
:o)