Anne of Windy Poplars

By: L. M. Montgomery

Narrated by: Tara Ward

Anne Shirley has left Redmond College behind to begin a new job and a new chapter of her life away from Green Gables. Now she faces a new challenge: the Pringles. They're known as the royal family of Summerside - and they quickly let Anne know she is not the person they wanted to be principal of Summerside High School.

But as she settles into the cozy tower room at Windy Poplars, Anne finds she also has great allies: the widows Aunt Kate and Aunt Chatty and in their irrepressible housekeeper, Rebecca Dew, are on her side. As Anne learns Summerside's strangest secrets, winning the support of the prickly Pringles becomes only the first of her triumphs.

©1936 Heirs of L.M. Montgomery,Frederick A. Stokes Company (P)2017 Dreamscape Media, LLC

Just What I Needed!

I have wanted this book in audio format for years. I was so excited to see that it had come available. The book, of course, is wonderful! LM Montgomery can do no wrong. The beloved characters stole my heart, as always. The narrator did a wonderful performance worthy of the book! Highly recommend.

Terrible narrator.

I love AOG, and I want the whole series. This narrator all but ruined this book for me. All the voices other than Anne's sounded either whinny or like cranky men. Please get another performer to narrate Anne of Windy Poplars.

Anne to Gilbert

What did you love best about Anne of Windy Poplars?

This was a great idea, having Anne writing to Gilbert and narrating through the letters...

What was one of the most memorable moments of Anne of Windy Poplars?

That little boy, Teddy dying...I didn't expect that...

What does Tara Ward bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

Action in the voice...

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

Both, when the young lady was afraid to get married without her Father's blessing, and Teddy dying...

Any additional comments?

Nope, but I am getting the other two movies with Elle Ballentine as Anne...I think she is fantastic in the role...

Good story, difficult narrator

Listened to as many Megan Follows narrations as possible, but there were none (and no other options) for Windy Poplars. The voices didn’t really ring true of what I imagined real people would sound like. Still, the story made a road trip go by quickly and enjoyably.

Do not skip this book!

There are some reviewers here that encourage you to “skip this book…it’s only letters”. No, it is not “only letters”. She is writing to Gilbert about her adventures away, and they are every bit as Anne with an E can stumble into! It took a little to get into the new characters, but I think that is the fault of the narrator, she makes almost every other character that is older than Anne sound like a grumpy old lady. But I enjoyed the stories of Katherine and Elizabeth, and Anne teaching at a school who is attended heavily by a large extended family. I was sad to have it end, I wanted more.