For as long as I've been living in Jyv�skyl�, anytime I told a woman that I am from Canada, their first question was: "Did you live near Anne of Green Gables?"
For those of that you that are un-familiar, Anne of Green Gables is a fictional character written in a series of books by Lucy Maud Montgomery.
Anne is an orphan from Nova Scotia, Canada and is adopted by a sibling couple who were expecting a boy - to help them with the farm work and so on. They eventually grow to love her and she grows up making some trouble, trying her hardest to please everyone and telling her interesting stories about when she was watching various children with a variety of diseases/illnesses.
The biggest thing about Anne? She has red hair in 2 braids, freckles, wears dresses (women didn't wear pants back then or flannel shirts like a man), was stubborn and had a big sweet tooth.
The story takes place on Prince Edward Island - quite near Nova Scotia but they are not connected by land directly...at least not back then. Now there is the Confederation Bridge or you can still take a ferry boat over to the Island.
In fact, PEI has an explosion of tourism in the summer because there are many acts and plays about Anne and people travel from ALL over the world to see the tiny little house they built in honour of this classic story.
Most recently, Prince William and his wife, Kate Middleton have even met Anne (actress Tess Benger) during their visit to the Island in 2011.
Anyways, recently there was an article floating around on Facebook, that mentioned Anne of Green Gables. Well, I had to check it out!
What's wrong with the cover? Anne wasn't ridiculously pretty (she got prettier when she got older - at least that's how I envisioned it...she's just an average-looking child when she's adopted), wasn't rocking a C-cup sized push-up bra (estimate-I actually have no idea)...she was an innocent child that just wanted to be loved. Not posed by a bale of hay waiting to get tackled by the farmhand's son...and I'm not talking about playing football either.
Oh and she was NOT a blonde.
This has raised quite a stir in the online/book community and it's interesting how many Finns were disappointed (yes, all of them female - at least on my Facebook) with Anne's "new make over".
One friend said she looked more like "Josie Pye"...another advised me that she was "going to throw up"...
How do YOU feel about Anne of Green Gables being pictured now as a blondie?
I say, BRING THE GINGER BACK!
(Thankfully my copy of Anne of Green Gables & Anne of the Avonlea have photos painted inside and on the cover of a wonderful little red-head.)
For those of that you that are un-familiar, Anne of Green Gables is a fictional character written in a series of books by Lucy Maud Montgomery.
Anne is an orphan from Nova Scotia, Canada and is adopted by a sibling couple who were expecting a boy - to help them with the farm work and so on. They eventually grow to love her and she grows up making some trouble, trying her hardest to please everyone and telling her interesting stories about when she was watching various children with a variety of diseases/illnesses.
The biggest thing about Anne? She has red hair in 2 braids, freckles, wears dresses (women didn't wear pants back then or flannel shirts like a man), was stubborn and had a big sweet tooth.
The story takes place on Prince Edward Island - quite near Nova Scotia but they are not connected by land directly...at least not back then. Now there is the Confederation Bridge or you can still take a ferry boat over to the Island.
In fact, PEI has an explosion of tourism in the summer because there are many acts and plays about Anne and people travel from ALL over the world to see the tiny little house they built in honour of this classic story.
Most recently, Prince William and his wife, Kate Middleton have even met Anne (actress Tess Benger) during their visit to the Island in 2011.
Anyways, recently there was an article floating around on Facebook, that mentioned Anne of Green Gables. Well, I had to check it out!
What's wrong with the cover? Anne wasn't ridiculously pretty (she got prettier when she got older - at least that's how I envisioned it...she's just an average-looking child when she's adopted), wasn't rocking a C-cup sized push-up bra (estimate-I actually have no idea)...she was an innocent child that just wanted to be loved. Not posed by a bale of hay waiting to get tackled by the farmhand's son...and I'm not talking about playing football either.
Oh and she was NOT a blonde.
This has raised quite a stir in the online/book community and it's interesting how many Finns were disappointed (yes, all of them female - at least on my Facebook) with Anne's "new make over".
One friend said she looked more like "Josie Pye"...another advised me that she was "going to throw up"...
How do YOU feel about Anne of Green Gables being pictured now as a blondie?
I say, BRING THE GINGER BACK!
(Thankfully my copy of Anne of Green Gables & Anne of the Avonlea have photos painted inside and on the cover of a wonderful little red-head.)
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