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* Anne goes to the Taylor family's house for dinner, but Cyrus Taylor is having one of his infamous sulky fits and refuses to speak, which makes everyone too nervous to enjoy themselves. Anne, who decides to trick him into speaking, asks the visiting Dr. Carter "Perhaps you would be surprised to hear, Dr. Carter, that Mr. Taylor went deaf very suddenly last week?", noting to herself that [[ExactWords she hadn't actually said Mr. Taylor had gone deaf]]. Mr. Taylor's children decide to play along, resulting in them telling ridiculous falsehoods about their father without actually saying he'd done those things, just to get a reaction from him.
-->""What would you think, Dr. Carter, of a man who makes his family live on fruit and eggs...nothing but fruit and eggs...just for a fad?"
-->"What would you think of a husband who bit his wife when she put up curtains he didn't like...deliberately bit her?"
-->"What would you think of a man who would give his wife a pair of goloshes for a Christmas present...nothing but a pair of goloshes?"
-->""Have you ever wondered, Dr. Carter, how awful it must be to live with a man who thinks nothing...nothing—of picking up the roast, if it isn't perfectly done, and hurling it at the maid?"
-->""What would you think of a man who would go to a funeral...his father's funeral...in overalls?"
** Mrs. Taylor then tries to defend her husband's honour by mentioning how he's very good at crocheting. This proves to be the last straw for Mr. Taylor, who pushes his chair back so violently that it knocks over and breaks a hideous old vase that the rest of the family hated.
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* Jem peppers his mother with questions, the last being "Mummy, are we really too romantic a family?" right before the narrative recounts the time Susan found the barn covered in splotches of red paint, which the children insisted they needed to represent the gore of the fake battle they were putting on.
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** The title of the chapter that covers this incident: "Diana Is Invited to Tea with Tragic Results."

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* In Chapter 15 Marilla finds [[DramaQueen Anne]] bawling her heart out one evening.
--> “It’s about Diana,” sobbed Anne luxuriously. “I love Diana so, Marilla. I cannot ever live without her. But I know very well when we grow up that Diana will get married and go away and leave me. And oh, what shall I do? I hate her husband - I just hate him furiously. I’ve been imagining it all out - the wedding and everything - Diana dressed in snowy garments, with a veil, and looking as beautiful and regal as a queen; and me the bridesmaid, with a lovely dress too, and puffed sleeves, but with a breaking heart hid beneath my smiling face. And then bidding Diana goodbye-e-e—” Here Anne broke down entirely and wept with increasing bitterness.
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* Anne and her friends acting out "The Lady of Shallot." It all goes well until the boat sinks...

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* Anne and her friends acting out "The Lady of Shallot.Shalott." It all goes well until the boat sinks...
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-->'''Gilbert:''' The second one is, feed him well.

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-->'''Gilbert:''' The second one is, [[ThroughHisStomach feed him well.well]].
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-->'''Anne:''' [[SarcasmMode Fishing for lake trout.]]

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-->'''Anne:''' [[SarcasmMode [[AskAStupidQuestion Fishing for lake trout.]]
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* Anne, Marilla and Diana all put a spoonful of sugar in the pot of peas because each was afraid the others would forget about it. They only discover the truth when Anne tastes the peas. The narration goes on to note (paraphrased), "There were no peas at dinner that day."

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* Anne, Marilla and Diana [[TwoRightsMakeAWrong all put a spoonful of sugar in the pot of peas peas]] because each was afraid the others would forget about it. They only discover the truth when Anne tastes the peas. The narration goes on to note (paraphrased), "There were no peas at dinner that day."

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!! Anne of Ingleside
* Anne returns to Ingleside after a trip and Susan fills her in on the happenings at Ingleside. When Anne asks why the two ceramic dogs that decorate the fireplace (Gog and Magog) are gone, Susan informs her she removed them after Walter told an important guest that their names were "God" and "My God."



!! Anne of Ingleside
* Anne returns to Ingleside after a trip and Susan fills her in on the happenings at Ingleside. When Anne asks why the two ceramic dogs that decorate the fireplace (Gog and Magog) are gone, Susan informs her she removed them after Walter told an important guest that their names were "God" and "My God."

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!! Anne of Ingleside
* Anne returns to Ingleside after a trip and Susan fills her in on the happenings at Ingleside. When Anne asks why the two ceramic dogs that decorate the fireplace (Gog and Magog) are gone, Susan informs her she removed them after Walter told an important guest that their names were "God" and "My God."

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* Anne is furious at the nurse who tells her Jem's hair will be red.
* Miss Cornelia relays the story of the birth of her baby brother. She had wanted a brother for a long time, and was ecstatic to find out she had one, but was greatly disappointed when she laid eyes on him and found out he was a ''baby.'' She'd wanted an older brother.
* Anne and Gilbert come to an agreement never to speak BabyTalk to their children, only for Anne to instantly contradict herself when Jem is born. Her baby talk is written phonetically in the narrative.
* When Miss Cornelia announces she's going to get married, Gilbert gives her the rules for marriage his grandmother told his mother when she married his father:
-->'''Gilbert:''' The first one is, catch him.
-->'''Miss Cornelia:''' He's caught. Go on.
-->'''Gilbert:''' The second one is, feed him well.
-->'''Miss Cornelia:''' With enough pie. What next?
-->'''Gilbert:''' The third and fourth are—keep your eye on him.
-->'''Miss Cornelia (emphatically):''' [[DoesNotLikeMen I believe you.]]
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-->'''Mrs. Lynde:''' Yes, but I do it reverently.

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-->'''Mrs. Lynde:''' Yes, but I do it reverently.
reverently. You never heard me ''nickname'' a minister.
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!! Anne's House of Dreams
* A spot of HypocriticalHumor from Mrs. Lynde:
-->'''Anne:''' Then there are Phil and the Reverend Jo——
-->'''Mrs. Lynde:''' It sounds awful to hear you speaking of a minister like that, Anne.
-->'''Anne:''' His wife calls him that.
-->'''Mrs. Lynde:''' She should have more respect for his holy office, then.
-->'''Anne:''' I've heard you criticize ministers pretty sharply yourself.
-->'''Mrs. Lynde:''' Yes, but I do it reverently.
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* Anne finally gets the TallDarkAndHandsome man of her dreams...and he's dreadfully boring.


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* Anne finally gets the TallDarkAndHandsome man of her dreams...and he's dreadfully boring. \n\n Even his sister thinks so.

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\n* Anne finally gets the TallDarkAndHandsome man of her dreams...and he's dreadfully boring.

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\n* Anne is proposed marriage several times in the book by several different people, although none is probably so memorable as the first proposal, which came by proxy. Jane Andrews asks very matter-of-factly on behalf of her brother, Billy. This scene is so surreal to Anne that it takes up an entire chapter of the book.

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** The fact that ''this'' is evidently the moment that caused Gilbert to be [[LoveAtFirstPunch smitten with Anne.]]
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** Anne understands that part of a prayer is to ask God for something she wants. So she prays to him to let her stay at Green Gables... [[MoodWhiplash and to make her pretty when she grows up.]]
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* When Diana comes over to Green Gables for tea (just prior to the incident with the currant wine), she and Anne both initially make a valiant attempt of being dignified about the whole thing, making inane small-talk with each other...only for the whole charade to fall apart within a minute as Anne becomes excited talking about the apple harvest.
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--> "I have come back to tell you exactly what I think of you," said Faith in clear, ringing tones, "I am not afraid of you. You are a rude, unjust, tyrannical, disagreeable old man. Susan says you are sure to go to hell, and I was sorry for you, but I am not now. Your wife never got a hat for ten years - no wonder she died. I am going to make faces at you whenever I see you after this. Every time I am behind you you will know what is happening. Father has a picture of the devil in a book in his study, and I mean to go home and write your name under it. You are an old vampire and I hope you'll have the Scotch fiddle!"

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--> "I have come back to tell you exactly what I think of you," said Faith in clear, ringing tones, "I am not afraid of you. You are a rude, unjust, tyrannical, disagreeable old man. Susan says you are sure to go to hell, and I was sorry for you, but I am not now. Your wife never got a hat for ten years - no wonder she died. I am going to make faces at you whenever I see you after this. Every time I am behind you you will know what is happening. Father has a picture of the devil in a book in his study, and I mean to go home and write your name under it. You are an old vampire and I hope you'll have the Scotch fiddle!"
fiddle (FYI: Scotch fiddle=itchy skin from subdermal crabs)!"

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* Anne explaining to Marilla her latest accident falling off the roof in Chapter 23 after Mr Barry has to carry her home.
--> '''Anne:''' Don't be very frightened, Marilla. I was walking the ridge-pole and I fell off. I suspect I have sprained my ankle. But, Marilla, I might have broken my neck. Let us look on the bright side of things.
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** and Anne refusrs to pray at first because God made her hair red ''on purpose''

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** and Anne refusrs refuses to pray at first because God made her hair red ''on purpose''
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* Anne writes a melodramatic short story called "Avery's Atonement", and sends it to a literary magazine, but it gets rejected. Diana (without Anne's knowledge) sends it to Rollings Reliable Baking Powder Company advertisement competition. Anne is shocked when she wins, because she didn't write anything about baking powder, and Diana explains:
->Oh, I put that in. It was as easy as wink—and of course my experience in our old Story Club helped me. You know the scene where Averil makes the cake? Well, I just stated that she used the Rollings Reliable in it, and that was why it turned out so well; and then, in the last paragraph, where Percival clasps Averil in his arms and says, ‘Sweetheart, the beautiful coming years will bring us the fulfilment of our home of dreams,’ I added, ‘in which we will never use any baking powder except Rollings Reliable.’


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* Anne writes a melodramatic short story called "Avery's Atonement", and sends it to a literary magazine, but it gets rejected. Diana (without Anne's knowledge) sends it the story to Rollings Reliable Baking Powder Company Company's advertisement competition. Anne is shocked when she wins, because she didn't write anything about baking powder, and Diana explains:
->Oh, -->Oh, I put that in. It was as easy as wink—and of course my experience in our old Story Club helped me. You know the scene where Averil makes the cake? Well, I just stated that she used the Rollings Reliable in it, and that was why it turned out so well; and then, in the last paragraph, where Percival clasps Averil in his arms and says, ‘Sweetheart, the beautiful coming years will bring us the fulfilment of our home of dreams,’ I added, ‘in which we will never use any baking powder except Rollings Reliable.’

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* Anne writes a melodramatic short story called "Avery's Atonement", and sends it to a literary magazine, but it gets rejected. Diana (without Anne's knowledge) sends it to Rollings Reliable Baking Powder Company advertisement competition. Anne is shocked when she wins, because she didn't write anything about baking powder, and Diana explains:
->Oh, I put that in. It was as easy as wink—and of course my experience in our old Story Club helped me. You know the scene where Averil makes the cake? Well, I just stated that she used the Rollings Reliable in it, and that was why it turned out so well; and then, in the last paragraph, where Percival clasps Averil in his arms and says, ‘Sweetheart, the beautiful coming years will bring us the fulfilment of our home of dreams,’ I added, ‘in which we will never use any baking powder except Rollings Reliable.’

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* The description of a schoolday, when Anne (the teacher) is in a very bad mood:
-->Nobody, except Anthony Pye, dared whisper a word. Ned Clay accidentally squeaked his pencil while working a sum, caught Anne’s eye and wished the floor would open and swallow him up. The geography class were whisked through a continent with a speed that made them dizzy. The grammar class were parsed and analyzed within an inch of their lives. Chester Sloane, spelling “odoriferous” with two f’s, was made to feel that he could never live down the disgrace of it, either in this world or that which is to come.
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**and Anne refusrs to pray at first because God made her hair red ''on purpose''
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** In the miniseries Anne is clinging to a bridge piling when she notices Gilbert approaching in a rowboat. She makes the best expressions to indicate her exasperation and annoyance, then tries to compose herself so she can speak to Gilbert as cooly as though they were passing on the street. Sometimes it just isn't possible to "rise to the occasion", Anne!

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** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCyhQ5jsxtY In the miniseries miniseries]] Anne is clinging to a bridge piling when she notices Gilbert approaching in a rowboat. She makes the best expressions to indicate her exasperation and annoyance, then tries to compose herself so she can speak to Gilbert as cooly as though they were passing on the street. Sometimes it just isn't possible to "rise to the occasion", Anne!
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-->"'Oh no, the voices of the dead/Sound like the distant torrent's fall,'" promptly counter-quoted Anne, pointing solemnly to the box.

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-->"'Oh no, the voices of the dead/Sound like the distant torrent's fall,'" promptly counter-quoted Anne, pointing solemnly to the box. (FYI, they're quoting "The Isles of Greece" by Creator/LordByron)
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* Young Davy isn't particularly excited about going to the FluffyCloudHeaven that is preached at church, being a scamp and full of energy. However, one week during after his catechism lesson...

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* Young Davy isn't particularly excited about going to the FluffyCloudHeaven that is preached at church, being a scamp and full of energy. However, one week during after his catechism lesson...
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!! Rainbow Valley
* Faith goes Norman Douglas', an atheist who hasn't been to church in ten years, house to demand that he join the church so that her father's salary can get paid (they had just lost an important sponser). He turns her away and accuses her of being "put up" to it. Faith leaves the house crying... until she realises that she's very angry. The resulting speech is both a CMOA and a CMOF, and actually convinced Norman to begin sponsoring the church again! (He himself finds it ActuallyPrettyFunny.
--> "I have come back to tell you exactly what I think of you," said Faith in clear, ringing tones, "I am not afraid of you. You are a rude, unjust, tyrannical, disagreeable old man. Susan says you are sure to go to hell, and I was sorry for you, but I am not now. Your wife never got a hat for ten years - no wonder she died. I am going to make faces at you whenever I see you after this. Every time I am behind you you will know what is happening. Father has a picture of the devil in a book in his study, and I mean to go home and write your name under it. You are an old vampire and I hope you'll have the Scotch fiddle!"
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* When Anne's letters start getting sappy and romantic, the narration omits whole pages and paragraphs from the reader.

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* When The narration removes whole pages of Anne's letters start getting sappy and romantic, the narration omits whole pages and paragraphs from the reader.to Gilbert when she starts waxing romantic about their future together.

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