I'm not sure about the bit in the Anne of Green Gables example saying "the books were written from 1908-1915 (thus no plaid shirts and "come hither" looks)". Plaid shirts apparently date from the 1850s, although I would guess they were as strictly gender-based as most other clothing at the time, and the phrase "come hither" is, according to the OED, first recorded in 1900 ("It's no' the money, and it's no' the looks. It's jist the come hither in the eye") while I would suspect the concept is as old as humanity. None of which makes it an appropriate cover for Anne of Green Gables, of course.
I'm not sure about the bit in the Anne of Green Gables example saying "the books were written from 1908-1915 (thus no plaid shirts and "come hither" looks)". Plaid shirts apparently date from the 1850s, although I would guess they were as strictly gender-based as most other clothing at the time, and the phrase "come hither" is, according to the OED, first recorded in 1900 ("It's no' the money, and it's no' the looks. It's jist the come hither in the eye") while I would suspect the concept is as old as humanity. None of which makes it an appropriate cover for Anne of Green Gables, of course.
Edited by DaibhidC