![]() ![]() Laura Robinson, for example, points out that Montgomery’s iconic heroine is “multiple, complex and not easy to reconcile,” 2 and Val Czerny notes that “Anne differs from other characters in other novels, for there is something uncommon about her presence that seems to make us feel that she is more than a character on a page.” 3 Uncommon and complex as she may be, however, the fact remains that traces of Anne are common enough in Canadian literature to suggest her influence on the national imagination. ![]() And yet, the ever-growing body of Anne scholarship suggests that the answer to this question is more complicated. What makes an “Anne-girl”? 1 Is it the age, the lack of parents, the red hair, the lively tongue, the Canadian island home, or the irrepressible imagination? Perhaps. ![]()
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