Margaret Atwood, author of The Handmaid's Tale, shares her love of Lucy Maud Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables. This classic series of books, first published in 1908, follows young redheaded Anne from when she is first adopted to her eventual marriage to neighbor boy Gilbert and into her adult years. It encompasses many forms of love, from familial to romantic to enduring love. Atwood explains that author Montgomery did not have a happy childhood, and so she wrote the story she wished for herself.

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• Watch a video and answer contextual questions
• Build listening comprehension skills