She later called the house “the wonder castle of my childhood.” It is now the Anne of Green Gables Museum, owned by George Campbell and managed by Pamela Campbell the two siblings are great-grandchildren of Annie and John Campbell. In the palpable enchantment that lingers over the Park Corner house, originally the home of the novelist’s Aunt Annie and Uncle John Campbell, Montgomery found a haven to give her imagination free rein.
Montgomery’s tale of the imaginative orphan Anne Shirley captured the minds of so many people that she and her red-headed heroine quickly became global literary sensations.Īt the Green Gables Museum, visitors can see photos of Montgomery’s nemesis, Aunt Emily, with her husband and children, photographed at their New Moon homestead. The view from my picnic blanket inspired stories and settings that have enraptured readers worldwide for more than a century. Sunlight glittered on the water a soft breeze played among the reeds and feathery grasses. On a warm, golden day in early August, I sat by the lake in the area of Park Corner on Prince Edward Island, where Lucy Maud Montgomery, author of the beloved 1908 children’s novel Anne of Green Gables, spent her childhood summers.
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