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> New edition of Anne of Green Gables features attractive 'buxom' blonde

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post 08/02/2013, 12:50 PM
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I just don't get it, why mess with it? I doesn't need updating, its a classic!! I'm glad my DD will read my copy with the real Anne pictured on front.

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post 08/02/2013, 12:54 PM
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It's special isn't it. It's self-published (in that someone paid to have it typset and published, the actual words being in the public domain now) through Amazon. And whoever paid to have it done was clearly too cheap to even fork out for an appropriate picture.

I was relieved to find out that there wasn't a reputable publishing house behind that bizarre decision.

It's nice to see though, the hundreds of extremely indignant reviews it's getting on Amazon.
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post 08/02/2013, 12:55 PM
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Oh that's hilarious - surely it's got to be a joke?
Everyone knows Anne has red hair.
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post 08/02/2013, 12:55 PM
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Yeah, she really looks 10....
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post 08/02/2013, 12:56 PM
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That is crazy...... I have no idea why anyone would make that decision!
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post 08/02/2013, 07:42 PM
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WHAT.

THE.

****

I thought before Green Gables was a bit of a travesty, but all of a sudden it seems not so bad.
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post 08/02/2013, 07:46 PM
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I wouldn't mind seeing what she thinks Gilbert Blythe looks like though.
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post 08/02/2013, 07:47 PM
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What fresh hell is this?
*trots over to Amazon to add her 2c worth about how ridiculous this is*


grrrrrrr
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post 08/02/2013, 07:48 PM
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That's stupid
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censura carnero
post 08/02/2013, 07:52 PM
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Terrible! Considering Anne's red hair is such a central part of her character and identity.
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