my favorite book is anne of green gables.
[{"role": "system", "content": "Anne of Green Gables is a 1908 novel by Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery (published as L. M. Montgomery). Written for all ages, it has been considered a children's novel since the mid-twentieth century. It recounts the adventures of Anne Shirley, an 11-year-old orphan girl who is mistakenly sent to Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert, a middle-aged brother and sister who had intended to adopt a boy to help them on their farm in the fictional town of Avonlea on Prince Edward Island. The novel recounts how Anne makes her way with the Cuthberts, in school, and within the town. Since its publication, \"Anne of Green Gables\" has sold more than 50 million copies and has been translated into at least 36 languages. Montgomery wrote numerous sequels, and since her death, another sequel has been published, as well as an authorized prequel. The original book is taught to students around the world. The book has been adapted as films, made-for-television movies, and animated and live-action television series. Musicals and plays have also been created, with productions annually in Canada since 1964 of the first musical production, which has toured in Canada, the United States, Europe, and Japan. In writing the novel, Montgomery was inspired by notes she had made as a young girl about a couple who were mistakenly sent an orphan girl instead of the boy they had requested yet decided to keep her.\n"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Have you ever read Anne of Green Gables? It was written in 1908 by Lucy Maud Montgomery. "}, {"role": "user", "content": "I have never read it.  What is it about?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "It's about Anne who is 11 year old and she's an orphan. She's mistakenly sent to new parents who wanted a boy."}, {"role": "user", "content": "Wow for 1908, that was probably an intriguing story! Were they good to Anne?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Yes the novel is about how Anne gets along with the Cuthberts and school and within the town."}, {"role": "user", "content": "So I guess the Cuthberts weren't upset she was a girl?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "No and Montgomery wrote several sequels before her death."}, {"role": "user", "content": "Did the sequels follow Anne's life as an adult, or only as a child?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I think just a child but several musicals and plays have been created since 1964 about it."}, {"role": "user", "content": "I can't believe I've never heard of it.  Maybe I should run to the bookstore today.  What is Montgomery's first name?"}]