Classic Heroines Collection Boxed Set

Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874–1942) was born on Prince Edward Island, Canada. Anne of Green Gables, the first in a series of “Anne” books by Montgomery, was published in 1908 to immediate success and continues to be a perennial favorite. Johanna Louise Spyri (1827–1901) wrote more than 50 stories and books. But she is best known for Heidi, the story of an orphan who goes to live with her grandfather on the mountain. Frances Eliza Hodgson Burnett (1849–1924) was a British novelist and playwright. She is best known for the three children’s novels Little Lord Fauntleroy (published in 1885–86), A Little Princess (1905), and The Secret Garden (1911).