Anne heads to Charlottetown to attend accelerated classes as she continues to work towards her dream of being a school teacher. While there, she is forced to adapt quickly to her new surroundings and classmates as she navigates her way through her first school experience outside of her beloved Green Gables. Anne finds herself facing daunting choices for her future, the stirrings of romance, and tragedy unlike anything she's ever known. Meanwhile, Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert contend with advancing age as they deal with financial challenges and creeping ailments.

改编自加拿大作家露西·莫德·蒙哥马利（Lucy Maud Montgomery）的同名长篇小说。2016年新拍版电视电影。住在爱德华王子岛艾凡里镇上的一对单亲兄妹马修·卡斯伯特和玛莉拉·卡斯伯特，原本打算领养一个男孩来帮忙农务，但领养中心却误送了一个女孩给他们，这个名叫安妮·雪莉的红发少女孤儿，满怀丰富的想像力并且能言善道，所有的自然景物在她的想象中，都变得能说话，有灵魂。原本发现弄错人的玛莉拉打算将安妮送回去，但马修却把安妮留了下来。

马修（理查德·法恩斯沃斯Richard Farnsworth饰）和玛利亚（科琳·杜赫斯特Colleen Dewhurst饰）自觉年事已高，决定收养一个男孩来帮助他们料理农场里大大小小的事务。然而，孤儿院却闹出了马大哈，将一个名叫安妮（梅根·佛洛斯Megan Follows饰）的红发女孩送到了爱德华王子岛上。　　安妮非常的活泼可爱，整天都有着说不完的话，问不完的问题，这让向来严肃缺乏幽默感的玛利亚感到招架不来。然而，随着时间的推移，老少之间渐渐产生了真挚的情谊。安妮梦想能够成为一名小说家，并且为了实现梦想而拒绝了一直爱慕她的少年吉尔伯特（强纳森·哥伦比Jonathan Crombie饰）的求婚。

安·雪莉是个红头发的孤女。故事开篇，爱德华王子岛艾凡里镇的单身兄妹马修·卡斯巴德和玛莉拉打算领养一个男孩帮忙干农活，然而领养中心却阴差阳错送来了一个女孩。不过，这个女孩最终还是留了下来。安想象力丰富、能说会道，还颇具创作天赋……

讲述了一个外人对抗所有奇怪的事情和无数的挑战，为爱和他人的接纳奋斗并且找到其容身之地的故事。故事讲述了一个在十九世纪九十年代晚期的小孤儿Anne，童年在孤儿院遭受了虐待，在无数个寄养家庭间奔走，最后误打误撞地和年长的姐弟Marilla和Matthew Cuthbert（James和Thomson饰）生活在了一起。时光荏苒，13岁的Anne准备改变他们的生活，最终改变这座充满她独特灵魂、绝高智商和丰富想象力的小镇。

改编自著名经典小说，故事描述一个小女孩，如何排除万难和种种考验，为自己争取关爱、认同和专属的一席之地。故事发生于 19世纪后期，孤女安妮（艾米贝丝·麦克纳尔蒂 Amybeth McNulty 饰）经历了在孤儿院和陌生人家中饱受虐待的童年后，意外被安排到爱德华王子岛上一对姐弟的家中生活。随著时间流逝，年仅13岁的安妮凭著她的独特魄力、智慧和丰富的想像力，为玛莉拉·卡斯柏特（杰拉丁妮·詹姆斯 Geraldine James 饰）和马修·卡斯柏特（罗伯特·H·托马斯 R.H. Thomson 饰）的生活，甚至整个小镇带来改变。安妮的经历将为自我认同、女性主义、霸凌和偏见等恒久议题带来反思。

Anne十八岁了，她留在家乡艾凡里任教并住在翠绿庄园陪伴玛丽拉。 二十岁的Gilbert即将进入医学院念书，他与Anne陷入热恋并想说服Anne嫁给她却徒劳无功 想像力丰富、过度浪漫的Anne认为总有一天她会遇见心目中理想的白马王子，而Gilbert并不适那个人。 后来Anne经由老师的介绍前往国王港的一间私立贵族女校任教，而Gilbert也离开家乡进入医学院念书 尽管已经长大，Anne还是天不怕地不怕，常常得罪人，到了国王港她才发现，当地望族竟对她如此敌视 Anne成功掳获了当地师生的心，而一位富商也被她深深吸引 夏天到来时，Anne回到了爱德华王子岛，Gilbert也因为感染猩红热回到了家乡，在Gilbert病危时Anne才终于正视了自己的感情。

Now in her twenties, Anne returns to Avonlea for the first time since Marilla Cuthbert's death. Gilbert has been offered a position in a hospital in New York, and he persuades Anne to come with him. He arranges a position for her at a large publishing house. Big city life isn't what they expected. Anne's manuscript is stolen by a dashing American writer, Jack Garrison. Thus the stage is set for a final three hour installment in the "Anne of Green Gables" story which follows the characters from New York, the war effort in Europe and eventually returns them to the red earth of Prince Edward Island.

When Anne Shirley turns 13, she faces complex issues with her friends, inspirational adults and Marilla and Matthew. At the same time, she begins a friendship with Gilbert Blythe that emotionally escalates to disrupt the status quo of her peaceful world. Her free-spirited nature is challenged by her perceived need to become sensible, and her journey toward this goal is fraught with confusion and more than a few unfortunate – albeit, amusing - mishaps.