It seems that it is fairly popular to tell additional tales of classic and well loved characters. There have been many versions of The Phantom of the Opera for example, as well as Scarlett the sequel to Gone With the Wind and many other such books. It’s a bit like glorified fan fiction!

But I was somewhat surprised to see a book that tells the tale of Anne before she arrives at Green Gables! After all, the Anne series had several installments and seemed fully fleshed out.

I haven’t read it yet, but I hope to read it sometime in the future. It seems that this book was approved by the heirs of L.M. Montgomery and is probably perfectly delightful.

So I guess we can expect that one hundred years or so from now we will be getting additional tales about the characters in the world of Harry Potter!

Are there any retellings or modern sequels of classic tales that you like? Do you ever write fan fiction?

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