Marilla Cuthbert and her brother Matthew decide to adopt an orphan to help them on the Green Gables farm. They originally wanted a boy, but instead they get Anne, a girl with red hair and freckles who talks tirelessly. Although they didn't want a girl, they can't send Anne back like an unwanted package. So Anne stays, and starts a new life in the quiet, sleepy town of Avonlea, Canada. But things don't stay quiet there long after Anne moves in...