Anne Shirley-Cuthbert's Expectations - Review of Chapters 1 to 30
This summary was first written for myself, and I thought it might interest a few people to have some kind of summary of the different plots so far (Because this fic is starting to be long and as the weeks go by it is normal to forget some details, even more so if you read several Awae fic at the same time ah ah!). So of course this is for people who have read all 30 chapters, don't read this if you haven't (it's at your own risk).
Intrigues Anne in Queens:
Anne makes her debut in Queens, she tries to write to the Globe newspaper about the boarding school in Halifax where Kak'wet is held. The Globe gave her no answer.
Anne is going to join the editorial staff of the Queens Journal, but after an altercation with the editor about the residential school in Halifax, she will be fired after one day.
Diana suggested to Anne the idea of creating an independent newspaper.
Anne takes part in the short story competition at Queens College, she decides to write about Kak'wet.
Anne is seen in Gilbert's arms at the Montreal train station by Miss Blackmore.
Anne confronts Miss Blackmore, once back, she refuses to be punished, expressing her indignation that Gilbert must not have received any remarks from anyone on his return. And she decides to go to Green Gables for a weekend, wanting to escape the girls' remarks and still being angry with Ruby and Josie.
Anne hopes to win the short story contest to read her writings in front of everyone at the First Snow's Prom.
Intrigues relation Anne/Gilbert :
Anne and Gilbert exchange their first letters, unfortunately Anne no longer receives letters from Gilbert, so Anne decides not to write to Gilbert again until she receives news from him.
Respectively convinced by their friends, Anne and Gilbert decide to visit each other on the same weekend, hoping to understand why they haven't corresponded for weeks.
Not knowing what each of them had planned to do, they nearly missed each other at the Montreal train station.
When they both find themselves in Montreal, they decide to stay for a weekend and spend the night in a hotel room.
During the night, Anne, unable to sleep, decides to talk to Gilbert for a while, while their respective beds are separated by a large curtain, Gilbert suddenly declares that he intends to propose to Anne.
Following this revelation, Anne pretends to have fallen asleep, not knowing how to react to the revelation and out of fear of hurting Gilbert, having never spoken about their future together.
Intrigues at Green Gables :
Matthew is having a hard time with Anne's departure and Marilla decides to arrange an interview with Jeannie to take his mind off it.
Matthew invites Jeannie to lunch at Green Gables, complicit glances are exchanged. Afterwards he will start to see her frequently.
Marilla and Matthew have a conversation about Anne's absence from the Blackmore boarding house while Marilla was away visiting her (Anne was actually in Montreal with Gilbert).
Anne arrives in Green Gables for a weekend, her relationship with Gilbert will be the most talked about. Matthew doesn't want to get involved.
Intrigues Sebastian/Muriel relationship :
Sebastian and Muriel spent the whole summer by the riverside fishing. This did not go unnoticed by Sebastian's mother Hazel.
With the cold weather beginning to set in and therefore the end of the fishing season coming, Sebastian invites Muriel to dinner. So that she can continue to see Delphine.
On the evening of dinner at Bash's, they finally meet face to face. Muriel leaves in a hurry feeling uncomfortable after having touched Sebastian's hand without doing it on purpose.
A few days later, Muriel ran into Bash by chance when her motorbike broke down. He accompanies her to school, and Rachel sees them.
Gilbert intrigues in Toronto :
Gilbert meets his roommate, Jack.
He experiments with Jack an evening with a brotherhood, they realise at the last moment that they were taking them to a brothel. The two friends decide to leave this place. An altercation takes place with Chase Beauchemin, the leader of the brotherhood.
Short of money, Gilbert decides to answer an ad to give private lessons to a young girl, Christine Stuart.
Gilbert discovers that Jack is not very excited about the idea of practicing medicine.
Jack is in love with Christine Stuart whom he has known since childhood.
Christine befriends Chase Beauchemin (the leader of the brotherhood).
But Jack realizes that Christine is interested in Gilbert during their first private lesson in their room.
Gilbert buys a jewel case for his engagement ring from an antique dealer.
Intrigues Diana :
Diana's parents agreed to let her go to Queens to study if she agreed to spend one term in Paris.
Her parents also have in mind to introduce a young man to Diana who currently lives in Paris, Fred Wright, his father working at the conservatory, he could bring Diana in.
Intrigues in Charlottetown :
Ruby is angry at Moody for not giving signs of life for weeks. Moody was actually ill and tries in vain to explain himself to Ruby.
Ruby and Josie steal Gilbert's letters to Anne, being envious of her new relationship. Ruby will later resent this and will try to apologize to Anne several times.
Tillie does not wish to choose between the two Pauls.
Josie sees a new student returning from London, the brother of the Gardner sisters, fellow students at the same school. She immediately falls in love with him without even talking to him.
Miss Blackmore goes to visit a suffering acquaintance in Quebec City.
Cole takes part in an exhibition in Charlottetown (his first), Aunt Jo and Cole announce that they are going on a trip to Paris, they accompany the Barrys.
Intrigues in Avonlea :
Rachel sees Muriel and Bash together and goes directly to warn Marilla.
Rachel and Muriel were invited by Anne to go to the First Snow's Prom, and Rachel insisted that Muriel be accompanied by a man.