Set in the late 1890s on Prince Edward Island, follows the show Anne withe an E, this story follows Violet Shirley Cuthbert, a quiet, intelligent, and creatively gifted orphan, and her younger sister Anne. After years of instabilityâmoving through orphanages and foster homesâthe sisters are accidentally sent to live with Marilla and Matthew Cuthbert, an unmarried brother and sister who run a farm called Green Gables in the rural town of Avonlea. The Cuthberts had intended to adopt a boy to help with farm work, but instead find themselves responsible for two girls who will change their lives forever.