According to Anne, it looks nicer and more distinguished:
"Oh, it makes SUCH a difference. It LOOKS so much nicer.
When you hear a name pronounced can't you always see it in
your mind, just as if it was printed out? I can; and A-n-n
looks dreadful, but A-n-n-e looks so much more distinguished."
From Chapter III, Marilla Cuthbert is Surprised
Anne spells her name with an "e" because that is that is how she has always known her name. It is the same as with a name like Dylan or Dillon. While they are both pronounced the same, a person sees their name as being spelled only one way.
Anne's last name is Shirley.
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Anne of Green Gables' full name Anne Shirley. And that's Anne with an E.
She thinks her name is important because...... i really don't remember.
Rachel Lynde, also best friend of Marilla Cuthbert.
Anne's last name is Shirley.
No
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Anne of Green Gables' full name Anne Shirley. And that's Anne with an E.
She thinks her name is important because...... i really don't remember.
Anne of Green Gables.
Rachel Lynde, also best friend of Marilla Cuthbert.
Anne quotes Romeo & Juliet when talking about her name and how Anne is plain so she was plain. "A rose by any other name wouldn't smell as sweet."
It's called Morgan Harris from the Anne of Green Gables soundtrack
Not at all. Anne Shirley's real name is Dawn O'Day, she took the name Anne Shirley after she made the 1938 version of Anne of Green Gables.
Her adoptive mother (I can't remember her name offhand) always seemed to think that her imagination was going to get her into trouble. Sometimes it did
Anne of Green Gables