Montgomery makes wide use of descriptive passages throughout the novel to paint a picture of the setting. Anne has views on just about everything and renames people and places to suit her vivid imagination. She names areas around Green Gables such as The Lake of Shining Waters or Bridge Over Shining Waters, which describe how she thinks of the lake and bridge, as she has a very romantic view of things and dreams a lot. These names and descriptions can be a little confusing to a reader, especially if this third book is the first Anne novel that the reader is tackling.
Anne of the Island