What a slog. This teeny weeny book took me 5 days to finish. I was shocked to hear that this book was published BEFORE Anne of Green Gables. But the two are quite similar in premise and opposites in execution. Rebecca doesn't have much of a personality. I just can't see why everyone around her thinks she's something special. Anne embodies all of the whimsy of childhood and a unique little person that is completely relatable. Am I partial to Anne because of my own red tresses? Possible.... But Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm was not what I was hoping it was.