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Anne of Green Gables · Character

Ruby Gillis

A pretty, romantic schoolgirl and friend of Anne, fond of beaux and gossip.

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Also known as Ruby, Ruby Gillis

First appearance: xv a tempest in the school teapot

Ruby Gillis shows up with force in A New Interest in Life. The page is where that presence becomes real.

Welcomes Anne back to school by smuggling plums to her during testament reading.
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In A New Interest in Life: Welcomes Anne back to school by smuggling plums to her during testament reading. Later, in Miss Stacy and Her Pupils Get Up a Concert: Nods across the aisle at school and lends Anne her…

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See Ruby Gillis in xv a tempest in the school teapot