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100 CandlesAnne of Green Gables grows old and gets her due.

By Meghan O'RourkePosted Tuesday, July 8, 2008, at 3:27 PM ET

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*Correction, July 10, 2008: This article originally referred to Jo of Little Women as a 20th-century children's heroine. Little Women was published in 1868, making Jo a 19th-century children's heroine. (Return to the corrected sentence.)

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Meghan O'Rourke is Slate's culture critic and the author of Halflife, a collection of poetry.
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