Anne’s House of Dreams was originally written to follow Anne of the Island. (The fourth book, Anne of Windy Poplars was written years afterwords.) The story begins with Anne’s marriage and move to the beautiful shore of Four Winds. The first two years of her new life is enriched by the friendship of Captain Jim, a retired sea-captain and charmed storyteller, spinster Miss Cornelia, an avowed “man-hater” indefatigable with spicy gossip and acts of kindness, and Leslie Moore, a beautiful and tragic woman of Anne’s own age.