Anne of Green Gables depicted as martyr

"Marilla," she demanded presently, "do you think that I shall ever have a bosom friend in Avonela?"
"A -- a what kind of a friend?"
"A bosom friend -- an intimate friend, you know -- a really kindred spirit to whom I confide my inmost soul. I've dreamed of meeting her all my life. I never really supposed I would, but so many of my loveliest dreams have come true all at once that perhaps this one will, too. Do you think it's possible?"

"Diana Barry lives over at Orchard Slope and she's about your age. She's a very nice little girl, and perhaps she will be a playmate for you when she comes home. She's visiting her aunt over at Carmody just now. You'll have to be careful how you behave yourself, though. Mrs. Barry is a very particular woman. She won't let Diana play with any little girl who isn't nice and good."

SHOOT: I guess some artists go to extremes to get attention. Is this the equivalent of a Paris Hilton sex tape. Next we'll hear that Enid Blyton was a lesbian.

clipped from www.cbc.ca Artist Diana Thorneycraft uses Canadian icons to show how religion and torture have come together over the centuries, and her exhibit includes a photograph of a mutilated Anne of Green Gables doll. "She is standing with a plate, and on her plate are her severed breasts," Thorneycraft told CBC News Monday. "I'm totally aware that this work could upset some people." "Having her breasts severed was just step 1," said Thorneycraft. "The guy who wanted to marry her, he did monstrous things to her. It was truly horrible. This went on then, and this is going on today. The things we are capable of doing to each other, the list is phenomenal." No one from the Anne Licensing Authority returned calls from CBC News on Monday.