I think the difference between Laura who had her parents and siblings and Anne being an orphan made them quite different. Anne was always afraid she wouldn’t be loved in her first years which was something Laura never faced. On the other hand Laura lived in much more primitive and often dangerous circumstances. I enjoyed both, but wouldn’t have thought of them together especially.

Project Gutenberg and other free sites have allowed me to find and read a lot of early fiction for free! Not only was it free access many of these books (the short stories of Edna Ferber are wonderful!), but they are hard to find or expensive to purchase.