A dramatic TV series that will become the latest adaptation of the classic children’s novel “Anne of Green Gables” will begin production in Canada next month, Netflix announced on Monday.

The series, “Anne,” may prove to be an edgier incarnation than any of the many previous editions based on the 1908 novel by the Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery: The eight-episode series was penned by the Canadian writer Moira Walley-Beckett, who previously found critical acclaim, including an Emmy for outstanding drama writing, for her work on “Breaking Bad.”

“Anne of Green Gables,” along with five novels that would follow, are centered on Anne Shirley, an orphan who finds herself in the care of a pair of elderly siblings on Prince Edward Island, a place described in the author’s journals as rich in “ruby, and emerald, and sapphire.” (While the backdrop for the novels is fictional, Prince Edward Island nonetheless became a tourist destination for fans of the books and of the multiple Canadian television mini-series starring Jonathan Crombie and Megan Follows.)