Eleanor Hodgman Porter

When orphaned eleven-year-old Pollyanna comes to live with austere and wealthy Aunt Polly, her philosophy of gladness brings happiness to her aunt and other unhappy members of the community. Original.

Pollyanna

When orphaned eleven-year-old Pollyanna comes to live with austere and wealthy Aunt Polly, her philosophy of gladness brings happiness to her aunt and other unhappy members of the community.

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Six Star Ranch

As Pollyanna grows up she continues her philosophy of gladness, bringing happiness to all those around her.

Pollyanna Grows Up

Quando Eleanor Hodgman Porter escreveu Poliana, em 1913, a ciência ainda não conhecia os efeitos positivos do otimismo na saúde física e mental das pessoas. Mas a sua receita de bem - estar permaneceu na lista dos livros mais vendidos por dois anos seguidos, e até hoje continua sendo uma fonte de inspiração para todas as idades. A época, como agora, Poliana foi descrita como dotada de um otimismo cego. A essa crítica, Eleanor teria respondido: ¨Nunca acreditei que deveríamos negar o mal, a dor e o desconforto; apenas pensei que é muito melhor saudar o desconhecido com alegria¨. Quando a meta é aproveitar o melhor da vida, olhá-la pelos olhos de Poliana pode ser um primeiro passo.

Poliana

Dawn Porter, Eleanor H. (Eleanor Hodgman),

Della Wetherby tripped up the somewhat imposing steps of her sister's Commonwealth Avenue home and pressed an energetic finger against the electric-bell button. From the tip of her wing-trimmed hat to the toe of her low-heeled shoe she radiated health, capability, and alert decision. Even her voice, as she greeted the maid that opened the door, vibrated with the joy of living. "Good morning, Mary. Is my sister in?" "Y-yes, ma'am, Mrs. Carew is in," hesitated the girl; "but-she gave orders she'd see no one." "Did she? Well, I'm no one," smiled Miss Wetherby, "so she'll see me. Don't worry-I'll take the blame," she nodded, in answer to the frightened remonstrance in the girl's eyes. "Where is she-in her sitting-room?" "Y-yes, ma'am; but-that is, she said-" Miss Wetherby, however, was already halfway up the broad stairway; and, with a despairing backward glance, the maid turned away. In the hall above Della Wetherby unhesitatingly walked toward a half-open door, and knocked.

Della Wetherby tripped up the somewhat imposing steps of her sister's Commonwealth Avenue home and pressed an energetic finger against the electric-bell button. From the tip of her wing-trimmed hat to the toe of her low-heeled shoe she radiated health, capability, and alert decision. Even her voice, as she greeted the maid that opened the door, vibrated with the joy of living."Good morning, Mary. Is my sister in?""Y-yes, ma'am, Mrs. Carew is in," hesitated the girl; "but-she gave orders she'd see no one.""Did she? Well, I'm no one," smiled Miss Wetherby, "so she'll see me. Don't worry-I'll take the blame," she nodded, in answer to the frightened remonstrance in the girl's eyes. "Where is she-in her sitting-room?""Y-yes, ma'am; but-that is, she said-" Miss Wetherby, however, was already halfway up the broad stairway; and, with a despairing backward glance, the maid turned away.In the hall above Della Wetherby unhesitatingly walked toward a half-open door, and knocked."Well, Mary," answered a "dear-me-what-now" voice. "Haven't I-Oh, Della!" The voice grew suddenly warm with love and surprise. "You dear girl, where did you come from?""Yes, it's Della," smiled that young woman, blithely, already halfway across the room. "I've come from an over-Sunday at the beach with two of the other nurses, and I'm on my way back to the Sanatorium now. That is, I'm here now, but I sha'n't be long. I stepped in for-this," she finished, giving the owner of the "dear-me-what-now" voice a hearty kiss.

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Pollyanna, an orphan who comes to a strange town to live with her Aunt Polly, turns out to be an eternal optimist.

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Mary Marie

Just David

When orphaned, eleven-year-old Pollyanna comes to live with austere and wealthy Aunt Polly, her philosophy of gladness brings happiness to her aunt and other unhappy members of the community.

Ho--ho! Brrrr! spluttered the big man, coloring like a schoolboy and throwing back his head with a hearty laugh. "Ho--ho! Just as if--" He broke off with a quick lifting of his hand. The next moment he was escorting a plainly very much frightened little old lady from curb to curb. If his step were a bit more pompous, and his chest a bit more full, it must have been only an unconscious tribute to the watching eyes of the little girl back at the starting-point. A moment later, with a haughtily permissive wave of his hand toward the chafing drivers and chauffeurs, he strolled back to Pollyanna.

Short excerpt: But at the right the mountain fell away again and disclosed to view the picture David loved the best of all: the far-reaching valley; the silver pool of the lake with its ribbon of a river flung far out...

Miss Billy' Decision

The final entry in Eleanor H. Porter's charming Miss Billy Trilogy about a young orphan who finds love and acceptance in the family of her late father's college friend, Miss Billy Married concludes the trilogy with an account of the heroine's first few years as a newlywed. Through the ups and downs - including crossed wires with her new husband, difficulties in the domestic arena, and heartrending struggles with illness - Billy maintains the chipper attitude that has sustained her throughout all of life's difficulties.

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