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Pollyanna Grows Up

Beschreibung

"Pollyanna Grows Up" is the follow-as much as Eleanor H. Porter's cherished conventional "Pollyanna." Pollyanna Whittier is happy and hopeful as she starts offevolved a brand new a part of her life in this continuation of the tale that came out in 1915. The book starts offevolved with Pollyanna recovering from a terrible twist of fate that leaves her quickly paralyzed and makes her unwavering positivity seem susceptible. The tale appears at Pollyanna's non-public growth and the way it affects the lives of those around her as she grows up. Many new humans and fresh troubles are added within the story, which suggests how robust and superb Pollyanna is even when matters cross incorrect. Eleanor H. Porter maintains focusing on the "Glad Game," a concept that became introduced inside the first book and in which Pollyanna unearths something exact approximately every scenario. Love, friendship, and the power of a fine mindset are all mentioned in a few manners inside the book. "Pollyanna Grows Up" stays genuine to the authentic while including an extra adult and complicated point of view. Porter's writing talents are clean inside the way she will be able to hold the allure of Pollyanna's person even as including extra intensity to their feelings.

Autor

American author Eleanor Emily Hodgman Porter was born on December 19, 1868, and died on May 21, 1920. She was best known for her books Pollyanna (1913) and Just David (1916). Frances Fletcher Hodgman and Llewella French (née Woolson) had a daughter named Eleanor Emily Hodgman on December 19, 1868, in Littleton, New Hampshire. She learned how to sing by going to the New England Conservatory for many years. They moved to Massachusetts after getting married to John Lyman Porter in 1892. That's when she started writing and selling short stories and then novels. Her death date was May 21, 1920, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She was buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery. She wrote several books for adults, such as The Turn of the Tide (1908), The Road to Understanding (1917), Oh Money! Money! (1918), Dawn (1919), Keith's Dark Tower (1919), Mary Marie (1920), and Sister Sue (1921). She also wrote several collections of short stories, such as Across the Years (around 1919), Money, Love, and Kate (1923), and Little Pardner (1926). Porter had a lot of success with his books. In the United States, Pollyanna was the eighth best-selling novel in 1913, the second best-selling novel in 1914, and the fourth best-selling novel in 1915 (with 47 printings between 1915 and 1920). Just David was the third best-selling novel in 1916, The Road to Understanding was the fourth best-selling novel in 1917, and Oh Money! Money! was the fifth best-selling novel in 1918.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Double 9 Books LLP
• Seitenzahl: 202
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 236g
• ISBN-13: 9789359954264
• ISBN-10: 9359954268
• Artikelnr.: 69790146