Showing posts with label Eleanor H. Porter. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Eleanor H. Porter. Show all posts

Sunday, March 3, 2024

Great people: Eleanor H. Porter.

Eleanor Emily Hodgman Porter was born on December 19, 1868, in Littleton, New Hampshire, USA.



She was an American writer. Eleanor H. Porter wrote books for children. Pollyanna (1913) and Pollyanna Grows Up (1915) are her famous novels.



Porter died on May 21, 1920, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.



Saturday, December 2, 2023

Famous people and their quotes. Part ninety.

                                                         Eleanor H. Porter.


“It's funny how dogs and cats know the inside of folks better than other folks do, isn't it?”

“Be glad. Be good. Be brave.”

Source of information:

https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/10673.Eleanor_H_Porter  

Wednesday, August 3, 2022

Literature. Part eighty nine.

                               Pollyanna Grows Up by Eleanor H. Porter.

This novel was written in 1915.

Pollyanna has already recovered from her spinal injury. The character is very optimistic.

She knew Mrs. Crew, who nephew Jamie, disappeared.

Pollyanna met new friends. They were very different. Among them were Sadie and Jamie. Everyone had their own problems.

Also, many years later, the main character and her aunt are going through difficult times.

Source of image:

https://www.shutterstock.com/image-vector/cool-vector-flat-design-illustration-on-748851169



Monday, December 5, 2016

Literature. Part twenty one.

                                         Pollyanna by Eleanor H. Porter.

  Pollyanna Whittier is an orphan. Eleven-year-old girl arrives to her Aunt Polly. She is a very strict woman. Pollyanna is an optimistic girl. She likes the Glad Game. Pollyanna can find good things in all.

 She meets problems with optimism. It helps Pollyanna.

 Some time later Ms. Polly Harrington and her niece became friends.

There are many movies about this interesting book.