Pollyanna, Elanor H. Porter
Pollyanna, Elanor H. Porter
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Pollyanna

Author: Elanor H. Porter

Narrator: Heather Henderson

Unabridged: 7 hr 48 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/01/2018

Categories: Fiction, Classic


Synopsis

Pollyanna is a best-selling 1913 novel by Eleanor H. Porter that is now considered a classic of children’s literature, with the title character’s name becoming a popular term for someone with the same very optimistic outlook: a subconscious bias towards the positive is often described as the Pollyanna principle. The book was such a success that Porter soon produced a sequel, Pollyanna Grows Up (1915). Eleven more Pollyanna sequels, known as “Glad Books”, were later published, most of them written by Elizabeth Borton or Harriet Lummis Smith. Further sequels followed, including Pollyanna Plays the Game by Colleen L. Reece, published in 1997.

“The power of joyful thinking”
“Enchanting sweet, loved every single minute”

Reviews

Book Reviewed by Stacey on www.whisperingstories.com Eleven-year-old Pollyanna has been through such heartache. Her mother died a few years ago and now her Minister father has tragically died too. The only family she has left is her Aunt Polly who lives in Vermont in a big house on a hill. Polly Harri......more

I picked this book up because I needed "a book over 100 years old" for my reading challenge this year, and being written in 1913 (making it currently 102 years old) it just fit the bill. I didn't really go into this book with any expectations. I've never seen the movie, I knew nothing of the plot, bu......more

Goodreads review by Calista

A delightful read. Pollyanna likes to play the glad game. This was written in 1912 and one of the interesting things is that very concept is a healing concept. It's about shifting our perspective from seeing the wrong, to finding something to be glad about. Gratitude is quite a powerful tool and bei......more