| Works: Works by Eleanor H. Porter |
| 1913 | Pollyanna. Porter's best-known work is this children's classic, a million-copy seller that would go through forty-seven printings by 1920. The name of the main character has entered the American lexicon to designate irrepressible, and annoying, optimism. Porter would write a sequel, Pollyanna Grows Up, in 1915. The New Hampshire-born writer's other books include Miss Billie (1911), Miss Billie--Married (1914), and Just David (1916). |
| Wikipedia: Eleanor H. Porter |
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| Born | December 19, 1868 Littleton, New Hampshire |
| Died | May 21, 1920 (aged 51) Cambridge, Massachusetts |
Eleanor Hodgman Porter (December 19, 1868 – May 21, 1920) was an American novelist.
Born in Littleton, New Hampshire, Eleanor Hodgman was trained as a singer but later turned to writing. In 1892, she married John Lyman Porter and moved to Massachusetts. Porter mainly wrote children's literature, including three Miss Billy books (Miss Billy, Miss Billy's Decision, and Miss Billy Married), Just David (1916), Six Star Ranch (1916), Cross Currents (1928), and The Turn of the Tide (1908).
Her most famous novel is Pollyanna (1913), later followed by a sequel, Pollyanna Grows Up (1915). Her adult novels include The Story of Marco (1920), The Road to Understanding (1916), Oh Money! Money! (1917), Dawn (1918), Keith's Dark Tower (1919), Mary Marie (1920), and Sister Sue (1921); her short stories include "Money, Love and Kate" (1924) Porter achieved considerable commercial succes: in 1913, Pollyanna ranked eighth among bestselling novels in the United States, second in 1914, and fourth in 1915 (it went through forty-seven printings between 1915 and 1920); in 1916, Just David ranked third; in 1917, The Road to Understanding ranked fourth; in 1918, Oh Money! Money! ranked fifth.[1]
She died in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1920.
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My relationship with Pollyanna is a very personal one, because Pollyanna got me through my childhood.
- Eleanor Porter
