Pollyanna [Hardcover]

About The Book:-Pollyanna Is A 1913 Novel By American Author Eleanor H. Porter, Considered A Classic Of ChildrenS Literature. The BookS Success Led To PorterS Soon Writing 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. Due To The BookS Fame, Pollyanna Has Become A Byword For Someone Who - Like The Title Character - Has An Unfailingly Optimistic Outlook; A Subconscious Bias Towards The Positive Is Often Described As The Pollyanna Principle. Despite The Current Common Use Of The Term To Mean Excessively Cheerful, Pollyanna And Her Father Played The Glad Game As A Method Of Coping With The Real Difficulties And Sorrows That, Along With Luck And Joy, Shape Every Life. Pollyanna Has Been Adapted For Film Several Times. Some Of The Best Known Are The 1920 Version Starring Mary Pickford, And DisneyS 1960 Version Starring Child Actress Hayley Mills, Who Won A Special Oscar For The Role. About The Author:- Eleanor Emily Hodgman Porter (1868-1920) Was An American Novelist, Most Known For Pollyanna (1913) And Just David (1916). Porter Wrote Mainly ChildrenS Literature, Adventure Stories, And Romance Fiction. Her Most Famous Novel Is Pollyanna (1913), Followed By A Sequel, Pollyanna Grows Up (1915). Her Adult Novels Include The Turn Of The Tide (1908), The Road To Understanding (1917), Oh Money! Money! (1918), Dawn (1919), KeithS Dark Tower (1919), Mary Marie (1920) And Sister Sue (1921); Her Short-Story Collections Include Across The Years (C. 1919), Money, Love And Kate (1923), And Little Pardner (1926). She Was Trained As A Singer, Attending The New England Conservatory For Several Years. Porter Achieved Considerable Commercial Success: Pollyanna Ranked Eighth Among Best-Selling Novels In The United States During 1913, Second During 19