Pollyanna is a best-selling 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. Pollyanna has been adapted for film several times. Some of the best known are Disney's 1960 version starring child actress Hayley Mills, who won a special Oscar for the role, and the 1920 version starring Mary Pickford. The book was such a success that Porter soon produced a sequel, Pollyanna Grows Up (1915). The sequel Pollyanna Grows Up is the only one written by Porter herself; the numerous later additions to the Pollyanna franchise were the work of other authors. Eleanor Emily Hodgman Porter (1868–1920) was an American novelist.
It is the first of many sequels to Porter's best-selling "Pollyanna" (1913), but is the only one written by Porter herself; the numerous later additions to the Pollyanna franchise were the work of other authors.
The book has been adapted into film many different times.Pollyanna Grows Up is the sequel novel to Pollyanna. In this book Polly meets new friends as she teaches the "glad game" to them.
Also, the 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).
Oringinally published in 1915, this book contains the classic novel 'Pollyanna Grows Up', the sequel to the 1912 novel 'Pollyanna', and will prove a itself a delightful read for any romantic.
The sequel to Pollyanna finds the effervescent orphan on the verge of womanhood.Her crippled legs cured, Pollyanna takes her glad heart to cheer new friends in Boston before travelling to Europe with Aunt Polly and Dr Chilton.
Eleanor H. Porter's classic sequel to her adored novel, "Pollyanna". In "Pollyanna Grows Up", the maturing Pollyanna teaches her "Glad Game" to more of the townspeople and makes new friends, including Sadie and Jamie.
Her crippled legs cured, Pollyanna takes her glad heart to cheer new friends in Boston before travelling to Europe with Aunt Polly and Dr Chilton.
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.
It is the first of many sequels to Porter's best-selling Pollyanna (1913), but is the only one written by Porter herself; the numerous later additions to the Pollyanna franchise were the work of other authors.
The story's sub-themes of duty, pride, loneliness, and invalidism are all linked to the overarching theme of the Glad Game that Pollyanna teaches the whole community to play.