Pollyanna - (Puffin Classics) by Eleanor H Porter (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>When orphaned, eleven-year-old Pollyanna comes to live with austere and wealthy Aunt Polly, her philosophy of gladness brings happiness to her aunt and other unhappy members of the community.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>As soon as Pollyanna arrives in Beldingsville to live with her strict and dutiful maiden aunt, she begins to brighten up everybody's life. The 'glad game' she plays, of finding a silver lining in every cloud, transforms the sick, the lonely and the plain miserable - until one day something so terrible happens that even Pollyanna doesn't know how ot feel glad about it.<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Eleanor H. Porter</b> was born in New Hampshire in 1868. As a young woman she trained as a singer but after marrying in 1892 she turned to writing. During the course of her career she wrote many novels for children and adults, but her most famous book was <i>Pollyanna</i>. Glad Clubs sprang up across America and the book was made into a Broadway show and a Hollywood movie, adding to the enormous popularity of Porter's famously sunny character. As a result, Porter was a commercially successful and popular writer during her lifetime. She died in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1920. <p/><b>Neil Reed</b> has been an illustrator for more than 20 years and has illustrated novels such as <i>Goodnight, Mr. Tom</i> and <i>What Katy Did</i>. As well as illustrating, Reed enjoys landscape design and painting. He currently lives in Cornwall.
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