Eleanor H. Porter

Template:Short description Template:Infobox writer Eleanor Emily Hodgman Porter (December 19, 1868 – May 21, 1920) was an American novelist. She was best known as the creator of the Pollyanna series of books, starting with Pollyanna (1913), which were a popular phenomenon.<ref name="Britannica">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

BiographyEdit

Eleanor Emily Hodgman was born in Littleton, New Hampshire, on December 19, 1868, the daughter of Llewella French (Template:Nee Woolson) and Francis Fletcher Hodgman.<ref name=":1">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> She was trained as a singer, attending the New England Conservatory for several years. In 1892 she married John Lyman Porter and relocated to Massachusetts, after which she began writing and publishing her short stories and, later, novels.<ref name=":1" /> She died at her home in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on May 21, 1920, and was buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery.<ref name=":1" />

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Grave of Eleanor H. Porter, Mount Auburn Cemetery

WorksEdit

Porter wrote mainly children's literature, adventure stories, and romance fiction. Her most famous novel is Pollyanna (1913), followed by a sequel, Pollyanna Grows Up (1915).<ref name="Britannica" />

Her adult novels include The Turn of the Tide (1908), The Road to Understanding (1917), Oh Money! Money! (1918), Dawn (1919), Keith's 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).<ref name="Britannica" />

Porter achieved considerable commercial success: Pollyanna ranked eighth among best-selling novels in the United States during 1913, second during 1914, and fourth during 1915 (with 47 printings between 1915 and 1920); Just David ranked third in 1916; The Road to Understanding ranked fourth in 1917; and Oh Money! Money! ranked fifth in 1918.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

BibliographyEdit

Short storiesEdit

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A Delayed Heritage
A Four-Footed Faith and a Two
A Matter of System
A Mushroom of Collingsville
A Patron of Art
Angelus
Crumbs
Millionaire Mike's Thanksgiving
That Angel Boy
The Apple of Her Eye

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The Daltons and the Legacy
The Elephant's Board and Keep
The Folly of Wisdom
The Glory and the Sacrifice
The Indivisible Five
The Lady in Black
The Letter
The Saving of Dad
When Mother Fell Ill
When Polly Ann Played Santa Claus
Women in Black

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NovelsEdit

Cross Currents (1907)
The Turn of the Tide (1908)
The Story of Marco (1911)
Miss Billy (1911)
Miss Billy's Decision (1912)
Pollyanna (1913)
The Sunbridge Girls at Six Star Ranch (1913)
Miss Billy Married (1914)
Pollyanna Grows Up (1915)
Just David (1916)
The Road to Understanding (1917)
Oh, Money! Money! (1918)
The Tangled Threads (1919)
Dawn (1919)
Mary Marie (1920)

ReferencesEdit

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