Pollyanna

by Porter, Eleanor H.; Bauer, Marion Dane

• ISBN13: 9780689849107
• ISBN10: 0689849109
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-02-01
• Publisher: Aladdin

Summary

When orphaned Pollyanna Whittier comes to live with her stern maiden aunt, she not only manages to spread her perpetual cheerfulness and optimism among the miserable people of the town, she also transforms the life of her lonely relative. Pollyanna was made into a Broadway play and a popular motion picture.

Author Biography

Eleanor Hodgman Porter was born in New Hampshire in 1868 and studied music in Boston until 1901, when she gave up singing to pursue writing. She died in Massachusetts in 1920.

Table of Contents

Foreword	vii
Miss Polly	1	(7)
Old Tom and Nancy	8	(5)
The Coming of Pollyanna	13	(11)
The Little Attic Room	24	(12)
The Game	36	(8)
A Question of Duty	44	(13)
Pollyanna and Punishments	57	(8)
Pollyanna Pays a Visit	65	(13)
Which Tells of the Man	78	(7)
A Surprise for Mrs. Snow	85	(13)
Introducing Jimmy	98	(14)
Before the Ladies'Aid	112	(6)
In Pendleton Woods	118	(10)
Just a Matter of Jelly	128	(8)
Dr. Chilton	136	(14)
A Red Rose and a Lace Shawl	150	(11)
``Just Like a Book''	161	(9)
Prisms	170	(8)
Which Is Somewhat Surprising	178	(5)
Which Is More Surprising	183	(9)
A Question Answered	192	(9)
Sermons and Woodboxes	201	(12)
An Accident	213	(8)
John Pendleton	221	(10)
A Waiting Game	231	(8)
A Door Ajar	239	(5)
Two Visits	244	(10)
The Game and Its Players	254	(18)
Through an Open Window	272	(7)
Jimmy Takes the Helm	279	(4)
A New Uncle	283	(3)
Which Is a Letter from Pollyanna	286