Eleanor H. Porter (1868–1920)
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Author Eleanor H. Porter was born in Littleton, New Hampshire on December 19, 1868. Before becoming a writer, she trained as a singer at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston. She wrote numerous short stories, children's literature, and adult novels including Miss Billy; Miss Billy's visa mer Decision; Miss Billy - Married; Pollyanna; Pollyanna Grows Up; Just David; Dawn; and Little Pardner. She died on May 21, 1920. (Bowker Author Biography) visa färre
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Verk av Eleanor H. Porter
American Classics for Children: Little Women / Pollyanna / Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (2003) 18 exemplar
POLIANA RRITET 3 exemplar
DAWN: UNABRIDGED ORIGINAL CLASSIC 3 exemplar
POLLYANNA 3 exemplar
Pollyanna (Abridged) 2 exemplar
POLLYANNA SPARE 2 exemplar
Poliana moca (Em Portugues do Brasil) 1 exemplar
pollyanna 1 exemplar
The fortunate Mary 1 exemplar
Cross Currents 1 exemplar
Pollyanna 46 1 exemplar
POR Una muchacha feliz 1 exemplar
Pollyanna - eBook 1 exemplar
Jovem Pollyanna - eBook 1 exemplar
Oh, raha! Raha! [romaan] 1 exemplar
Great Illustrated classics Polyanna 1 exemplar
Pollyanna: Sevinç Kitabı 1 exemplar
بوليانا 1 exemplar
Works of Eleanor H. Porter 1 exemplar
POLLYANNA 1 exemplar
Great Illustrated Classics: Pollyanna 1 exemplar
Jovem Pollyanna 1 exemplar
Poliana 1 exemplar
Pollyanna, Angus & Robertson, 1980 1 exemplar
Η Πολυάννα μεγαλώνει (Πολυάννα #2) 1 exemplar
Rakkaus ratkaisee 1 exemplar
Juust David 1 exemplar
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The Childrens Classics Collection (6 Full Cast Audio Dramas) (2012) — Författare, vissa utgåvor — 1 exemplar
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- Namn enligt folkbokföringen
- Porter, Eleanor Emily Hodgman
- Födelsedag
- 1868-12-19
- Avled
- 1920-05-21
- Begravningsplats
- Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
- Kön
- female
- Nationalitet
- USA
- Födelseort
- Littleton, New Hampshire, USA
- Dödsort
- Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
- Bostadsorter
- Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA
Littleton, New Hampshire, USA
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA - Utbildning
- New England Conservatory
- Yrken
- novelist
children's book author
short story writer
singer - Organisationer
- Authors' League of America
Boston Authors Club
Brookline Morning Club - Kort biografi
- Eleanor H. Porter, née Hodgman, was born in Littleton, New Hampshire. She trained as a singer at the New England Conservatory of Music for several years. In 1892, she married John L. Porter, a businessman, and moved to Massachusetts. She continued as a singer in concerts and church choirs but by 1901, had given it up to become a writer. Her short stories began appearing in magazines and newspapers. Her debut novel, Cross Currents, was published in 1907. Her most famous work was Pollyanna (1913), a bestseller that was followed by a sequel, Pollyanna Grows Up (1915).
Pollyanna was adapted into a Broadway play in 1916 and then into a 1920 silent film starring Mary Pickford; another film version was released in 1960. It also launched a vast industry of related books and products.
Mrs. Porter's other bestsellers were Just David (1916), The Road to Understanding (1917), Oh, Money! Money! (1918), Dawn (1919), and Mary-Marie (1920).
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