Eleanor H. Porter: 14 Books

by Eleanor H. Porter

Eleanor H. Porter was an American novelist. She wrote mainly children's literature, adventure stories and romance fiction. Porter's most famous novel is Pollyanna and its sequel Pollyanna Grows Up.

The Collection
•Across The Years
•Dawn
•Mary Marie
•Just David
•Miss Billy
•Miss Billy's Decision
•Miss Billy — Married
•Oh, Money! Money!
•Pollyanna
•Pollyanna Grows Up
•The Road To Understanding
•The Sunbridge Girls At Six Star Ranch
•The Tangled Threads
•The Turn Of The Tide

Genres: Fiction

2612 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 17, 2009

About the author

Eleanor Emily Hodgman Porter (December 19, 1868 – May 21, 1920) was an American novelist. She was born as Eleanor Emily Hodgman in Littleton, New Hampshire on December 19, 1868, the daughter of Llewella French (née Woolson) and Francis Fletcher Hodgman. She was trained as a singer, attending 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. She died in Cambridge, Massachusetts on May 21, 1920 and was buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery.

Reviews

[Miriam · Rating 3 out of 5]

Some of the stories were more compelling than others, and Porter does make use of the annoying early 20th-century tendency to write in bad dialect to try to convey a character's social class, but on the whole the stories were very readable and kept me turning pages. There is one Chinese character that is a pretty shameful stereotype by today's standards, but the character is a positive one overall, and other than that, the racial stereotypes are pretty minor, I think. Kudos also to whoever formatted this collection; there were few if any typos or OCR issues, which is great considering the price.

[Rhonda Norris · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fourteen Wonderful Books

Before reading this compilation of her stories, I had only read Pollyanna and enjoyed it. These stories were entertaining and held my interest completely. The two books containing short stories were amazing. The longer books were page turners. I recommend this book to anyone who enjoys good stories without bad language or characters who were not likeable. I find myself wanting to live in Mrs Porter's world where people care about others.

[Pamela Cleveland · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very enjoyable reading


I enjoyed these stories, they are down to earth and interesting. There were many times I had a hard time putting them down.

[J]

SKW to BHW

[Jess]

From this collection I’ve read:
- Just David
- Miss Billy
- Miss Billy’s Decision
- Miss Billy - Married
- Pollyanna

9 remaining

[Anne · Rating 4 out of 5]

A terrific comfort read.