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Eleanor H. Porter's Complete Pollyanna Collection
Pollyanna & Pollyanna Grows UpBy Eleanor H. PorterNarrated by Phil Chenevert, Mary AndersonLength14h 43m
About this audiobook
Eleanor H. Porter's Complete Pollyanna Collection includes the first and second
Glad Book by Eleanor H. Porter.
Pollyanna is a 1913 novel by American author Eleanor H. Porter, considered a classic of children's literature. The book's success led to Porter's soon writing a sequel,
Pollyanna Grows Up (1915). Eleven more
Pollyanna sequels, known as
Glad Books, were later published, most of them written by Elizabeth Borton or Harriet Lummis Smith. Further sequels followed, including
Pollyanna Plays the Game by Colleen L. Reece, published in 1997. Due to the book's fame,
Pollyanna has become a byword for someone who - like the title character - has an unfailingly optimistic outlook; a subconscious bias towards the positive is often described as the Pollyanna principle. Despite the current common use of the term to mean 'excessively cheerful', Pollyanna and her father played the glad game as a method of coping with the real difficulties and sorrows that, along with luck and joy, shape every life.
Pollyanna has been adapted for film several times. Some of the best known are the 1920 version starring Mary Pickford, and Disney's 1960 version starring child actress Hayley Mills, who won a special Oscar for the role.
Pollyanna Grows Up is a 1915 children's novel by Eleanor H. Porter. It is the first of many sequels to Porter's best-selling
Pollyanna (1913), but is the only one written by Porter herself; the numerous later additions to the
Pollyanna franchise were the work of other authors.
Audiobook details
GenreLiterary Classics, Children's Literature
Length14 hrs 43 mins
Narrated byPhil Chenevert, Mary Anderson
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateAug 1, 2021
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Pollyanna: Opening Credits
35Pollyanna Grows Up: Opening Credits
2Pollyanna: Chapter 1
36Pollyanna Grows Up: Chapter 1
3Pollyanna: Chapter 2
37Pollyanna Grows Up: Chapter 2
4Pollyanna: Chapter 3
38Pollyanna Grows Up: Chapter 3
5Pollyanna: Chapter 4
39Pollyanna Grows Up: Chapter 4
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6Pollyanna: Chapter 5
40Pollyanna Grows Up: Chapter 5
7Pollyanna: Chapter 6
41Pollyanna Grows Up: Chapter 6
8Pollyanna: Chapter 7
42Pollyanna Grows Up: Chapter 7
9Pollyanna: Chapter 8
43Pollyanna Grows Up: Chapter 8
10Pollyanna: Chapter 9
44Pollyanna Grows Up: Chapter 9
11Pollyanna: Chapter 10
45Pollyanna Grows Up: Chapter 10
12Pollyanna: Chapter 11
46Pollyanna Grows Up: Chapter 11
13Pollyanna: Chapter 12
47Pollyanna Grows Up: Chapter 12
14Pollyanna: Chapter 13
48Pollyanna Grows Up: Chapter 13
15Pollyanna: Chapter 14
49Pollyanna Grows Up: Chapter 14
16Pollyanna: Chapter 15
50Pollyanna Grows Up: Chapter 15
17Pollyanna: Chapter 16
51Pollyanna Grows Up: Chapter 16
18Pollyanna: Chapter 17
52Pollyanna Grows Up: Chapter 17
19Pollyanna: Chapter 18
53Pollyanna Grows Up: Chapter 18
20Pollyanna: Chapter 19
54Pollyanna Grows Up: Chapter 19
21Pollyanna: Chapter 20
55Pollyanna Grows Up: Chapter 20
22Pollyanna: Chapter 21
56Pollyanna Grows Up: Chapter 21
23Pollyanna: Chapter 22
57Pollyanna Grows Up: Chapter 22
24Pollyanna: Chapter 23
58Pollyanna Grows Up: Chapter 23
25Pollyanna: Chapter 24
59Pollyanna Grows Up: Chapter 24
26Pollyanna: Chapter 25
60Pollyanna Grows Up: Chapter 25
27Pollyanna: Chapter 26
61Pollyanna Grows Up: Chapter 26
28Pollyanna: Chapter 27
62Pollyanna Grows Up: Chapter 27
29Pollyanna: Chapter 28
63Pollyanna Grows Up: Chapter 28
30Pollyanna: Chapter 29
64Pollyanna Grows Up: Chapter 29
31Pollyanna: Chapter 30
65Pollyanna Grows Up: Chapter 30
32Pollyanna: Chapter 31
66Pollyanna Grows Up: Chapter 31
33Pollyanna: Chapter 32
67Pollyanna Grows Up: Chapter 32
34Pollyanna: Closing Credits
68Pollyanna Grows Up: Closing Credits