Eleanor H. Porter — Pollyanna

Boston, The Page Company, 1914 . Cloth. The twentieth impression of Eleanor H. Porter's iconic children's novel about about an optimistic orphan who finds the good in every situation. The June 1914 twentieth impression of this work, which was first published in February 1913.Illustrated with a frontispiece and seven plates by Stockton Mulford. Collated, complete.A children"s novel about an optimistic orphan who transforms the lives of those around her with her "glad game," a philosophy of finding something to be glad about in every circumstance.With twelve pages of advertisements to the rear.Former owner's inscription, dated 1914, to the front free endpaper.Due to the book's fame, "Pollyanna" has become a byword for someone who, like the title character, has an unfailingly optimistic outlook. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with a touch of fading to back strip. Light shelf wear to back strip tail. Inscription to front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Near Fine . Ill.: Stockton Mulford. Near Fine .