Pollyanna Whittier, the book's titular heroine, has come to symbolize unrelenting happiness, regardless of the enormity of any situation. While the novel remains popular-inspiring at least two successful movie adaptations and several million copies sold since its initial publication-critical opinion, where it exists, has not been kind to Porter's most famous creation. INTRODUCTIONĪt the time of its release, Porter's juvenile novel Pollyanna: The Glad Book (1913) inspired the addition of a new word into the English lexicon: "Pollyanna"-a noun describing a person who is blindly optimistic. The following entry presents commentary on Porter's juvenile novel Pollyanna: The Glad Book (1913) through 2001. (Full name Eleanor Hodgman Porter also wrote under the pseudonyms Eleanor Stuart and Eleanor Stewart) American short-story writer and author of juvenile novels.
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