Porter E.H. - книги і біографія
Книги автора
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Pollyanna (Полліанна) (Folіo World’s Classіcs) (англ.)
«Полліанна» — роман американської письменниці Елеонор Портер (1868–1920). Дівчинка-сирота, яка вміє вбачати щось радісне навіть у найсумнішому, переїздить до своєї заможної тітки та цілком змінює її життя, а також життя усіх мешканців міста.
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Pollyanna Grows Up=Полліанна дорослішає. (American Library)
"Pollyanna" a novel by Eleanor Porter (1868—1920), has impressed readers so much that after its release in 1913, the author got a real avalanche of letters requesting to narrate about the further life of the protagonist. As a result, the next novel — "Pollyanna Grows Up" — was published in two years, in 1915. It has become a bestseller as well. Pollyanna is growing up, and her life is full of both happy and sorrowful days. But she never forgets the glad game that her father taught her once. It is this game that helps the girl to find new friends, overcome life hardships, and even solve old family mysteries. Thanks to the heroine's sincerity and optimism, quite several orphans manage to find loving families and Pollyanna herself — real friendship and love.
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Pollyanna=Полліанна. (American Library)
The novel "Pollyanna" by cult American writer Eleanor H. Porter (1868—1920) has long ago won the worldwide fame and gained the readers' love. The book was filmed more than once, and after it had been published, in psychology there even appeared the terms "Pollyanna principle" and "Pollyannaism". The reasons of such tremendous success were love of life and optimism irradiated by the main heroine of the novel. Little Pollyanna taught the whole township to look for positive where it would seem impossible to find it. She calls it the "glad game", and each reader, having opened the book, becomes a participant in this marvelous game.
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Just David / Просто Давид.. (American Library)
"Just David" is one more novel by a world-famous American writer Eleanor H. Porter (1868—1920), the author of the best-seller about Pollyanna. Unlike "Pol-lyanna" a charming tale about the girl, "Just David" is not less moving and interesting story about the unusual boy with crystal-clear soul, who so splendidly masters the art of playing violin that even the most hard-hearted and insensible people, listening to his music and communicating with him, become more kind-hearted and begin to see beauty around them.