Eleanor H. Porter 
Pollyanna 

In Pollyanna, the best-selling 1913 children’s novel by Eleanor H. Porter, a young girl goes to live with her wealthy and unmarried Aunt Polly. Though the Vermont townspeople of her new home are generally cold to Pollyanna at first, she soon wins them over with her sunny disposition and her determined optimism. But will she ever thaw the heart of distant Aunt Polly? This classic story was made adapted for a 1960 Disney film for which child actress Hayley Mills won a special Oscar.

Circa l’autore

Eleanor Emily Hodgman Porter (1868–1920) was an American novelist. Porter wrote mainly children’s literature, adventure stories, and romance fiction and achieved considerable commercial success: Pollyanna ranked eighth among best-selling novels in the United States during 1913, second during 1914, and fourth during 1915.