Eleanor Porter: Pollyanna Grows Up

Many young and not so young readers in different countries of the world fell in love with Pollyanna Whittier, the early orphaned daughter of a poor pastor. The only inheritance that her father left her was the ability to enjoy life and find happiness in little things. The strict Miss Harrington, into whose house Pollyanna came after her father's death, gradually became attached to the cheerful girl. And now Pollyanna has grown up and, like any young girl, has fallen in love. Her kind open heart is awaiting trials, but even in the most difficult moments she does not forget her famous "game of joy." We offer to the attention of readers the story of the grown-up Pollyanna with comments and a dictionary.