This profile celebrates the life and works of Eleanor H. Porter. All of the works listed here are in the public domain. This profile is maintained by the Wattpad Ambassadors.

Eleanor Emily Hodgman Porter (December 19, 1868 - May 21, 1920) was an American novelist.

Porter wrote mainly children's literature, adventure stories, and romance fiction. Her most famous novel is Pollyanna (1913), followed by a sequel, Pollyanna Grows Up (1915).

Her adult novels include The Turn of the Tide (1908), The Road to Understanding (1917), Oh Money! Money! (1918), Dawn (1919), Keith's Dark Tower (1919), Mary Marie (1920), and Sister Sue (1921); her short-story collections include Across the Years (c. 1923), Money, Love and Kate (1923), and Little Pardner (1926).
  • Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
  • JoinedJuly 15, 2017


Stories by Eleanor H. Porter
POLLYANNA GROWS UP (Completed) by eleanorhporter
POLLYANNA GROWS UP (Completed)
Pollyanna Grows Up is a 1915 children's novel by Eleanor H. Porter. It is the first of many sequels to Porter...
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POLLYANNA (Completed) by eleanorhporter
POLLYANNA (Completed)
Pollyanna is a best-selling 1913 novel by Eleanor H. Porter that is now considered a classic of children's li...
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