7 best short stories by Eleanor H. Porter - formato ePub

Wonderful works to read to your children or for adults who enjoy a simpler time in history.

A infância sofrida, a perda dos pais e a mudança para a casa da tia, com quem nunca tivera contato algum, não foram capazes de tirar o brilho dos olhos e a contagiante alegria da pequena Poliana. Olhando...

O acidente sofrido por Poliana não foi capaz de tirar sua imensa alegria. Agora, adolescente, ela passa algum tempo na casa de Ruth Carew, uma senhora muito triste. Ao mesmo tempo, Poliana experimenta...

Quando Eleanor Hodgman Porter escreveu Poliana, em 1913, a ciência ainda não conhecia os efeitos positivos do otimismo na saúde física e mental das pessoas. Mas a sua receita de bem - estar permaneceu...

Poliana, a garota que consegue encontrar um lado bom em tudo, surgiu em capítulos publicados por um jornal de Boston em 1912. Um ano depois, virou livro e até hoje emociona gerações de leitores com histórias...

Eleanor H. Porter's 'Pollyanna' is a heartwarming novel that explores the power of positivity and optimism in the face of adversity. The book follows the story of young Pollyanna, who teaches the people...

Eleanor H. Porter's 'The Tangled Threads' is a heartwarming tale of love, forgiveness, and redemption set against the backdrop of post-World War I America. The novel explores the complexities of human...

e-artnow presents the Christmas Specials Series. We have selected the greatest Christmas novels, short stories and fairy tales for this joyful and charming holiday season, for all those who want to keep...

Eleanor H. Porter's 'Miss Billy Married' is a delightful continuation of the Miss Billy series. In this novel, we follow the newlywed bliss of Billy and Bertram as they navigate the ups and downs of married...

In 'The Turn of the Tide' by Eleanor H. Porter, readers are immersed in a heartwarming and inspirational story of redemption and the power of second chances. Set against the backdrop of a small, seaside...

Quando da morte de seu pai, a menina de dez anos, que já era órfã de mãe, vai morar com a tia Paulina, uma solteirona rica, severa e pouco afetuosa. Mas a vida da pequena cidade de Beldingsville vai mudar...

Pollyanna agora é uma encantadora adolescente, amada por todos os que conviveram com ela e aprenderam o Jogo do Contente. Sua fama de pessoa especial ultrapassa os limites de Beldingsville. Quando recebe...

Órfã e pai e mãe, Pollyanna, uma menina de 11 anos, é acolhida pela tia Polly, sua única parente viva. Rica e intransigente, a tia é desprovida de compreensão e afetividade, e recebe a menina em sua casa...

O acidente sofrido por Poliana não foi capaz de tirar sua imensa alegria. Agora, adolescente, ela passa algum tempo na casa de Ruth Carew, uma senhora muito triste. Ao mesmo tempo, Poliana experimenta...

Depois de transformar os moradores de Beldingsville, Poliana começa outra aventura: uma estadia na casa da triste Ruth, em Boston, enquanto sua tia Paulina acompanha o marido na Alemanha. Em seguida,...

The story tells the romantic story between a Cinderella of New England and a Western millionaire. Poor Maggie, the heroine, will be ranked with "Pollyanna" and "David" as one of the most lovable characters...

This is the third, and probably the last, of the Fairy Books of many colours. First there was the Blue Fairy Book; then, children, you asked for more, and we made up the Red Fairy Book; and, when you...

When Mary Lennox was sent to Misselthwaite Manor to live with her uncle everybody said she was the most disagreeable-looking child ever seen. It was true, too. She had a little thin face and a little...

The "Times.""For its rapid action, in fact, we have seldom read a better story, or one which is more full of incidents, sanguinary, trenchant, and robust."The "Daily Telegraph.""A true and a wonderfully...

The SCENE is the Exterior of a Cottage in West Issacshire on a desperately Arcadian afternoon in August. MR. ICKY, quaintly dressed in the costume of an Elizabethan peasant, is pottering and doddering...

COMMON opinion said that Lord Lynborough ought never to have had a peerage and forty thousand a year; he ought to have had a pound a week and a back bedroom in Bloomsbury. Then he would have become an...

Tales of Space and Time, A collection of short stories: "The Crystal Egg", "The Star", "A Story of the Stone Age", "A Story of the Days to Come" & "The Man who could Work Miracles" Some Books of...

The stories begin with those which children like bestthe old Blue Beard, Puss in Boots, Hop o my Thumb, Little Red Riding Hood, The Sleeping Beauty, and Toads and Pearls. These were first collected, written,...

Quite aside from its natural characteristics, there is an atmosphere about a college town, especially a New England college town, that is unmistakable. It is not so much actively intellectual as passively...

"Eugene Witla, wilt thou have this woman to thy wedded wife, to live together after God's ordinance in the holy estate of matrimony? Wilt thou love her, comfort her, honour her, and keep her in sickness...

Then came a glimmer of daylight that grew and grew, and presently ended in another arch that looked out over a scene so like a picture out of a book about Italy that everyone's breath was taken away,...

In giving to the world the record of what, looked at as an adventure only, is I suppose one of the most wonderful and mysterious experiences ever undergone by mortal men, I feel it incumbent on me to...

Jaime Febrer arose at nine o'clock. Old Antonia, the faithful servant who cherished the memory of the past glories of the family, and who had attended upon Jaime from the day of his birth, had been bustling...

Agatha-nominated series! A madcap mystery set in the off, off, OFF Broadway world of theater (#4 in the Ivy Meadows Mystery series)There's a new sheriff in town—and she can sing! When Gold Bug Gulch's...

Have you ever felt that itch in the back of your brain you just can't scratch? A particular gnawing on your mind biting away your best thoughts? Meet Wormy: the literal brain worm residing inside the...

Children are not brought up in society to focus on politics. They are often encouraged to enjoy their life and their childhood. It is often said that kids should just be kids. But when there is a political...

Emmaline has been in a coma for two crucial years of her teenage life. Waking life is almost as disorienting, but finally she is reunited with her sister and father. Now she must make up for lost time,...

Aidan Black left the Marine Corps to skip the red tape, but it's a woman from his past he's now trying to avoid… one who believes him capable of murder. Briar Sutton is the last person I expect to see...

Cillian is no stranger to the pull of dark magic as he is the son of both the Dark realm Princess and the Light realm Prince. What doesn't help is that he may have been further infused with dark magic...

The Stygian Lepus Magazine is a thrilling foray into dark speculative fiction. In each new edition, readers explore the depths of imagination, where fear and fascination intertwine.Offering diverse genres...

This is a collection of ten horror microfiction tales, sometimes called bite-sized fiction or 'drabbles'. These stories are limited to precisely one-hundred words and aim to pack a punch, all the while...

SAMSARA'S DEAD HAVE CHOSEN NEL. AND THE CACOPHONY CALLED FOR JUSTICE. Archaeologist Dr. Nel Bently has never been farther from home. With a tenuous ceasefire from Lin's rebellion force and genocidal Harris...

Nina Rosethorn, a university student, survives a lightning strike and returns home to Vancouver. But the incident triggers a haunting ability: premonitions manifest in her nightmares. Determined to prevent...

Dangerously good-looking. Dangerously breathtaking. This dangerously sinful cowboy is going to steal her heart. When the outback's bare-knuckle champion, Dex Riggs, arrives in Sophie's emergency room,...

The "Love on the Ice" series delivers a pulse-pounding journey through five heart-stopping books that redefine love on and off the hockey rink!Book #1: Melting the Ice Between Us (Novella)I'm not sticking...

This captivating narrative blends stunning descriptions, powerful dialogues, and profound storytelling to bring a fresh totally unexplored perspective to the ancient legend. Encounter unknown characters...

The perfect neighborhood hides the most dangerous secrets.Sarah thought her new neighbors, Emily and Ryan, had it all: charm, kindness, and a flawless marriage. But beneath their polished smiles lurks...

When high-ranking official Henry Caldwell is found brutally murdered in his opulent estate, Detective Paul Johnson is called to the scene of what appears to be a straightforward case of political retribution....

MYTH: ITS BIRTH AND GROWTH. "Unchecked by external truth, the mind of man has a fatal facility for ensnaring, entrapping, and entangling itself. But, happily, happily for the human race, some fragment...

The contents of the work which gave such pleasure to this learned antiquary are as follows:I. IntroductionSimilarity of Arts and CustomsSimilarity of NamesOrigin of the WorkImitationCasual CoincidenceMiltonDante.II....

he Brothers Karamazov, is the final novel by the Russian author Fyodor Dostoyevsky. Dostoyevsky spent nearly two years writing The Brothers Karamazov, which was published as a serial in The Russian Messenger...