WRITER

Eleanor H. Porter

1868 - 1920

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Eleanor Emily Hodgman Porter (December 19, 1868 – May 21, 1920) was an American novelist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Eleanor H. Porter has received more than 245,995 page views. Her biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Eleanor H. Porter is the 1,305th most popular writer (down from 953rd in 2019), the 1,558th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,120th in 2019) and the 144th most popular American Writer.

Eleanor H. Porter is most famous for her children's novel, Pollyanna.

Memorability Metrics

  • 250k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.73

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.70

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.29

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Pollyanna
1913
Pollyanna Grows Up
1915
Just David
1916
Oh, Money! Money!
1918
Dawn
1919
Pollyanna
Interpersonal relations, fiction, Orphans, fiction, Vermont, fiction
2015
Pollyanna
Fiction, general, Fiction, historical, Vermont, fiction
282 pages : 20 cm
1989
Pollyanna
Aunts, Cheerfulness, Classic Literature
An abridged version of the tale of orphaned, eleven-year-old Pollyanna, who comes to live with austere and wealthy Aunt Polly, bringing happiness to her aunt and other members of the community through her philosophy of gladness. Pollyanna knows the secret to finding a smile -- even when really bad things happen. From the moment she arrives in Beldingsville, she shares her Glad Game with everyone around her. But the person who needs Pollyanna's help the most doesn't want it. - Publisher.
1913
Pollyanna
A little orphan girl who through her ‘glad game,’ taught her by her home-missionary father, brought happiness to a whole community. Popular with all ages despite its sentimentality. — Bacon, Corinne, compiler, Standard Catalog: Fiction Section (1923)
1962
Pollyanna Grows Up
Fiction, Juvenile Fiction, Conduct of life
Optimism often fades to cynicism as children mature into adults. When we last saw Pollyanna, in an eponymous book, she had become paralyzed after a nasty fall and it looked like she could very likely grow bitter under the circumstances. In Pollyanna Grows Up even the healing of her crippled legs and opportunity to travel to Europe don’t guarantee happiness. Growing up she faces times both good and bad.
1915
Dawn
Classic Literature, Fiction
1919

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Eleanor H. Porter ranks 1,305 out of 7,302. Before her are John Tzetzes, Neil Gaiman, Aelius Aristides, Danielle Steel, Maurice Barrès, and Michel Verne. After her are Alfonsina Storni, Ken Kesey, Widukind of Corvey, Lina Heydrich, Marcus Garvey, and Hunter S. Thompson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1868, Eleanor H. Porter ranks 54. Before her are Gustav Noske, S. P. L. Sørensen, Princess Victoria of the United Kingdom, Magnus Hirschfeld, Princess Anastasia of Montenegro, and James Brendan Connolly. After her are Jane Avril, Olga Knipper, Louis Couturat, Émile Chartier, Franz Ritter von Epp, and Paul Otlet. Among people deceased in 1920, Eleanor H. Porter ranks 28. Before her are Benito Pérez Galdós, Venustiano Carranza, Max Klinger, Duke Ludwig Wilhelm in Bavaria, Essad Pasha Toptani, and Duchess Marie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. After her are Prince Joachim of Prussia, Abraham Kuyper, Otto Gross, Lothar von Trotha, Fatali Khan Khoyski, and Mikhail Eisenstein.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Eleanor H. Porter ranks 1,558 out of 20,380. Before her are Art Blakey (1919), Frank Langella (1938), Thomas A. Steitz (1940), Danielle Steel (1947), Michael Dudikoff (1954), and Jordan Belfort (1962). After her are Chris Cooper (1951), Burt Bacharach (1928), Ken Kesey (1935), Vint Cerf (1943), Louis Ignarro (1941), and Peter Agre (1949).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Eleanor H. Porter ranks 144. Before her are Clive Cussler (1931), Erskine Caldwell (1903), Robert Sheckley (1928), James Brendan Connolly (1868), Poul Anderson (1926), and Danielle Steel (1947). After her are Ken Kesey (1935), Hunter S. Thompson (1937), Anthony Bourdain (1956), Maria Shriver (1955), Jean M. Auel (1936), and Thornton Wilder (1897).

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