![]() ![]() ![]() An even more significant turning point was reached in 1913, when Pollyanna appeared, an event described by one commentator as "only less influential than the World War." Porter wrote a sequel in 1908 called The Turn of the Tide. Switching her profession from music to writing, Porter began to submit stories to magazines, at first with little success, but finally, with the publication of her novel Cross Currents (1907) the tide began to turn. Later she studied music at the New England Conservatory in Boston, going on to make public appearances as a singer and traveling with church choirs. Porter dropped out of high school to lead a more robust outdoor life. When Eleanor Hodgman Porter died, the headline of her brief obituary in the New York Times read simply: "Author of Pollyanna dies." Porter had written four volumes of short stories and 14 novels, but it was the phenomenal success of Pollyanna that had made her famous. and Llewella Woolson Hodgman married John L. Born 1868, Littleton, New Hampshire died ĭaughter of Francis H. ![]()
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