Across the Years: Eighteen Stories of Second Thoughts
Aug 2026 · Aeneas Press
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Eighteen stories about the difference between what people meant to do and what they did: a wife who keeps a diary, a man who comes home after twenty years, a child who understands the grown-ups perfectly. Porter trained as a singer in Boston before turning to fiction, and in 1913 gave the language a word — Pollyanna — that has been used against her ever since; these quieter pieces are the evidence that the reputation is unfair. Fifty-seven plates by painters including Edvard Munch and Childe Hassam, all windows and window light, give these stories of looking back their proper frame.
Eighteen stories about the difference between what people meant to do and what they did: a wife who keeps a diary, a man who comes home after twenty years, a child who understands the grown-ups perfectly. Porter trained as a singer in Boston before turning to fiction, and in 1913 gave the languag...
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Eleanor H. Porter (1868–1920) was an American novelist and short-story writer. She published her first novel in 1907 and went on to write the Pollyanna series, beginning with Pollyanna (1913), as well as the Miss Billy trilogy and other works.
Eleanor H. Porter (1868–1920) was an American novelist and short-story writer. She published her first novel in 1907 and went on to write the Pollyanna series, beginning with Pollyanna (1913), as well as the Miss Billy trilogy and other works.
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