{"id":410,"date":"2026-03-11T12:54:30","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T16:54:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umberhine.lib.me.us\/?p=410"},"modified":"2026-07-07T19:28:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T23:28:13","slug":"book-discussion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/umberhine.lib.me.us\/?p=410","title":{"rendered":"Book Discussion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Tuesday, July 21st, at 6:30 p.m. we will be meeting to discuss Pollyanna by Eleanor H. Porter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00a0Eleanor H. Porter&#8217;s\u00a0<em>Pollyanna<\/em>\u00a0was first published in book form in 1913. This popular story of an impoverished orphan girl who travels from America&#8217;s western frontier to live with her wealthy maternal Aunt Polly in the fictional east coast town of Beldingsville went through forty-seven printings in seven years and remains in print today in its original version, as well as in various translations and adaptations. The story&#8217;s enduring appeal lies in Pollyanna&#8217;s sunny personality and in her glad game, her playful attempt to accentuate the positive in every situation. In celebration of its centenary, this collection of thirteen original essays examines a wide variety of the novel&#8217;s themes and concerns, as well as adaptations in film, manga, and translation.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"206\" height=\"317\" src=\"https:\/\/umberhine.lib.me.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-443\" srcset=\"https:\/\/umberhine.lib.me.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-3.png 206w, https:\/\/umberhine.lib.me.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-3-195x300.png 195w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 206px) 100vw, 206px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Tuesday, July 21st, at 6:30 p.m. we will be meeting to discuss Pollyanna by Eleanor H. Porter. \u00a0Eleanor H. Porter&#8217;s\u00a0Pollyanna\u00a0was first published in book &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-410","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/umberhine.lib.me.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/umberhine.lib.me.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/umberhine.lib.me.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umberhine.lib.me.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umberhine.lib.me.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=410"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/umberhine.lib.me.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":444,"href":"https:\/\/umberhine.lib.me.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410\/revisions\/444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/umberhine.lib.me.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umberhine.lib.me.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umberhine.lib.me.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}