| Title | : | Just David |
|---|---|---|
| Author | : | Eleanor Hodgman Porter |
| Release | : | 2011-12-07 |
| Kind | : | ebook |
| Genre | : | Action & Adventure, Books, Fiction & Literature, Romance, Romance Short Stories, Literary Fiction |
| Size | : | 665914 |
| This book contain collection of 25 Short Stories The Mountain Home The Trail The Valley Two Letters Discords Nuisances, Necessary and Otherwise "You're Wanted—You're Wanted!" The Puzzling "Dos" and "Don'ts" Joe The Lady of the Roses Jack and Jill Answers that Did Not Answer A Surprise for Mr. Jack The Tower Window Secrets David's Castle in Spain "The Princess and the Pauper" David to the Rescue The Unbeautiful World The Unfamiliar Way Heavy Hearts As Perry Saw It Puzzles A Story Remodeled The Beautiful World About the Author: Eleanor Hodgman Porter (December 19, 1868 – May 21, 1920) was an American novelist. She was born as Eleanor Hodgman in Littleton, New Hampshire on December 19, 1868, the daughter of Francis Fletcher Hodgman and Llewella Woolson. She was trained as a singer, attending New England Conservatory for several years, but later turned to writing. In 1892, she married John Lyman Porter and moved to Massachusetts. That is when she began writing and publishing her short stories and later novels. She died in Cambridge, Massachusetts on May 21, 1920 and was buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery. Porter mainly wrote children's literature, adventure stories and romance fiction. Porter achieved considerable commercial success: in 1913, Pollyanna ranked eighth among bestselling novels in the United States, second in 1914, and fourth in 1915 (it went through forty-seven printings between 1915 and 1920); in 1916, Just David ranked third; in 1917, The Road to Understanding ranked fourth; in 1918, Oh Money! Money! ranked fifth. |
