The Tangled Threads - Large Print Edition

by Eleanor H. Porter

Dearie," she began very softly, "there was once a little girl-a little girl like you. She was very, very poor, and all her days were full of work. She had no piano, no music lessons-but, oh, how she longed for them! The trees and the grass and the winds and the flowers sang all day in her ears, but she could n't tell what they said. By and by, after many, many years, this little girl grew up and a dear little baby daughter came to her. She was still very, very poor, but she saved and scrimped, and scrimped and saved, for she meant that this baby girl should not long and long for the music that never came. She should have music lessons.

Genres: Fiction, Classics, Short Stories

368 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1919

About the author

Eleanor Emily Hodgman Porter (December 19, 1868 – May 21, 1920) was an American novelist. She was born as Eleanor Emily Hodgman in Littleton, New Hampshire on December 19, 1868, the daughter of Llewella French (née Woolson) and Francis Fletcher Hodgman. She was trained as a singer, attending New England Conservatory for several years. In 1892, she married John Lyman Porter and relocated to Massachusetts, after which 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.

Reviews

[Cheryl]

I always loved Pollyanna and, having just now enjoyed the last story of this collection, have added it to my to-read list. Free online here (and probably elsewhere, too): https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Ta...

[Kathryn McConaughy · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is an anthology of very short stories of the "short story with a moral" type you find in Alcott's Basket of Flowers or Edgeworth's Tales for Children. If you want something bite size that will make you rethink your life choices, these are great. If you want to get to know characters, or want a more complex plot, try something else by Porter, like O Money Money, Pollyanna, or the Sunbridge Girls.

[Carrie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Collection of wholesome short stories from 1921, but set decades earlier, by the author of "Pollyanna."

[Aleena Grosjean · Rating 4 out of 5]

A cute collection of short stories

[Julie Wilson · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting collection of short stories

[Yibbie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very good short stories. Sweet pictures of everyday life.