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Pollyanna #5
Pollyanna's Debt of Honor
Girls' series book.
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First published January 1, 1927
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April 1, 2025
5✨✨✨
#1reread: 5 🎀🌞
#1reread: 5 🎀🌞
April 5, 2025
Totul e bine când se sfârșește cu bine. Iar Pollyana ne demonstrează și în acest volum că bucuria o poți găsi în orice lucru.💕
April 11, 2021
Aceasta serie,de la început până la sfârșit, m-a impresionat mai mult decât pot spune cuvintele. Am incercat sa o mai citesc o dată,dar nu stiu din ce motiv,am abandonat cartea a treia. Dar ma bucur că m-am ținut serios de treaba. Am adorat fiecare pasaj,personaj și întâmplare. Am trăit acolo cu personajele,am râs,am plâns,m-am enervat și într-un final s-a terminat. Desigur ca e seria sufletului meu. Imi e dor de personaje ca de o rudă. După părerea mea,se potriveste oricui o astfel de lectură. Deci,ce mai așteptați? Dati iama. Merită enorm.
February 10, 2025
This was a really fast read, which I loved. I'm reading several other books right now that aren't hard at all, but for some reason I'm STRUGGLING to get through them, so this was a nice break. I will admit I have a big problem. Every time I get bored with a book, I start another, but I don't stop the first book. Pretty soon I have like 10 books that I'm reading at the same time, and then I start to get details confused, lol!
This book continues the story of Pollyanna and her family. From what I could tell, it doesn't seem like much changed between this book and the last one. The only thing that changes is new characters coming into it. There are MANY love stories in this one. The focus is less on the children, and more on Pollyanna and her relationship with her neighbors and friends. It's very predictable, but I can't say that I particularly mind a predictable book now and then. In my opinion, it's not the worst crime that an author can commit, as long as everything ties up satisfactorily.
Overall, I would say I liked this book a lot. I wouldn't call it a great piece of literature. It wasn't particularly powerful or life-changing. It's not going on my favorite books list, but it was enjoyable. I'm kind of sad that all of this series is disappearing like it is. I've been reading all of them for free online, but I can't find the last one in the series anywhere. If anyone knows where to find it, let me know!
This book continues the story of Pollyanna and her family. From what I could tell, it doesn't seem like much changed between this book and the last one. The only thing that changes is new characters coming into it. There are MANY love stories in this one. The focus is less on the children, and more on Pollyanna and her relationship with her neighbors and friends. It's very predictable, but I can't say that I particularly mind a predictable book now and then. In my opinion, it's not the worst crime that an author can commit, as long as everything ties up satisfactorily.
Overall, I would say I liked this book a lot. I wouldn't call it a great piece of literature. It wasn't particularly powerful or life-changing. It's not going on my favorite books list, but it was enjoyable. I'm kind of sad that all of this series is disappearing like it is. I've been reading all of them for free online, but I can't find the last one in the series anywhere. If anyone knows where to find it, let me know!
June 8, 2023
It's the fifth Glad Book and Smith's third, first published in 1927. Pollyanna and Jimmy celebrate their tenth wedding anniversary. The house across the road from them will be lived in at last, by a father and daughter duo who wish to shun visitors, and have therefore chosen the wrong street to settle in. Times have changed. In the 21st century it's become a challenge to meet close neighbours, while in 1920s Elsinore Terrace, it was more of a challenge not to.
The young woman, Lorraine, has a scarred cheek from an accident, which leaves her bitter and self-conscious. A bit of prying from Pollyanna reveals that Lorraine had been going steady with Frank Lindsay; none other than Jimmy's work friend who had presented them with Jiggs as a pet. But that's all over now.
It turns out Lorraine thought she was getting a pity proposal from Frank, when in fact she was getting a heartfelt one. The stalemate has dragged on for years. Since the pair is still in love, it will take a slick bit of matchmaking from Pollyanna to bring them together. She considers the fulfillment of this will be her 'debt of honour' since Lorraine rescued baby Ruth from being hit by a truck. But it'll take more effort than she imagines.
Meanwhile, James (aka Jamie) Carew has written a book which is getting rave reviews and being lapped up by the public. Jamie considers it his most 'mature and thoughtful work' but to Pollyanna it is horribly risque. The heroine is an adulterous woman who tires of her husband and runs off with a new hunk instead. The question modern readers may ask is whether Pollyanna and Jimmy are being prudish by panning it. After all, the plot of James' book sounds like a knockoff of Anna Karenina, which is a timeless classic. But Pollyanna gives James a tongue-lashing, and he understandably gets defensive. An author has a right to write whatever he darn well pleases, right?
Think again. Harriet Lummis Smith crafts her own book in a way that echoes Pollyanna's point. James gets egg on his face when his beautiful young secretary, under the influence of his own deplorable main character, attempts to pull off a Lydia Bennett maneuver and run away with a seductive fellow she fancies. It seems a girl's reputation could be squelched as much in the 1920s as in the Regency Era, but the book made her do it. At least Pollyanna brings the lion's share of blame to Jamie's door. 'I hold him responsible for making respectability seem tame and cowardly and immorality romantic and beautiful.' Hmm, James has the grace to ponder her point and admit that fiction authors may hold a huge onus in shaping society, since readers everywhere are affected by the books they read.
One up for Harriet Lummis Smith and her mouthpiece, Pollyanna, although I have to say we readers are in no position to really form an opinion in this instance without at least reading Jamie's book, Growing Pains, which of course we're not able to.
Pollyanna is such a busybody though. She sets out to rescue Paula Merrill, a young woman she's met only once, from the clutches of Gerald Fox, a man who is also a stranger. Honestly, who does such audacious meddling?! Yet just when we think she's gone too far, her nosiness saves the day. So part of me wonders if we're being convinced to regard sticky-beaking and interfering as strengths. They sure seem to be in Pollyanna's case.
Here are a couple of other dated quotes that make me cringe or laugh out loud. When Pollyanna is introduced to the beautiful Paula, she says, 'It's hard to believe anyone so ornamental can be useful too,' intending it as a sweeping compliment. I can't help thinking Paula must've shown great restraint not to roll her eyes.
On another occasion Pollyanna tells Junior, 'I never had to earn my living. First Aunt Polly took care of me, and now Daddy does.' Finally, I love this comment from Jimmy. When Pollyanna tells the two blokes to sneak a peep at the beautiful Paula Merrill, he says, 'I'll give Frank the first chance. Looking at pretty girls isn't going to do me any good.'
The Pendleton kids are developing distinct personalities. Those who love Pollyanna often enjoy L. M. Montgomery's Anne series too. So if we were to compare the three kids with Anne and Gilbert's brood, Junior is more of a Jem than a Walter; active and decisive. There's a very cool incident in which he saves his beloved pet Jiggs from being dog-napped. Judy is like Nan, beautiful and imaginative, and baby Ruth has shades of Rilla. She's said to be less beautiful than her sister but widely loved for her radiant cheerfulness, obviously inherited from her mother.
It's worth noticing that the word 'honour' is spelled with an 'u' in the title. The twenties were apparently before American spelling came to be. Overall, this was a fun read but not one of my very favourites, since I don't sympathise overly much with Frank and Lorraine, who couldn't work out their own business without help from a busybody.
Next up will be Pollyanna's Western Adventure.
The young woman, Lorraine, has a scarred cheek from an accident, which leaves her bitter and self-conscious. A bit of prying from Pollyanna reveals that Lorraine had been going steady with Frank Lindsay; none other than Jimmy's work friend who had presented them with Jiggs as a pet. But that's all over now.
It turns out Lorraine thought she was getting a pity proposal from Frank, when in fact she was getting a heartfelt one. The stalemate has dragged on for years. Since the pair is still in love, it will take a slick bit of matchmaking from Pollyanna to bring them together. She considers the fulfillment of this will be her 'debt of honour' since Lorraine rescued baby Ruth from being hit by a truck. But it'll take more effort than she imagines.
Meanwhile, James (aka Jamie) Carew has written a book which is getting rave reviews and being lapped up by the public. Jamie considers it his most 'mature and thoughtful work' but to Pollyanna it is horribly risque. The heroine is an adulterous woman who tires of her husband and runs off with a new hunk instead. The question modern readers may ask is whether Pollyanna and Jimmy are being prudish by panning it. After all, the plot of James' book sounds like a knockoff of Anna Karenina, which is a timeless classic. But Pollyanna gives James a tongue-lashing, and he understandably gets defensive. An author has a right to write whatever he darn well pleases, right?
Think again. Harriet Lummis Smith crafts her own book in a way that echoes Pollyanna's point. James gets egg on his face when his beautiful young secretary, under the influence of his own deplorable main character, attempts to pull off a Lydia Bennett maneuver and run away with a seductive fellow she fancies. It seems a girl's reputation could be squelched as much in the 1920s as in the Regency Era, but the book made her do it. At least Pollyanna brings the lion's share of blame to Jamie's door. 'I hold him responsible for making respectability seem tame and cowardly and immorality romantic and beautiful.' Hmm, James has the grace to ponder her point and admit that fiction authors may hold a huge onus in shaping society, since readers everywhere are affected by the books they read.
One up for Harriet Lummis Smith and her mouthpiece, Pollyanna, although I have to say we readers are in no position to really form an opinion in this instance without at least reading Jamie's book, Growing Pains, which of course we're not able to.
Pollyanna is such a busybody though. She sets out to rescue Paula Merrill, a young woman she's met only once, from the clutches of Gerald Fox, a man who is also a stranger. Honestly, who does such audacious meddling?! Yet just when we think she's gone too far, her nosiness saves the day. So part of me wonders if we're being convinced to regard sticky-beaking and interfering as strengths. They sure seem to be in Pollyanna's case.
Here are a couple of other dated quotes that make me cringe or laugh out loud. When Pollyanna is introduced to the beautiful Paula, she says, 'It's hard to believe anyone so ornamental can be useful too,' intending it as a sweeping compliment. I can't help thinking Paula must've shown great restraint not to roll her eyes.
On another occasion Pollyanna tells Junior, 'I never had to earn my living. First Aunt Polly took care of me, and now Daddy does.' Finally, I love this comment from Jimmy. When Pollyanna tells the two blokes to sneak a peep at the beautiful Paula Merrill, he says, 'I'll give Frank the first chance. Looking at pretty girls isn't going to do me any good.'
The Pendleton kids are developing distinct personalities. Those who love Pollyanna often enjoy L. M. Montgomery's Anne series too. So if we were to compare the three kids with Anne and Gilbert's brood, Junior is more of a Jem than a Walter; active and decisive. There's a very cool incident in which he saves his beloved pet Jiggs from being dog-napped. Judy is like Nan, beautiful and imaginative, and baby Ruth has shades of Rilla. She's said to be less beautiful than her sister but widely loved for her radiant cheerfulness, obviously inherited from her mother.
It's worth noticing that the word 'honour' is spelled with an 'u' in the title. The twenties were apparently before American spelling came to be. Overall, this was a fun read but not one of my very favourites, since I don't sympathise overly much with Frank and Lorraine, who couldn't work out their own business without help from a busybody.
Next up will be Pollyanna's Western Adventure.
June 26, 2025
I really struggled with this one. Of course I love to hear what’s happening with Pollyanna now, & the insights into the lovely idealistic American housewife era, but there were two sets of men & women creating drama this time, & I didn’t warm to them (with the exception of Frank Lindsey). They were very frustrating! What would happen to these hopeless people if they didn’t have Pollyanna to help them? (Or do I mean ‘meddle’?) There were amusing moments, but they were fewer than previous books. I continue to adore Harriet Lummis Smith’s delightful turns of phrase. I’m working my way through the glad books for the first time. I will continue, but I won’t read this one again.
November 27, 2021
Cartea face parte dintr-o serie de 6 carti, aceasta fiind a-5-a şi se poate citi indivitual fără nici o problemă. Vreau să menționez că imaginea de pe copertă nu aduce nimic cu conținutul, nu vă speriați nu este o carte despre religie şi sfinți. Este o carte despre o familie frumoasă plină de bunătate şi de la care avem ce învăța. 3/5 nu pentru că este rea ci pentru că nu are acțiune, suspans, intrigă. Recomand!
March 16, 2025
In acest volum 5, Pollyanna este, mamă a trei copii face aceleași lucruri bune, de parcă ar fi datoria ei să fie bine pentru toți sau bine chiar și atunci când nu e bine, insă stradaniile ei aduc bucurie in suflete celor de lânga ea. In manualul de Limba română, clasa a-II-a seria este trecută la categoria lecturi suplimentare.
July 2, 2023
Încă un volum plin de bucuria Pollyanei 🥰
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