Pollyanna
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Pollyanna is a 1913 novel by American author Eleanor H. Porter, considered a classic of children's literature. The book's success led to Porter soon writing a sequel, Pollyanna Grows Up. Eleven more P
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Pollyanna statue in front of the public library in Littleton, New Hampshire
Philip Merivale and Patricia Collinge in the Broadway production of Pollyanna (1916)
Pollyanna principle
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The Pollyanna principle is the tendency for people to remember pleasant items more accurately than unpleasant ones. Research indicates that at the subconscious level, the mind tends to focus on the op
Pollyanna
…for someone who, like the title character, has an unfailingly optimistic outlook; a subconscious bias towards the positive is often described as the Pollyanna principle. Despite the use of the term to mean "excessively cheerful", in the context of the novel it means to always see the good side of the situation. Pollyanna…
Poster for the 1920 film Pollyanna