Pollyanna Whittier appears in Alan Moore's comic "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen", Volume 1. She is shown to retain her optimistic outlook despite being raped by the character Griffin. Pollyanna Pollyanna is a best-selling 1913 novel by Eleanor H. Porter that is now considered a classic of children's literature, with the title character's name becoming a popular term for someone with the same very optimistic outlook: a subconscious bias towards the positive is often described as the Pollyanna principle. The book was such a success that Porter soon produced a sequel, "Pollyanna Grows Up" (1915). Eleven more "Pollyanna" sequels, known as
Jimmy the Hand (novel) Jimmy the Hand (novel) Jimmy the Hand is a fantasy novel by American writers Raymond E. Feist and S. M. Stirling. The third and final book in "Legends of the Riftwar" series, it details the story of Jimmy, a 13- to 16-year-old thief, who after aiding Prince Arutha and Princess Anita escape Krondor and running afoul of Guy Du Bas-Tyra's secret police has fled south to the town of Land's End. Assuming the villagers have never encountered someone with his talents he becomes fairly optimistic about broadening his horizons, but is unprepared for what greets him. The story is set