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
Edwin S. Porter Edwin S. Porter Edwin Stanton Porter (April 21, 1870 – April 30, 1941) was an American film pioneer, most famous as a producer, director, studio manager and cinematographer with the Edison Manufacturing Company and the Famous Players Film Company. Of over 250 films created by Porter, his most important include "Jack and the Beanstalk" (1902), "Life of an American Fireman" (1903), "The Great Train Robbery" (1903), "The Kleptomaniac" (1905), "Life of a Cowboy" (1906), "Rescued from an Eagle's Nest" (1908), and "The Prisoner of Zenda" (1913) . Porter was born and raised in Connellsville, Pennsylvania, to Thomas Richard Porter, a