Pollyanna Grows Up

De: Eleanor Hodgmon Porter

Narrado por: Alan Munro

The first of many sequels to Porter's best-selling Pollyanna.

Public Domain (P)2021 Trout Lake Media

good sequel

I read the original Pollyanna many years ago, and was unaware that there was a sequel. This book begins a few months after the end of the first novel. The title character ages from 13 to about 19 or 20 in the course of the book, and it ends with her engagement. If you enjoyed the original story, it is a worthy sequel.

There are two versions of the book available on Audible. I recommend this one, narrated by Alan Munro. The narration of the other version is extremely poor.

Very confusing

I long to hear the book read by a woman. The reader Mr Munro has a fine voice, but it is absolute nonsense to have him read about an innocent young girl & experiences.
I thought several times during the listening how much more I would have enjoyed particular spots in the story, if I hadn't been so distracted by such a somber male tone.
It's funny, it never occurred to me just exactly how much of a different experience you can have based on the readers voice.

The audio quality is so terrible

I don’t love that a man is narrating for a story about a little girl, but what makes it unforgivable is the fact that I can barely understand anything he says at all. It’s like a copy of a copy, I know it’s a really old recording, but this isn’t worth any money.

Ok not great

I lost interest and my mind would wonder if I was not really trying to pay attention

Pollyanna still worth reading

At first, I was disappointed with a male narrator since the first book was read by a woman, but that wasn’t detrimental after I got used to it. Although old fashioned in many ways, Pollyanna stories are still worth reading because “the game” was really an early version of “expressing gratitude” which is now so recognized as being valuable to mental health.

Wonderful continuation!

A wonderful continuation of the 1st book. Truly they are like 1 long book in 2 parts. A great listen.

Lovely story

Lovely story of Pollyanna and her family and friends. Enjoyed the second book but would have preferred the narrator from the first book. Would still recommend listening to this book.

the narrator killed the story

I really loved the story. Very well written, a wonderful continuation of the first book, but I hated the narrator

Need Barbara Caruso

While I enjoyed this story there were parts that were hard to understand due to Mr. Munroe vocal range. Would you please get Mrs. Caruso to read this story as she did a superb reading of the first story.

I have always loved Pollyanna

I am writing on my sons account. I loved the story I love Pollyanna and I loved the sound of Mr. Munno's voice. I sounds like a happy little Grandpa. But he reads so slow. I had to up the speed to 1.5x to make him read at a normal speed.