Eleanor H. Porter's heartwarming novel "Across the Years" follows the lives of two individuals, Jerry and Lucy, as their paths intertwined over the years. Jerry, an orphaned boy raised with the aid of kind-hearted farmer John Simpson, develops a deep friendship with Lucy, a younger woman residing along with her family on a neighboring farm. Their childhood bond blossoms right into a love that transcends social barriers and the passage of time. Despite the challenges and separations, they face, their love remains unwavering. Jerry's ambition leads him to pursue a profession in regulation, while Lucy's artistic abilties guide her towards an existence of teaching and painting. Years bypass, and that they each experience non-public triumphs and setbacks, but their connection stays a steady supply of energy and solace. The novel explores the subject matters of putting up with love, resilience, and the enduring electricity of friendship. Through Jerry and Lucy's adventure, Porter paints a poignant portrait of life's united states of americaand downs, demonstrating that real love can withstand the check of time and situation. As their paths converge once again in later years, Jerry and Lucy's love tale comes complete circle, reminding us that the bonds solid in adolescence can form our lives and provide unwavering aid for the duration of the years.
American author Eleanor Emily Hodgman Porter was born on December 19, 1868, and died on May 21, 1920. She was best known for her books Pollyanna (1913) and Just David (1916). Frances Fletcher Hodgman and Llewella French (née Woolson) had a daughter named Eleanor Emily Hodgman on December 19, 1868, in Littleton, New Hampshire. She learned how to sing by going to the New England Conservatory for many years. They moved to Massachusetts after getting married to John Lyman Porter in 1892. That's when she started writing and selling short stories and then novels. Her death date was May 21, 1920, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She was buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery. She wrote several books for adults, such as The Turn of the Tide (1908), The Road to Understanding (1917), Oh Money! Money! (1918), Dawn (1919), Keith's Dark Tower (1919), Mary Marie (1920), and Sister Sue (1921). She also wrote several collections of short stories, such as Across the Years (around 1919), Money, Love, and Kate (1923), and Little Pardner (1926). Porter had a lot of success with his books. In the United States, Pollyanna was the eighth best-selling novel in 1913, the second best-selling novel in 1914, and the fourth best-selling novel in 1915 (with 47 printings between 1915 and 1920). Just David was the third best-selling novel in 1916, The Road to Understanding was the fourth best-selling novel in 1917, and Oh Money! Money! was the fifth best-selling novel in 1918.
