Pollyanna, Chapter 1: riassunto

Cosa succede

1. Miss Polly interrupts Nancy’s work and scolds her for continuing to dry dishes while listening.
2. She orders Nancy to clear an attic room for Pollyanna, treating the child’s arrival as a duty rather than a pleasure.
3. Miss Polly rereads Jeremiah O. White’s letter reporting John Whittier’s death and requesting a home for his daughter.
4. She recalls Jennie’s marriage against the family’s wishes, their estrangement, and the deaths that leave Pollyanna without parents.
5. Alone and wealthy at forty, Miss Polly resents the disturbance but insists that she knows her duty.

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Cosa notare

Miss Polly frames taking in her niece as a moral obligation. Her language contrasts with Nancy’s warm response to the child’s expected arrival.

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