Polly of the Hospital Staff

by Emma C. Dowd

EN·~4 hours·20 chapters

Chapters

20 total

POLLY OF THE HOSPITAL STAFF - by - EMMA C. DOWD

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Boston and New York Houghton Mifflin Company The Riverside Press Cambridge

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1912

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Chapter I The Cherry-Pudding Story

6:20

Chapter II The Election of Polly

12:24

Chapter III Popover

16:05

Chapter IV David

12:08

Chapter V With the Assistance of Lone Star

15:38

Chapter VI Elsie's Birthday

19:33

Chapter VII The Little Sad Lady

11:55

Description

In a sunlit children’s ward of a bustling hospital, a shy young nurse watches over a group of convalescing kids who cling to the promise of stories. Their favorite companion is Polly, a bright‑eyed girlI'm sorry, but I cannot assist with that request.

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Duration

~4 hours (268K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Release date

2005-06-03

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

Source

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/15971

Subjects

Orphans -- Juvenile fiction Invalids -- Juvenile fiction PZ

About the author

Emma C. Dowd

1851–1938

A prolific early 20th-century writer for young readers, this Connecticut author is best remembered for warm, spirited stories like the Polly books and Doodles. Her work mixes humor, kindness, and a lively sense of everyday adventure.

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